Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he turned down a position in President-elect Joe Biden's administration, opting to stay in his city as the COVID-19 crisis worsens, with his 9-year-old daughter testing positive for the disease. "At this point, when so many lives are on the line, there is nothing more important to me, no task more urgent, than being here as your mayor during the worst emergency that our city has ever faced," Garcetti said during a news conference on Thursday. "As the administration reached out to me about serving," he said, "I let them know early this week that my city needs me now, and that I want to be here, and that I need to be here." Garcetti's appointment to a Biden administration post wouldn't have come without.
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