L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti's top aide, Rick Jacobs, was a serial harasser, according to multiple accusers. And Garcetti, they say, ignored it. awalkerinLA reports
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For the past decade, those who experienced or witnessed Jacobs’s alleged harassment say this has been the line delivered behind closed doors to them by the Garcetti administration: Yes, we know about Rick, but he’s the mayor’s friend and there’s nothing we can do.
After Dean’s run imploded, Jacobs became the founding chair of Courage Campaign, a progressive advocacy group known for its fight against Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage passed by California voters in 2008. Among those who worked with Jacobs to overturn Prop 8 was Amanda Crumley, a longtime national Democratic strategist. She says Jacobs’s conduct was well known in L.A. political circles even back then.
Sooner or later, anyone who wanted to rub elbows with the mayor would make an appearance at Jacobs’s home. The Colonial Revival property at the foot of the Hollywood Hills with a leafy backyard and landscaped pool was where Jacobs would often fête legislators, lobbyists, and LGBTQ activists. It was also a place where some guests would find themselves on the receiving end of their host’s unwelcome advances, including Seligman’s husband, who was allegedly kissed by Jacobs at one such event.
Two years later, the lawsuit that the mayor had been dreading became reality. LAPD officer Matthew Garza joined Garcetti’s security detail in 2013 and said Jacobs began to harass him almost immediately, according to his complaint filed against the city.
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