Garcetti advisor Rick Jacobs to 'take a leave' amid sexual misconduct allegations

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Rick Jacobs said Tuesday he will take a leave from his work with L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti amid sexual misconduct allegations.

Jacobs has denied the police officer’s allegations, which were made at a time when tensions were high between the police union and the mayor. Jacobs has not responded for comment about Ali’s accusations.“I take seriously all allegations of harassment. Rick Jacobs has stepped away from his non-profit and volunteer political work,” Garcetti said in a statement to The Times Tuesday night.

Jacobs is both a political consultant to the mayor and longtime friends with Garcetti and his wife, Amy Wakeland. He headed the California operation of Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential bid, a campaign that Wakeland also worked on. He earned a top spot in City Hall — deputy chief of staff — after raising money to support Garcetti’s 2013 political run before stepping down in 2016.

He serves on the board of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles and is the nonprofit’s treasurer. He also runs a nonprofit that he founded with the mayor to spur economic development across the country.

 

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“For the past seventeen years, I have dedicated myself to advocacy and public service. I do not want this to be a distraction,” Jacobs said in an emailed statement. Garcetti also gave a statement:

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