"I hope everybody will join me, and let's have Austin Beutner as our next mayor and let's have jobs, jobs and more jobs," said Riordan.
Hoping to boost his name recognition, Riordan is pushing the candidacy of former Deputy Mayor /*Austin Beutner*/.
Beutner has overseen the city's economic departments and the /*Department of Water and Power*/.
Mayor Villaraigosa will be termed out next year.