LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti claimed a second term, easily trouncing 10 little-known rivals in an election with a tiny turnout but potentially major implications for the nation’s second-largest city.
The 46-year-old Democrat, whose campaign benefited from an improved economy, won 81 percent of about 250,000 votes cast in Tuesday’s election. Mitchell Jack Schwartz was a very distant second with 8 percent.
Garcetti’s huge margin of victory allowed him to avoid a runoff in May.
Speaking at his victory party, the mayor made veiled references to President Trump and his policies, saying ‘‘It’s time to stop thinking about the most powerful man in our country and start thinking about the most vulnerable people in our city.’’
Garcetti, who was elected four years ago on a back-to-basics slogan, has touted job growth, helped secure funds for rail lines intended to help unclog freeways and championed a $1 billion program to get control of a homeless crisis.
He’s said his priorities would be homelessness, jobs and transportation.