{"id":1331,"date":"2017-07-11T21:05:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T21:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/video-mayor-robert-garcia-and-fiance-matt-mendez-talk-relationship-being-in-the-public-eye-and-future-plans\/"},"modified":"2017-07-11T21:05:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T21:05:52","slug":"video-mayor-robert-garcia-and-fiance-matt-mendez-talk-relationship-being-in-the-public-eye-and-future-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/video-mayor-robert-garcia-and-fiance-matt-mendez-talk-relationship-being-in-the-public-eye-and-future-plans","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Mayor Robert Garcia and Fiance Matt Mendez Talk Relationship, Being in the Public Eye and Future Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Long Beach Post sat down with Mayor Robert Garcia and Dr. Matthew Mendez on Monday at The Breakfast Bar in downtown Long Beach to talk about their recent engagement, their relationship over the years, what it\u2019s like being role models for the LGBTQ community and plans for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia proposed to Mendez\u2014a political science professor and published researcher\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/city\/mayor-robert-garcia-announces-engagement-to-partner-of-nine-years-dr-matthew-mendez\/\">on Fourth of July, their nine-year anniversary.<\/a> While the couple doesn\u2019t usually discuss their private life, they opened up about how they balance their relationship and demanding careers, how many kids they\u2019ll want and what their best and worst habits are.<\/p>\n<p> <center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flongbeachpost%2Fvideos%2F10155383267370256%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" style=\"border: none; 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