Traci Park's Olympic parking lot
A notoriously anti-bike lane councilmember is using the "car-free" games to stop a fully approved 100 percent affordable housing development
LA28
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"You can see how the sports events coming up are definitely a risk"
There is growing concern around the absence of a cohesive human trafficking prevention strategy for LA's megaevent era
LA28's big gamble
Casey Wasserman's own company forced him out — and now LA28 really expects the city to embrace him?
Talking trash
"You want to present this city to the world? I'm going to film the trash and show the world how dirty we are"
A city that can't win
LA has limited options to get out of hosting in 2028 — but LA does have options
Why won't LA28 stand up for LA's immigrants?
"An Olympics and Paralympics security plan that gives control to a federal administration that is already attacking immigrants in our city and across the nation puts our entire community at risk"
Control room
Using an NFL game to so blatantly spew propaganda sets a very chilling precedent right as the country is set to broadcast the world's biggest sporting events
1,000 days later
Unfortunately, the mayor's vision — which feels about 1,000 days too late — is so light on substance that it's hard to see how LA's megaevent future materializes
"This expansion is unrealistic, unaffordable, and fiscally irresponsible"
Katy Yaroslavsky's words are about the city's convention center — but they are really about the city
What LA's tourism unions just did
By the time July 2028 rolls around, the people who are ensuring the largest gathering in U.S. history is running smoothly will be making the highest minimum wage in the country
Promises, promises
LA28's Impact and Sustainability Plan is a needed and long-overdue start, but omits more than it commits