LOS ANGELES (KNX) — Los Angeles city officials are one step closer to ironing out the details for the 2028 Olympic games. In an agreement with LA28, the organizing committee for the Olympic, Paralympic games, city officials addressed priorities and potential pitfalls.
The talks come after a large bill footed by organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics - which were postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. A situation that L.A. does not want to see repeated.
In the Games Agreement, LA28 laid out concerns of financial risk, insurance, accessibility, hiring and the city’s homeless population, according to the L.A. Times.
“The Olympics and Paralympics are a golden opportunity to make sure that we can advance solutions to the issues of our day,” Councilman Mitch O’Farrell said in a statement before viewing the contract. “We have seven years to get there.”
Sustainability is also covered in the documents, according to the Daily Bulletin, and a group is expected to be working by March 31, 2024 to develop a sustainability plan for the games that is “zero carbon transportation, zero carbon grid, zero carbon buildings, zero waste and zero wasted water.”
The 25-page Games Agreement will next be considered by L.A.’s ad hoc committee, the newspaper reported. If it’s received well, the full council could vote on the document before 2022.
In a statement shared by Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office, LA 28 Chairperson Casey Wasserman said the LA28 games will bring much more than a “sports event” to Southern California.
“The Games are a platform for positive impact. We know we will deliver an incredible Games for athletes and fans across Los Angeles and around the world,” he said, adding that LA28 has invested $160 million to make sports more accessible to L.A. youth ahead of the Olympic games.
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