The LA28 organizing committee has a $7.1 billion budget. The federal government allocated $1 billion for Olympic planning. LA Metro is requesting $2 billion for transit alone. The amount specifically allocated to house residents displaced by Olympic preparations: zero new dollars. This is an article about where the money already exists — and why it isn't being used.
Read MoreIn 2023, a coalition of 80+ organizations formed to document every displacement, every broken promise, every cascading health crisis Paris's Olympic planning caused. They weren't just opponents. They were architects of a better approach. Los Angeles has two years to decide which version of this story it will tell.
Read MoreOn the morning of July 26, 2024, Paris opened its Olympic Games with a ceremony that stretched the length of the Seine. Millions watched. A woman in irregular housing watched from inside a squat she was afraid to leave. What her story tells us about Los Angeles in 2028.
Read MoreHelp is available. Listed are people and organizations dedicated to providing quality, radically compassionate services throughout Los Angeles. Here you will find helpful information to access these offerings.
Read More‘Wardo’: As we got to know each other, sharing the stories that brought us both to MacArthur Park, doing laundry and providing showers for our guests, we found out we had a lot in common. Enough that we quickly became friends.
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