Alissa Walker

Alissa Walker

Hi, I'm Alissa and I'm the editor of Torched. If you see a concrete bench stamped with the logo from the 1984 games out in the wild, send it my way

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Councilmember Tim McOsker speaks at an LA City Council meeting holding up a "zero" with his fingers

Significant headwinds

On Friday we saw the first serious challenge of LA28's venue plan, which had gone largely uncontested by LA city leaders. And we saw an LA city councilmember openly accuse LA28 of making backroom deals to create that venue plan

A pedestrian crossing sign with flashing lights, now dark, shown against an ominous gray sky

The road ahead

The city's first capital improvement plan will be focused exclusively on projects related to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It's already being referred to as the "Games CIP"

Donald Shoup, an older man with a beard and a suit, straddling his bike along a curb with paid parking spaces

Feed the meter

The fact that LA could even aspire to host a "car-free" games owes a great debt to Donald Shoup repeating, for decades, that just because you're going somewhere in this city, you're not automatically guaranteed a free parking spot when you get there

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