The no-build (until-we-need-to-build-something-fast) games
LA could leverage this ordinance to make it easier to create new public spaces, public bathrooms, and even public housing leading up to 2028
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Conventional wisdom
"This was originally supposed to be a 'no-build' Olympics, and that's what the commitment was to the public"
A house of cards
The Grants Pass ruling gives LA's leaders a legal pathway to do what many of them have been attempting to do for years — expand the city's anti-camping laws in the lead up to 2028
Change of venue
In the simplest terms, what LA28 announced yesterday is that seven events are moving out of the city of LA, and seven events are moving into the city of LA
Why did LA28 hire an Army general as CEO?
Three days after Reynold Hoover started as LA28 CEO, the 2028 Summer Olympics were officially designated a National Special Security Event — the furthest in advance that this designation has ever been made
The forever games
With fewer cities stepping up to welcome the games, the IOC is keeping a handful of previous hosts on heavy rotation. And it might mean more Olympics are on LA's horizon
Olympic lanes
Before everyone spins Kathy Hochul's cowardice into a death knell for LA's congestion pricing dreams, it's important to know that there are lots of different ways to do road pricing
Fair weather
Learning how the LA County Fair took heat seriously is a warning for other megaevents planned during Southern California's increasingly dangerous summers
What Are the Olympics For? Q&A with Jules Boykoff on June 8
Introducing the very first of many Torched events. Upgrade to 🔥🔥 for early access to all talks and tours!
What we need is a surge of bus investments
A majority of Metro's nearly 1 million daily passengers are bus riders, who are often left waiting in more ways than one