Let the Olympics Burn, Not LA
January 15, 2025
Reality check: Hosting the Olympics is an Abomination We have been calling for the 2028 Olympics to be canceled since Los Angeles was awarded the
Reality check: Hosting the Olympics is an Abomination We have been calling for the 2028 Olympics to be canceled since Los Angeles was awarded the
Pending confirmation by the City Council, Mayor Karen Bass has appointed Renata Simril to the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners. Here’s why City Council
By Samikchhya Bhusal Executive Summary Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) emerged in the late 1990s as tools for communities to mitigate the impact of developments through
Mike “Mudd” Thorpe, 63, has been homeless in Los Angeles for 5 years. He is a descendant of Jim Thorpe, the first Native American athlete
We all know that companies like Amazon and Facebook cheat their way out of paying federal income taxes, but did you know the IOC and other Olympics-boosting groups have been in the game of tax dodging since before these tech titans were born?
We take a moment to catalog our work this year and reflect on the fact that LA 2028 – and its boosters – did nothing to engage with the communities who are already feeling the effects of their unchecked greed.
We went to the LA84 Foundation Summit on “Athlete Activism and Social Justice” this month. Here’s what we found.
We conducted an independent survey of Californians on the 2028 Olympics. The results paint a very different picture than the one claimed by boosters and reflect a reality much closer to what we’ve observed from talking to actual Angelenos.
When we conducted our recent survey on the 2028 Olympics, we gave respondents a chance to share their thoughts in their own words.
There are 5 especially pervasive myths about the Olympics in LA. In order to truly understand the negative consequences of LA 2028, we must unpack them to discover what is truly being sold to us.
Exactly one year ago today, Thomas Bach from the IOC visited Los Angeles, and NOlympics LA was there to give voice to the LA 2028 opposition. We showed up to crash their party.
We at the LA84 Foundation would like to thank the fringe conspiracy group “No Olympics” for giving us a platform to explain who we are, what our mission is, and why we unequivocally support bringing the Olympics to Los Angeles in 2028 regardless of the material conditions of our city.
The idea that cities must be “clean” in order to be attractive and progressive is clearly coded. What makes a city “clean”? What makes a city “dirty”? And who decides what that looks like?
Exactly one year ago, we held a forum — the first and only truly public forum regarding the 2028 Olympic bid — called Stop Playing Games. We’re still here and we’re not going anywhere.
Dear Mayor Garcia and Long Beach City Council Members, We write to you as residents of the City of Long Beach who are opposed to
NOlympics LA stands in solidarity with the people in Tokyo, Paris, and Pyeongchang as they fight back against the greedy thieves of the IOC.