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
A group of people in Aubervilliers, near Paris, are occupying the city’s workers’ gardens to protest and prevent their conversion into an Olympics-sized swimming pool,
The following is part of a series of first hand accounts of displacement and criminalization due to Olympic-driven gentrification. The author chooses to remain anonymous.
Name: Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (CCED) Date Founded: 2012 Community served: Chinatown Mission: “CCED is an all volunteer, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization based in Los
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?
To get a sense of the displacement we’re already seeing from the 2028 Olympics bid and what remains to come, look no further than Dodger Stadium and Dodgertown, the sports complex that erased the working class neighborhood formerly known as Chavez Ravine a half century ago.
Believe it or not, the city of LA has promised one billion dollars in tax incentives to hotel developers over the next 20 years through a
It’s been 10 days since we went in front of City Council for the second time to voice our opposition to the proposed development at 3900 Figueroa. Here’s what happened.
The proposed hotel project at 3900 Figueroa proves that the 2028 Olympics are already being used as an excuse to drive displacement of low-income and rent-burdened tenants in LA and divert civic resources.