Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games · Held · Special

Los Angeles City Council Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games special meeting, September 30, 2026

September 30, 2026, 2 p.m. · Updated October 6, 2026

From official records: At a special meeting on Sept. 30, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council's Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games voted 5-0 to approve Recreation and Parks' $21.46 million 2026-27 youth sports plan funded by LA28, amended to ask for a report on keeping the subsidies after 2028, and 4-0 to approve Marqueece Harris-Dawson's request that LA28 commit to a Los Angeles-only procurement target. It also approved motions on the Cultural Olympiad and World Cup watch-party lessons, 4-0 each, and, 5-0 as amended, contracting for small and local businesses at non-venue activations. It continued a report on activation zones and viewing parties to a date to be determined and took no action on two verbal reports. None of the five approved items had a Council vote as of Oct. 6, 2026.

As of October 6, 2026, outcomes for the September 30, 2026 meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games of the Los Angeles City Council come from official records posted so far, such as council files, recorded votes and filed statements. Some results may be missing until the full minutes are posted and read.

This was a special meeting; the special agenda was posted Sept. 29, 2026. Members, per the Council President’s assignment letter: Marqueece Harris-Dawson (chair), Curren D. Price Jr. (vice chair), Bob Blumenfield, Imelda Padilla, Monica Rodriguez, Hugo Soto-Martinez and Katy Yaroslavsky. The committee Journal records Blumenfield and Rodriguez absent for every vote, and Price absent for items 3 to 5.

Items 1 and 2 were verbal reports: the Office of Major Events on updates including World Cup activation zones, and the CAO and CLA on updates including Games Agreement benchmarks. The committee took no action on either (Journal).

As of Oct. 6, 2026, each of the five approved files lists a “Report from Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games” dated Sept. 30, 2026, and none shows a Council vote yet (CF 15-0989-S59, CF 15-0989-S73, CF 15-0989-S75, CF 15-0989-S76, CF 26-1055).

A CLA and CAO report on LA28’s 2026 Annual Report was referred to the committee on Sept. 25, 2026, under CF 15-0989-S77. It was not on this meeting’s agenda (Journal).

3. A Los Angeles-only procurement commitment from LA28

• What it does: Directs Contract Administration, the CLA, the CAO and the Mayor’s Office to ask LA28 for a guaranteed, measurable spending commitment for businesses in the City, separate from LA28’s five-county definition of local, and to report in 15 days on the negotiations. It asks LA28 for a written response (motion).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, seconded by Monica Rodriguez and Hugo Soto-Martinez (CF 15-0989-S75).
• Money: The motion estimates that about 40% of LA28’s addressable procurement spending would mean about $1.2 billion for businesses in the City (motion).
• What happened: Approved 4-0. Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez were absent (Journal).
• What’s next: The committee report went to the Council. No Council vote was recorded as of Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 15-0989-S75).

4. Lessons from World Cup watch parties for the 2028 Games

• What it does: Asks the CAO and CLA, with the Mayor’s Office and Recreation and Parks, to report on City-supported FIFA World Cup watch parties and fan festivals: attendance, public safety, traffic, ADA access, outreach, permits and City costs or reimbursements (motion).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 26-1055).
• What happened: Approved 4-0. Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez were absent (Journal).
• What’s next: No Council vote was recorded as of Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 26-1055).

5. Status of the LA28 Cultural Olympiad

• What it does: Asks Cultural Affairs, with the CAO, CLA and Mayor’s Office and in consultation with LA28, to report in 60 days on planning for the Cultural Olympiad, with programs in neighborhoods beyond competition venues (motion).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Imelda Padilla (CF 15-0989-S73).
• What happened: Approved 4-0. Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez were absent (Journal).
• What’s next: No Council vote was recorded as of Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 15-0989-S73).

6. Contracting at Olympic non-venue activations for local, small and underrepresented businesses

• What it does: Asks Contract Administration, the CLA and the CAO, with the Community Investment Department, Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles World Airports, other departments, Metro and the County, to report in 90 days on procurement opportunities at non-venue activations, current support for these businesses and ways to expand them (committee report).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Imelda Padilla, seconded by John Lee (CF 15-0989-S59).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis (committee report).
• Neighborhood council positions: North Westwood filed a Community Impact Statement for the motion on March 9, 2026.
• What happened: Approved 5-0 as amended. Blumenfield and Rodriguez were absent (Journal). The amendment was technical: it replaced the Economic and Workforce Development Department with the Community Investment Department (committee report).
• What’s next: No Council vote was recorded as of Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 15-0989-S59).

7. $21.46 million from LA28 for youth sports in 2026-27

• What it does: Approves Recreation and Parks’ 2026-27 Youth Sport Partnership project plan, with an estimated cost of $21,464,101 (Recreation and Parks Board report 26-192), and directs the CAO to prepare Controller instructions to spend money from the Youth Sport Partnership Fund, which LA28 pays into under the partnership agreement, up to the approved amounts. The committee’s recommendations go to the Council subject to the Mayor’s approval (committee report).
• Who brought it: Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, with a Sept. 25 CLA and CAO report (CF 15-0989-S76). Katy Yaroslavsky moved an amendment, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, asking Recreation and Parks to report on continuing youth sports subsidies after the partnership ends in 2028, including funding sources and a possible role for the Games legacy entity (amending motion).
• Money: $21,464,101 from LA28 (Board report). The CAO and CLA report no General Fund impact; Recreation and Parks will absorb separate operating and maintenance costs for the Signature Sport programs in its budget (committee report).
• What happened: Approved 5-0 as amended. Blumenfield and Rodriguez were absent (Journal).
• What’s next: No Council vote was recorded as of Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 15-0989-S76).

8. Olympic activation zones and viewing parties on City-owned sites

• What it does: A joint CLA and CAO report responds to 2024 motions asking for City-owned sites in each Council district that could host free public Games activities, and for at least 28 viewing-party locations with at least one per district. The Games run July 14 to Aug. 27, 2028 (CLA and CAO report, Sept. 25, 2026).
• Who brought it: The original motion was by Traci Park and Curren D. Price Jr., seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 15-0989-S37).
• What happened: The committee continued the item to a date to be determined (Journal).