Essential California: What's on the line if LA gets the Olympics - Los Angeles Times
Will Los Angeles taxpayers be on the hook for the 2024 Olympics if L. A. is the host city and there are cost overruns. That is the key question as the L. A. City Council prepares for a vote on an agreement with the U. S. Olympic Committee. “The City did not assume that responsibility in 1984. Why would it assume that responsibility now. Los Angeles Times. When Compton Mayor Aja Brown gave her state of the city address this year, it was to a room full of people who paid thousands of dollars to network, eat dinner and listen to her. Los Angeles Times. Juan Romero was 17 years old when he worked as a busboy at the Ambassador Hotel, met Robert F. Kennedy , and then cradled the politician’s head after he was shot by an assassin's bullet. Now 65 years old, it’s only in the last few years that Romero has been able to shake the guilt he carried from that night. Los Angeles Times. The anger comes as winemakers are working to become the first wine region certified as completely “sustainable” by 2019. Los Angeles Times. Source: www.latimes.com
