LA will host the World Cup and Olympics in the heat of summer. Will the city be ready?
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LA will host the World Cup and Olympics in the heat of summer. Will the city be ready? - Divisions by zero
The last two times the Olympics came to Los Angeles, the city launched major
tree planting programs. L.A. planted tens of thousands of palm trees in the run
up to 1932. An L.A. non-profit led the charge to plant one million trees ahead
of the 1984 Games. Planners are taking a different approach ahead of this
Olympics, focusing on shade structures more broadly rather than specifically on
planting trees… That means canopies, pop-up structures and infrastructure to
create shade, with or without tree cover. … But many of the specifics are still
to come. That’s also true of LA28, which has promised to create a “Heat
Mitigation Plan.” A spokesperson told LAist that it was expected to be finished
by mid-2027. … Still, L.A. has a long way to go. In L.A. County, urban areas
have just 21% shade cover at noon on average, according to data from the UCLA
Luskin Center for Innovation – less than the national average of 27%. And it’s
only getting hotter. By 2050, average temperatures in the county are expected to
rise by almost four degrees.
"You can see how the sports events coming up are definitely a risk" - There is growing concern around the absence of a cohesive human trafficking prevention strategy for LA's megaevent era
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"You can see how the sports events coming up are definitely a risk" - There is growing concern around the absence of a cohesive human trafficking prevention strategy for LA's megaevent era - Divisions by zero
>Megaevents bring major upticks in labor trafficking across the construction,
hospitality, and fashion industries — imagine the opportunities for exploitation
along the entire supply chain for every piece of branded merch that’s produced.
The other types of events that see a major uptick in human trafficking? Natural
disasters. Unfortunately, here in LA, we’ve been subjected to both, making the
region doubly vulnerable. While alarms are being sounded about many potential
human rights violations, there is growing concern around the absence of a
cohesive human trafficking prevention strategy for LA’s megaevent era. …
>Unfortunately, breathless coverage of law enforcement raids, and namely sex
trafficking sting operations, dominates megaevent headlines — despite the fact
that labor trafficking is far, far more prevalent. As the report notes: “there
is no empirical data demonstrating an increase in sex trafficking associated
with major sporting events.” Just look at this story from last month’s Super
Bowl about a “sex trafficking crackdown” executed by 67 coordinating law
enforcement agencies which are planning to replicate this model in other World
Cup host cities this summer. Yet a 2021 report by USC’s International Human
Rights Clinic found such law enforcement operations to be expensive and
ineffective. "Anti-sex trafficking operations identify few victims or
traffickers and instead result in the arrest, physical, verbal and sexual abuse
of many victims and sex workers — a disproportionate number of whom are LGBTQ
people, undocumented immigrants and people of color, particularly Black women
and minors,” said IHRC’s director Hannah Garry.
Iran's sports minister says country won't participate in World Cup, throwing LA matches in limbo
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Iran's sports minister says country won't participate in World Cup, throwing LA matches in limbo - Divisions by zero
>On Wednesday, the country’s sports minister, Ahmad Donyamali, told state
television that the country’s team would not participate in the tournament in
the U.S. “considering this corrupt regime has assassinated our leader,”
according to the New York Times.
The Great Olympic lie: untold story of Winter Games’ huge environmental impact
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The Great Olympic lie: untold story of Winter Games’ huge environmental impact - Divisions by zero
>The Olympic imperative that every Games has to be newer, bigger and better than
the one before makes the claim that this is a “sustainable Games” an insult to
everyone playing and watching.
LA County sheriff and fire departments looking to ramp up for Olympic Games in 2028
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LA County sheriff and fire departments looking to ramp up for Olympic Games in 2028 - Divisions by zero
The gaps are filled with overtime, which adds to personnel costs, he said. The
Sheriff’s Department’s current budget is about $4.2 billion. Luna is asking for
a boost of $556.6 million.
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The Olympics May Soon Embrace Private Equity
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The Olympics May Soon Embrace Private Equity - Divisions by zero
The International Olympic Committee, the body that oversees the Olympics, is
hunting for more revenue. It may soon open the door to private equity, which has
been increasingly reshaping sports to squeeze every last dollar out of athletes
and fans.
The 2026 Winter Olympics: Remarkable athleticism poisoned by nationalist chauvinism
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The 2026 Winter Olympics: Remarkable athleticism poisoned by nationalist chauvinism - Divisions by zero
… the realization of a genuine Olympic spirit is at direct odds with a global
political order characterized by capitalist economic competition teetering on
the edge of world war. For this reason, the games are used to promote the most
filthy forms of nationalism, pitting nations against one another as bitter
rivals rather than competing as equals in sport. The degeneration of the games
has reached the point where the International Olympic Committee is little more
than a direct tool of imperialism.
LA28's big gamble - Casey Wasserman's own company forced him out ... and now LA28 really expects the city to embrace him?
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LA28's big gamble - Casey Wasserman's own company forced him out ... and now LA28 really expects the city to embrace him? - Divisions by zero
After numerous calls to resign from both his eponymous agency and his role as
LA28 chair due to his association with charged and convicted child sex
traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Casey Wasserman finally
announced he was making some changes. “I’m deeply sorry that my past personal
mistakes have caused you so much discomfort,” he wrote on Friday. “It’s not fair
to you.” So that’s why he’s going to step out of the public eye and donate his
massive fortune to survivors of… oh, wait, no, sorry. He’s going to sell off his
company and cash out with the private equity firm that already holds a majority
stake. And with all that spare time, he’s going to devote his “full attention”
to his volunteer role as the chair of the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic
Games, traveling the world representing the city of Los Angeles.
Rich Kid's Talent Show - Winter Sports Are Out of Control [Video][31mins]
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Rich Kid's Talent Show - Winter Sports Are Out of Control [Video][31mins] - Divisions by zero
The Americans might do well in Italy… but there are serious societal trends we
should be concerned with.
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