Bass preaches 'unity' in L.A. ahead of 2028 Olympics during State of the City address
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Mayor Karen Bass, delivering the first of two State of the City addresses planned this year, urged Angelenos on Monday to come together ahead of the 2028 Olympics while announcing a push to clean up Los Angeles’ busiest streets in the run-up to the Games.The mayor spoke at the Expo Center in Exposition Park in front of hundreds of city workers and politicos.A second address is planned for April.After both the UCLA and USC marching bands played to welcome the mayor, she fittingly homed in on a theme of unity as the region prepares to host the World Cup, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Super Bowl, among other events.
She also said Angelenos needed to unite in the face of immigration raids, the homelessness crisis and the fires that burned in the city last year.“Even in this difficult chapter in our history, great events — moments of unity — are possible.And they are coming,” Bass said.
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the greatest Olympic and Paralympic Games in history — we will continue to focus on the fundamentals, the things that shape how a city feels to the people who live here and the millions who will visit,” Bass said.The preparation will include a continued focus on cleaning up encampments through Bass’ signature program, Inside Safe, she said.
Bass also announced a new clean streets initiative dubbed Clean Corridors, which she said would “accelerate beautification” of major thoroughfares throughout the city in advance of the O...