LA has no plan — or funding — to help unhoused people displaced by Olympics security efforts

Los Angeles officials say they don't have a plan for assisting the hundreds of unhoused people that will likely be displaced by security arrangements for the 2028 Summer Olympics, which the city is hosting.

As Libby Rainey explains in LAist, "Exactly how many people might be forced out around venues is not yet clear. The plans will come down to security perimeters — zones around event sites established by the U.S. Secret Service." Brandon Dean, the chief of special operations for the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, said unhoused people would be ejected from security perimeters directly surrounding event venues. While these perimeters haven't yet been determined, officials say they've been told they could be as wide as a mile and could affect as many as 1,600 people.

The city and county say they do not yet have the funding, nor the plan, to address homelessness around Olympic venues. Unlike during the 1984 Olympics, when police on horseback evicted homeless individuals, officials say they plan to offer at least temporary housing. "But as of this month, there is no additional funding for such a project." Officials are asking the state and the Olympics organizing committee to help fund the effort, but neither have committed any funds.