Los Angeles prepares for 2028 Olympics

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00:00And it is not going to be a small feat to try and run up one up what was done in Paris.

00:05But there are a few things.

00:06One thing that L.A. has determined is that they are not going to build any new buildings.

00:11So construction is not going to be something that they'll be looming against any kind of

00:15deadlines for L.A. 28.

00:17The biggest issues facing Los Angeles right now is transportation and the homelessness

00:21problem.

00:22So first, transportation is the biggest one.

00:25Los Angeles, it is famous all over the world.

00:27Love their cars.

00:28There is not a big public transit system here.

00:31So they're going to have to figure out how to bus everybody.

00:34It's a vast city.

00:35There are a lot of different venues in very far locations.

00:38So really trying to figure out how to utilize the transportation and how to get people out

00:43of the city so that there isn't all of that congestion.

00:46Now, Mayor Karen Bass has promised that they will bring in buses to bring people to the

00:50different locations.

00:51There will be dedicated bus lanes to help with congestion.

00:55And she is hoping that a lot of Los Angelinos will be leaving the city during the Olympic

00:59Games or if they do stay here, that there will be work from home mandates to allow for

01:04that congestion, because that's where most of the traffic happens is during the commute

01:09to and from work.

01:10Now, the other problem is homelessness.

01:12It is a major issue here in Los Angeles.

01:15And so Mayor Karen Bass is trying to ensure that we can fix both of those problems.

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