Council approves consensus motions directing LA28 site, lodging and accessibility planning

The Los Angeles City Council approved four consensus motions directing city staff and Los Angeles 28 organizers to produce reports and plans on proposed competition and training sites, visitor lodging strategies, accessibility compliance and public access for sites to be used during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Councilmembers voted 5-0, with two members absent, to place the items on the record and approve the consensus calendar. The motions ask the chief legislative analyst and multiple city departments to deliver the requested information within 90 days and to coordinate with outside stakeholders, including the Los Angeles 28 organizing committee.

The measures include: an instruction to the chief legislative analyst and relevant departments to provide a list of proposed game and training-site venues within 90 days; a motion to develop plans for accommodating large numbers of visitors at non-Games tourist destinations; a directive that Los Angeles 28, city mobility executives and the departments of Disability and Civil Rights develop an accessibility plan ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); and a request that Los Angeles 28 and the Department of Recreation and Parks craft a plan to maximize public access to basin areas and identify alternatives for open public space during Games use.

Councilmember Padilla, who sponsored the accessibility motion, said the intent was to ensure accessible features are created up front rather than retrofitted later. "One of the reasons I put this motion asking all parties to work with the Department of Disability... is that when you create these facilities it is smart to create accessibility spaces before, not after," Padilla said during the meeting.

Votes at a glance - Motion 2 (instruction to chief legislative analyst to report proposed venues within 90 days): Passed, 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absent. Vote recorded: Harris Dawson — yes; Price — yes; Soto Martínez — yes; Padilla — yes; (several yes votes read collectively in the transcript). Absent: Rodríguez; Buenfil/Lumenfil (recorded as absent). - Motion 3 (plan for lodging visitors at non-Games tourist destinations): Passed, 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absent. - Motion 4 (accessibility plan with Department of Disability and Civil Rights to ensure ADA compliance): Passed, 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absent. - Motion 5 (request to LA28 and Recreation and Parks to develop a basin access plan and alternatives for public open space): Passed, 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absent.

The transcript shows the council placed the four items on the consent/consensus calendar and approved them collectively after a brief discussion about accessibility and coordination with Los Angeles 28 and city departments. The motions direct staff to return with reports and plans; no ordinance or binding regulation was adopted at this meeting. The motions specify coordination among city departments, the chief legislative analyst and outside stakeholders but do not set final venue approvals or funding commitments.

The items were introduced and voted during the council's special meeting segment focused on Los Angeles 28 planning. The meeting record indicates the motion texts as read into the record, but detailed implementation steps, schedules beyond the 90-day reporting timeline, and specific funding sources were not included in the motions themselves.