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LA84 and Play Equity Fund urge sustained youth investment, highlight AB 749

California State Assembly Select Committee on the 2028 Olympics and Paralympic Games · March 6, 2026
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Summary

LA84 leaders and community partners told the committee that the 1984 surplus has funded decades of youth programs; they urged policies and funding (including AB 749) to translate LA28 activity into long-term access for underserved youth.

Leaders from the LA84 Foundation and community partners outlined how the 1984 Games' surplus was converted into an endowment that has funded youth sports, coaching and community programs across Southern California for more than four decades.

Renita Simrill described the Foundation's strategy of investing the surplus to create a "gift that keeps on giving," funding programs that have reached millions of young people and supporting a research…

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