1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

It’s time for Los Angeles and the State of California to halt all p reparations to host the 2028 Summer Olympics. This event is now too dangerous for California. Hosting the Olympic Games requires California to work with a lawless U.S. regime (and its rights-violating security apparatus) as it openly wages war aga inst our city and state. For the 2028 Olympics, an agreement puts the U.S. Secret Service in charge of security, with support from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. hborhoods. All those agencies work for the President, who has launched a war against California that includes deploying troops and secret federal police in our neig California leaders have demanded that immigration raids end and the troops leave - and they are right to do so - but that is incompatible with the Olympi cs agreement, which gives these agencies the power to surge security personnel into Los Angeles. That’s why it’s urgent that California take away the president’s le verage by immediately stopping all expenditures and development. Unexpected expenses from the Games could hurt public budgets that are already in deficit. And the President, famous for stiffing partners, could try to stick L.A. with billions in federal security costs. d jail tourists — will discourage attendance. The regime also is destroying the Games’ potential upside. The Olym pics can make money if people all over the world come to see them, but travel bans — and the administration’s willingness to detain an Tyrants have used the Olympics to consolidate power before — Google “1936 Berlin Olympics.” Why should Californians spend our time and money on a fascist pageant for an oppressor? If the 2028 Olympics go forward, they’ll be little more than a weap on for Trump to use against us.