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SACRAMENTO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span>As Los Angeles prepares to host the 2028 Olympics, state lawmakers are raising concerns that potential clashes with President Trump could cause chaos.<\/p>\n

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State Sen. Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), speaking at a legislative hearing this week on the 2028 Games, expressed concern about Trump\u2019s animosity toward California and questioned whether that could affect the federal financial support that is essential to the Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know we rely a lot on the federal funding,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cCan you assure me that we\u2019re not going to be left in the middle of the planning carrying the bag?\u201d<\/p>\n

Rubio was addressing Joey Freeman, the vice president of state affairs for the LA28 Organizing Committee, who testified before lawmakers.<\/p>\n

Freeman assured legislators that the organizing committee had a \u201cwonderful working relationship\u201d with the Trump administration. He said the committee successfully advocated for $1 billion in federal funds for state and local law enforcement, and $94 million to boost transportation planning.<\/p>\n

LA28 leaders previously projected<\/u> that the Games will cost more than $7.1 billion. They\u2019ve said the money will come from a mix of sources, including corporate sponsors, ticket sales, merchandise, the federal government and the International Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n

Rubio, however, said she remained worried that the federal dollars could fall through.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a state, our funding is also stretched thin, and at the end of the day we don\u2019t want to have to step in to save the Olympics,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n

Several other concerns were raised during the roughly three-hour hearing, including questions about how to best protect visitors and participants from federal immigration raids. The Trump administration\u2019s increased enforcement actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol last year in the Los Angeles area led to clashes with protesters and widespread concerns about immigrant rights.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) said legislators were working on a package of bills to help rein in ICE during the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmigration is still front and center,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople are feeling even more worried that they\u2019ll continue to be deported and kidnapped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other lawmakers grilled Freeman for more information about ticket sales. LA28 previously advertised tickets as being affordable for locals, but many shoppers last month were dismayed to find prices in the thousands.<\/p>\n

Freeman said he did not have specifics on the community ticketing program, which earned a rebuke from Sen. Laura Richardson (D-San Pedro).<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re in an official state hearing and I think you know there was a problem because it was well-publicized in the news,\u201d she said. \u201cThe fact that we came to this committee and you don\u2019t know how many tickets were issued, you don\u2019t know how many of those were under $100 \u2014 you don\u2019t have the information that we need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Krekorian, executive director of the Los Angeles Office of Major Events, chalked up many of the concerns surrounding the games to political negativity. He pointed to the success of the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1932 and 1984.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou hear the tickets are too expensive, there aren\u2019t going to be enough opportunities, it\u2019s going to be a big disruption, there\u2019s going to be a lot of traffic, the city just went through these horrible fires, how are we going to pull this off?\u201d he said. \u201cI just want to remind all of us \u2014 L.A. knows how to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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