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How LA cleared homeless people off the streets for the '84 Olympics
LA will host the Olympic Games in 2028. It hosted the games back in 1984. At that time, the city swept homeless people off the streets by enforcing laws that made it a crime to be homeless.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLA will host the Olympic Games in 2028. It hosted the games back in 1984. At that time, the city swept homeless people off the streets by enforcing laws that made it a crime to be homeless. Curbed LA Editor Jenna Chandler covered this, and she’s looking at how the city plans to do things differently for 2028.
