LA28 to award billions in Olympic contracts. City officials worry local businesses won't get a slice (laist.com)
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The Olympic and Paralympic Games will cost billions of dollars to put on, and lucrative contracts will be up for grabs to provide things like cleaning services, construction, catering, and IT services for the month-long spectacle.

L.A. public officials want that money to stay local, but many of them say a new procurement plan released by Olympic organizing committee LA28 could end up leaving out businesses in the city of Los Angeles.

“You could have a scenario where no L.A. business does any business with LA28,” Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said at a council committee meeting Tuesday.

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