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The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in 1932.
Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year. Since 1994, summer and winter Games have been held in staggered even years. The last Olympic games were held at Paris in July-Aug 2024.
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors declared a countywide state of emergency on homelessness early last year. Officials say it has had a positive impact.
The boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles followed four years after the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The boycott involved nineteen countries: fifteen from the Eastern Bloc led by the Soviet Union, which initiated the boycott on May 8, 1984, and four other countries which boycotted on their own initiatives.
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is expected to declare the region's homelessness crisis a 'state of emergency.' Officials say the move will speed approval of contracts and hiring.
A nonprofit group asks a judge to strike down Karen Bass' emergency declaration on homelessness, calling it a "vast and illegal expansion of mayoral power." L.A.'s mayor declared a homeless emergency.
Los Angeles Olympics may refer to three different Olympic Games held or to be held in Los Angeles: ... This page was last edited on 13 August 2024, at 07:03 (UTC).
Los Angeles officials on Tuesday called homelessness an "emergency" in the city and proposed spending $100 million to provide permanent housing and shelters for the city's 26,000 indigent. Mayor ...