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Los Angeles city controller subpoenas LA28, demanding financial documents
Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia issued a subpoena to 2028 Olympics organizing committee LA28 on Oct. 16, demanding its financial, contract and venue-construction budget documents, with a 15-day deadline. His office says LA28's recent budget report omitted the detailed contract list required by the Games Agreement and found the requested financial documents "incomplete or wholly absent"; LA28 says it has not received or reviewed the subpoena and cannot yet respond.
Why it matters
Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia took the rare step of subpoenaing the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee LA28 on October 16, demanding documents on its finances, contracts and budgets for venue construction projects. It is a major escalation in the city's push for Olympic financial transparency: Los Angeles is the financial backstop for the Games and taxpayers are on the hook for cost overruns if LA28 does not turn a profit. The controller set a 15-day deadline for LA28 to respond.
Why the subpoena
The Games Agreement between the city and LA28 requires the committee to disclose each year the name, type, amount, term and purpose of every contract worth more than $1 million, plus updates on venue improvement schedules and budgets. The controller's office said LA28 failed to include a detailed contract list in its recent budget report; in August the controller had already sent a letter requesting the data with a September 28 deadline, which LA28 did not satisfy. After reviewing all LA28 documents in the city's possession, the office determined the requested financial documents were "incomplete or wholly absent" and that LA28 complied with only two of the agreement's nine disclosure subsections. The office confirmed it worked with the city attorney's office on the subpoena and has its "full support and backing." LA28 said it has not received or reviewed the subpoena and is not in a position to respond, though it previously said it had shared information with other city officials including the mayor, city attorney and city administrative officer.
Sources
LAist (Libby Rainey, Oct. 16, updated Oct. 17); MyNewsLA; Los Angeles City Controller's office news release (controller.lacity.gov).
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