Brief

The Bureau of Engineering proposed a temporary moratorium on construction activity during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games period. Council adopted the measure on September 30, 2025, by a 14-0-1 vote, as amended by Motion 28A introduced by Councilmembers Park and Rodriguez. The file remains open with follow-up implementation documents currently before the Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Public Works Committee.

Full summary

In April 2025, the Bureau of Engineering proposed a moratorium on construction within the public right-of-way during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympics run July 14 to July 30, 2028, and the Paralympics run August 15 to August 27, 2028, but the moratorium covers the broader period from May 1 to September 1, 2028, to accommodate venue preparation, security installations, training camps, media operations, and post-event cleanup. During that window, city agencies may not perform their own street work, and permitting agencies may not issue construction permits to others, in designated zones around nine venue areas: Exposition Park and Galen Center, LA LIVE and the Convention Center, Dodger Stadium, San Pedro, Universal Studios, Sepulveda Basin, Riviera Country Club, Venice Beach, and UCLA. The Department of Transportation defines the specific street boundaries for each zone, and those boundaries are subject to change based on evolving event and security needs. Only emergency work is automatically exempt from the moratorium. All other non-emergency construction that cannot wait until September 2, 2028 must go through a formal Construction Moratorium Exemption process administered by the Bureau of Engineering. Applicants must obtain written support from their local Council District office and the Mayor's Office of Major Events before the Bureau will issue an exemption letter, which must be kept on-site at all times. The Council also directed the Bureau to accommodate Pacific Palisades rebuilding work wherever possible without compromising event security, giving that disaster-recovery construction a degree of priority in the exemption process. The proposal moved through the Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which approved it on August 27, 2025, and the Public Works Committee, which approved it on September 10, 2025. Council adopted it 14-0-1 on September 30, 2025, as amended by Motion 28A from Councilmembers Park and Rodriguez. In May 2026, the Bureau of Engineering submitted an updated implementation report formalizing the moratorium's street lists, maps, and draft exemption procedures, developed in coordination with the Office of Major Events, LAPD, Department of Transportation, Department of Building and Safety, Department of City Planning, Bureau of Contract Administration, and Bureau of Street Services. The Public Works Committee received and filed that report on June 10, 2026. The file remains open as implementation continues in advance of the 2028 Games.

Activity (13)

• 2026-06-10 Public Works Committee noted and filed item(s).
• 2026-06-05 Public Works Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 10, 2026.
• 2026-05-20 Bureau of Engineering document(s) referred to Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games ; Public Works Committee.
• 2026-05-19 Document submitted by Bureau of Engineering, dated May 18, 2026.
• 2025-10-01 Council action final.
• 2025-09-30 Council adopted item as amended by Motion 28A (Park - Rodriguez), subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
• 2025-09-26 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on September 30, 2025.
• 2025-09-10 Public Works Committee approved item(s) .
• 2025-09-04 Public Works Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 10, 2025.
• 2025-08-27 Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games approved item(s) .
• 2025-08-25 Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games scheduled item for committee meeting on August 27, 2025.
• 2025-05-02 Bureau of Engineering document(s) referred to Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games ; Public Works Committee.
• 2025-05-01 Document(s) submitted by Bureau of Engineering, as follows:Bureau of Engineering report, dated April 30, 2025, relative to a moratorium on construction activity during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Documents (6)

• 2026-05-18 Report from Bureau of Engineering · report
• 2025-10-01 Council Action · council_action
• 2025-09-30 Amending Motion 28A (Park - Rodriguez) · motion
• 2025-09-10 Joint Report from Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Public Works Committee · report
• 2025-08-27 Speaker Card(s) · speaker_card
• 2025-04-30 Report from Bureau of Engineering · report

Council votes (1)

• 2025-09-30 Adopted as Amended — 14-0-1 · Regular