{"id":3980,"date":"2025-08-23T00:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3980"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:16:10","slug":"los-angeles-launches-sweeping-plan-to-fix-major-hazard-before-2028-olympic-games-its-about-people","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/los-angeles-launches-sweeping-plan-to-fix-major-hazard-before-2028-olympic-games-its-about-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles launches sweeping plan to fix major hazard before 2028 Olympic Games: &#8216;It&#8217;s about people&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-light-gray has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82641648 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-light-gray--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\"><p class=\"is-style-default tribe-news-single-overline\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><span class=\"is-color-blue\">News<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>The Cool Down<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>August 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h1 style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Los Angeles launches sweeping plan to fix major hazard before 2028 Olympic Games: &#8216;It&#8217;s about people&#8217;<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--2\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">TLos Angeles is getting a&nbsp;major boost&nbsp;in the fight against its most dangerous climate hazard \u2014 extreme heat \u2014 thanks to a sweeping new plan to expand shade across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--3\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/shade-la.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ShadeLA<\/a> coalition, led by USC Dornsife Public Exchange alongside UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, city and county agencies, LA Metro, and community organizations, will focus on adding and protecting tree canopy and building shade in neighborhoods where it&#8217;s needed most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outlined tribe-button-has-icon is-style-outlined--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/outdoors\/shade-la-coalition-los-angeles-2028-olimpics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read full article on The Cool Down<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column 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