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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11-- The Los Angeles Council voted Friday morning by 12-0, unanimously approving the contracts signed by the city government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last week to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028. It's an important move for the second largest city of the United States to lock the award of being host of the 2028 Summer Games, which is scheduled to be announced with 2024 Olympics host city, most probably Paris, together by IOC on Sept. 13 in Peru. In the four-hour and two separate meetings, representatives from Chief Legislative Analyst, City Administrative Officer, and City Attorney report briefly their assessments to the Host City Contract, Memorandum of Understanding and other actions for the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Meanwhile, about one hundred local residents also shared their comments and recommendations regarding the contracts before vote. Some residents expressed their concerns about the Games could worsen the traffic problem and housing crisis of the city, But more people believed that LA would benefit from the Olympics, including infrastructure works, education and small business. The Chairman of City Council Herb J. Wesson Jr voted "yes" to the bill, he twitted after the meeting: "Many have the chance to be a part of history. Few have the opportunity to make it. @LA2028 let's do this." Jenifer Wang, 46, an Angelino born here and married to a Chinese man, told Xinhua that she still remembered that there was a big scare in preparation for the 1984 Olympics that traffic would be horrible, but nothing happened. | 
