Mayor Karen Bass received the official Olympic flag from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo Sunday as Los Angeles takes the baton from Paris and begins the four-year countdown to the 2028 Summer Games.
Bass received the flag during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, making history as the first ever Black woman mayor to do so."Mayor Hidalgo is the first woman to serve as Mayor of Paris and being the first woman to serve as Mayor of Los Angeles, we know that tomorrow, as Casey described, we will be sharing a historic moment as I received the flag from her," Bass said Saturday.
Bass is expected to return to Los Angeles on Monday with the flag. Upon her arrival at LAX at about 2 p.m., she will host a news conference to showcase the flag and highlights of her trip.With the Olympics coming to Los Angeles in 2028, Mayor Karen Bass and local lawmakers have been paying close attention to Paris' preparations.
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