In 1984, someone poisoned LA Olympics exec Peter Ueberroth’s dogs. The SF Valley is warmer, but worried, about LA28.
When in 1984 Los Angeles hosted the Olympic Summer Games, Sue Steinberg lived in Van Nuys and remembered her neighbors renting out their homes to visitors from around the world.
Steinberg is among residents who today feel divided over the upcoming LA 2028 Summer Olympics, and are asking whether the Valley should host Olympics sports events this time. “Maybe it was a coincidence, but within an hour, somebody threw arsenic-laced meat over my fence,” UeberrothOpposition to Olympics events in the Sepulveda Basin halted the proposals, with residents and environmentalists citing concerns over traffic, pollution and construction.
Melanie Winter, director of the non-profit The River Project, has since the 1990s been advocating for better management of watershed lands and revitalization of rivers. “What I would not want to see happen is a bunch of resources thrown doing something cosmetic that’s not going to provide lasting benefit, not just for wildlife, but for people,” she said.
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