Los Angeles City Hall financial advisors have recommended that Councillors give the go-ahead to a payment of $18.5 million (£15 million/€17 million) for the latest year of the city's Youth Sports Program (YSP)

Work on a high-speed rail network connecting Las Vegas to Los Angeles is set to begin later this year with the hope of it being completed in time for the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics.

Inglewood Assembly member Tina McKinnor has been appointed chair of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Select Committee after being named to the position by Speaker Anthony Rendon.

The major Olympic Hub at Long Beach is to receive $30 million (£24.8 million/€28.2 million) to help the city re-align the shoreline in time for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics when the area will host eight Olympic sports.

World Sailing has pledged its commitment to continue supporting a return to the Paralympic Games after failing to secure the sport’s place at Los Angeles 2028. 

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed 22 sports for the initial Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics programme, with sport climbing and surfing events still on the shortlist for additional inclusion.

Organisers of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and Paralympics have begun the hunt for a vice-president of sustainability for what they have described as the "the largest peacetime gathering in the history of the world."

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic wheelchair gold medallist Jorge Sanchez and 2011 world 110 metres hurdles champion Jason Richardson have joined young people from Los Angeles at a Youth Council on "Education and Inclusion around Paralympic sports". 

This year's Para Surfing World Championships in Pismo Beach demonstrated the sport "belongs in the Paralympics" - at least in the eyes of International Surfing Association (ISA) President Fernando Aguerre.

World Sailing chief executive David Graham has hailed efforts by the global sailing community to reinstate sailing for the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games and promised that the campaign will be continued even if current efforts prove unsuccessful.

World Triathlon's Para triathlon senior manager Eric Angstadt has insisted that the governing body is "very optimistic" that the mixed relay format set to debut at the Championship Finals here can be included at the Paralympic Games from Los Angeles 2028.

Clayton Frech has a smile filled with pride every time he mentions Angel City Sports.

World ParaVolley has moved to the United States with a view to the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics as part of a restructuring of the organisation.

Para surfing camps of the PlayLA Adaptive Youth Sports programme came to a close with the United States Para surf champions Liv Stone and Sarah Bettencourt featuring in the final event.

André Barros has resigned as skateboarding chair for World Skate America, citing the cancellation of this year's Park and Street World Championships for the decision, and the global governing body has come under fire for alleged negligence of a bid for the sport to feature at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics.