洛杉矶市主计长向LA28发出传票 限15天交出2028年奥运会财务记录
位于加州洛杉矶县的洛杉矶市，洛杉矶市主计长 Kenneth Mejia 于10月16日（周五）向2028年洛杉矶奥运会和残奥会组委会 LA28 发出传票，要求其在15天内交出依约应向市政府提供的财务记录和文件。Mejia 办公室表示，传票依据《洛杉矶市宪章》（City Charter）赋予主计长的权力发出；作为市政府的会计、审计与支付负责人，主计长负责评估主办2028年奥运会给市财政带来的风险敞口。
争议源于2021年市政府与 LA28 签订的《赛事协议》（Games Agreement）。协议要求 LA28 每年披露九个分项的信息，包括金额超过100万美元的每一份合同的名称、类型、金额、期限与用途，以及场馆建设项目的时间表和预算。洛杉矶在协议中为奥运会提供财务兜底，须承担最初的巨额亏损份额，因此组委会的账目直接关系纳税人利益。
Mejia 今年8月正式向 LA28 提出财务信息请求，并把期限定在9月28日。主计长办公室随后审查了市政府手头的全部 LA28 文件，认定九个披露分项中只有两项合规，其余要求提供的文件或不完整、或完全缺失。缺失的内容包括财务预测与实际结果的对比、银行对账单、场馆的时间表与预算、承包商的身份，以及合同的金额与用途。
在9月28日期限当天，LA28 回应称，相关信息已经与市长、市检察官（City Attorney）、首席立法分析师和市行政官等市府联络人分享。LA28 还曾表示，公开披露合同细节可能对其赞助与签约谈判造成财务损害。对于本次传票，LA28 代表未立即回应媒体的置评请求。
Mejia 在声明中说：「LA28 在多年里一直扣着按合同有义务提供给洛杉矶市的信息，如今又拒绝配合我办公室的请求，这是不可接受的。我的职责是保护纳税人的钱，我将动用市宪章赋予我的全部权力，评估主办2028年奥运会给本市带来的财务风险。」（GSM 据洛杉矶市主计长办公室声明及 MyNewsLA、LA Patriot 报道）
LA City Controller Subpoenas LA28, Gives Organizers 15 Days to Hand Over 2028 Olympics Financial Records
Los Angeles is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia on Friday, October 16, subpoenaed LA28, the organizing committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, demanding that it provide financial records and documents owed to the city within 15 days. Mejia's office said the subpoena was issued under his authority in the City Charter; as the city's accountant, auditor and paymaster, the controller is responsible for assessing the city's financial exposure from hosting the 2028 Games.
The dispute stems from the 2021 Games Agreement between the city and LA28. The agreement requires LA28 to disclose information annually under nine subsections, including the name, type, amount, term and purpose of every contract worth more than $1 million, along with schedules and budgets for venue construction projects. Under the deal, Los Angeles backstops the Games financially and is on the hook for a first share of losses, so the committee's books bear directly on taxpayers.
Mejia made a formal request for the financial information in August, with a deadline of September 28. His office then reviewed every LA28 document in the city's possession and determined that LA28 was in compliance with only two of the nine subsections, while the requested documents were otherwise either incomplete or wholly absent. The missing material includes comparisons of financial forecasts against actual results, bank statements, venue schedules and budgets, the identity of contractors, and the values and purposes of contracts.
On the day of the September 28 deadline, LA28 asserted that it had already shared the requested information with city liaisons including the mayor, the city attorney, the chief legislative analyst and the city administrative officer. LA28 has also argued that public disclosure of contract details could be financially detrimental to its sponsorship and contracting negotiations. A representative for LA28 did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the subpoena.
"LA28's refusal to comply with my office's request after years of withholding information that they are contractually obligated to provide to the city of LA is unacceptable. My responsibility is to protect taxpayer dollars, and I will use my full authority under the City Charter to assess the City's financial exposure of hosting the 2028 Games," Mejia said in a statement. (GSM, based on the statement from the Office of the Los Angeles City Controller and reporting by MyNewsLA and LA Patriot)
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