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Four officials raised world Cup at 12 meetings. Holly J. Mitchell raised it most, at 7.

We count who raised it, not which side they took.

12meetings where an official raised it
4officials

Spot check: 52 of 63 lines were on topic. · Quotes from Jul 14, 2026 to Sep 17, 2026 · How we count

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Share of each body's meetings where an official raised world Cup

Share of each board's transcribed meetings where an identified official raised it. Shaded band: 90% range; overlapping bands are too close to call. Boards with fewer than six meetings left out.

  1. LA Metro Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee37% · 3 of 8 transcribed meetings
  2. LA Metro Board of Directors36% · 4 of 11 transcribed meetings
  3. LA Metro Planning and Programming Committee25% · 2 of 8 transcribed meetings
  4. Budget Hearings12% · 1 of 8 transcribed meetings
  5. Board of Police Commissioners3% · 1 of 29 transcribed meetings
  6. City Council1% · 1 of 85 transcribed meetings

The 12 meetings where an official raised world Cup

Newest first. School-board meetings open the district's own video.

  1. Sep 17, 2026LA Metro Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience CommitteePlay at 1:37:28 →
  2. Sep 16, 2026LA Metro Board of DirectorsFrom the start →
  3. Jul 15, 2026LA Metro Planning and Programming CommitteeFrom the start →
  4. Jul 14, 2026Board of Police CommissionersPlay at 4:07:45 →
  5. Jun 10, 2026City CouncilFrom the start →
  6. May 28, 2026LA Metro Board of DirectorsFrom the start →
  7. May 21, 2026LA Metro Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience CommitteeFrom the start →
  8. May 4, 2026Budget HearingsFrom the start →
  9. Apr 15, 2026LA Metro Board of DirectorsFrom the start →
  10. Feb 26, 2026LA Metro Board of DirectorsFrom the start →
All 12 meetings
  1. Feb 19, 2026LA Metro Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience CommitteeFrom the start →
  2. Nov 19, 2025LA Metro Planning and Programming CommitteeFrom the start →

Four officials, by meetings where they raised it

89% of officials’ talk time on it is identified, so counts are at least these.

Holly J. MitchellChair · LA Metro Board of Directors7meetings

“That even if it were not FIFA, I think the activations alone would have been successful just because people are looking for opportunity for community.”

Play at 1:37:28Sep 17, 2026
Rasha Gerges ShieldsPresident · Board of Police Commissioners1meeting

“Like, so for the 16, you know, drones that were detected during, like, the FIFA events, were, were those like bad actors or just unaware actors of people flying their drone because they wanted cool video footage or other things like that?”

Play at 4:07:45Jul 14, 2026
Also raised it
Lindsey HorvathLA County Supervisor, District 3 · 3 meetingsHeather HuttDistrict 10 · 2 meetings

13 local news articles on world Cup in 12 months, and 12 meetings that took it up

Month by month · articles we found in local outlets (LA Public Press, LAist, Los Angeles Times), not all coverage

Local news articlesMeetings that took it up
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Meetings that raised world Cup drew 11.6 public speakers each

Public speakers per meeting, the whole meeting, not only this item · counts of people, never names · members of the public are never named, pictured or quoted

Meetings that raised world Cup11.6
12 meetings
All other meetings we counted13.3
423 meetings

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