[1] Due to concerns over a number of cities withdrawing in the bid process of the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, a process to award the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously to the final two cities in the running to the 2024 Summer Olympics—Los Angeles and Paris—was approved at an Extraordinary IOC Session on July 11, 2017, in Lausanne.

[8] After the closing of procedures, in September 2024, Ravi Chauhan, the Secretary of Differently Abled Cricket Council of India, said that he requested for the inclusion of para-cricket in LA28 Paralympics, following his meeting with IPC President Andrew Parsons, who has "shown confidence".

The emblems for the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on September 1, 2020, featuring the characters "LA" and "28" in a stacked layout.

The "A" in "LA" is designed to be interchangeable, with variations created in collaboration with local athletes, artists, and celebrities.

[11][12][13] Among the larger suite of logo variants are versions designed in collaboration with Paralympic athletes, including Scout Bassett (which is inspired by the infinity symbol),[14] Ezra Frech, Lex Gillette, Jamal Hill, and Oz Sanchez.