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Welcome to the LA Counts Library! Harvested from federal, state, regional, and local data publishers, these open datasets and related data stories tell the public tale of Los Angeles County. They reveal what we know and even what we don't know. Use them to examine your government, explain how things work, and explore the potential for social change in and across Los Angeles County.
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Data Adventure #7: How to Analyze Geographic Data in Shapefiles
From empty Dorito bags and fast food cups lining the curb to plastic bags stuck in trees, litter mars too many L.A. neighborhoods. In response, in 2016 Mayor Eric Garcetti...- Data Articles
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Data Adventure #5: How to Analyze a Budget
This guide is for anyone interested in analyzing budget data. Where does the money go? Residents often wonder how much the city spends on what types of goods and services....- Data Articles
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Community Profile: Caroline Bhalla
Meet Caroline Bhalla. Caroline runs the Neighborhood Data for Social Change Initiative through the USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation. This platform enables users to...- Community Profiles
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Listen first, hack second
Every year, Code for America volunteer brigades around the country celebrate a day devoted to civic hacking. Teams nationwide come up with ways to give back to their communities...- Data Articles
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Open Data Viz: LAPD Crime Incidents by Division (2010-2017)
I am one of those people. Growing up on the East Coast, I dreamt of bumping into my favorite celebrities and scratching my performance itch through stand-up comedy. That said, I...- Data Articles
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The Unique Civic Data Opportunity in Southern California
Projects begun in the enthusiasm of boom years have collapsed with the particular boom or have been abandoned like a wagon wheel in the desert. Reform movements inaugurated...- Data Articles
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Silver Lake Parking Tickets
The City of Los Angeles recently released a dataset that contains parking citations from 2012-2015. When it comes to parking, we all constantly wonder how far we can toe the...- Data Articles
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Defending Sanctuary Cities
The United States has always been defined by its immigrants. German arrivals dominated in the early 20th century. They populated large swaths of the midwest, while Italians and...- Data Articles
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By the Community, for the Community
Think about data. Maybe you’re imagining a spreadsheet of numbers, or a stream of 1’s and 0’s. Now think about where that data lives. Is it on your computer or a company’s...- Data Articles
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Grids, Grades, and Garbage
For decades, low-income Los Angeles residents have observed that their streets were plagued by illegal dumping, and that it took the city months or longer to respond to cleanup...- Data Articles
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Community Profile: Andrew Schrock
Meet Andrew Schrock. He’s a communication researcher by day as well as an author and instructor at USC and UCLA. How’d you get into data? I have a degree in Computer Science....- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Leila Forouzan
Meet Leila Forouzan. Leila works at the Advancement Project California, a next generation, multiracial civil rights organization working on systems change. The staff in the...- Community Profiles
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An Equity Profile of the Los Angeles Region
While the nation is projected to become a people-of-color majority by the year 2044, Los Angeles reached that milestone in the 1980s. Los Angeles’ diversity is a major asset in...- Data Articles
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Real Cost Measure Methodology
The Real Cost Measure is a poverty measure designed by United Ways of California. Unlike the official poverty measure which does not accurately account for local costs of...- Methodologies
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Measure of America: Humanizing Development in America
Los Angeles County is blessed with a diverse population, a dynamic economy, a beautiful coastline, and a dedicated community of organizations and individuals invested in making...- Data Articles
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Counting Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County is the most populous county in the country, home to over 10 million residents. It is a large, sprawling region with 88 cities, many unincorporated...- Data Articles
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NDSC: Banking Deserts in Los Angeles County
Across Los Angeles County, more than half a million residents lack access to a single bank or credit union within their neighborhoods. For these Angelenos living in a banking...- Data Articles
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Silver Lake Parking Tickets II: Neighborhoods
After months of skating by, undetected, unpermitted, it finally happened: we got a parking ticket. Our neighborhood, just south of the Silver Lake Reservoir, restricts overnight...- Data Articles
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Struggling to Stay Afloat
Unlike the official poverty measure which does not accurately account for local costs of living, the Real Cost Measure factors the costs of housing, food, health care, child...- Data Articles