Contents:
Official Links for Los Angeles City and Los Angeles
County
City of Los Angeles
- City of Los Angeles home page
- Includes pull-down menus that simplify finding needed services. Especially
useful is Neighborhood Resources near the bottom of the page--type in your address
or cross streets and find out immediately: Elected officials with links
to their web pages; service district information (when trash is collected,
etc.); census tract number, zip code, and more.
Los Angeles County
- Los Angeles County Online.
- Los Angeles County Departments
and Agencies
- A list of Los Angeles County departments and related agencies with links
to the website of each. An easy way to link to information about a Los Angeles
County department or agency and its programs.
- Home pages of other Counties
and Cities in Southern California
- A list of links compiled by the Southern
California Association of Governments.
Directories & Guides
A selection of directories and guides prepared, in most cases, by Los Angeles
County or Los Angeles City departments or related agencies.
Jump to: Services & Help
| Business Assistance | Transportation
| Education & Culture
Services and Help
- Citywide Services Directory
- Searchable directory of City of Los Angeles services that also offers
browsing by category or by provider.
- County Directory
of Services and Information provided by the County of Los Angeles.
- Consumer Protection
- Information from the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs.
- Los Angeles County Department
of Health Services Establishment Rating List
- Search by food establishment name, city, or zip code.
- Clean L.A. (Los Angeles County Department of Public Works)
- County of Los Angeles - Department
of Health Services. (Links to county-run hospitals and clinics).
- Mental Health Programs and Services
(Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health).
- Nursing
Home Guide (California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform)
- Information on all 1400+ nursing homes in California, including profiles
of services, citations, complaints and deficiencies. Searchable by city
or county. Similar guide is available for Residental
Care Facilities for the Elderly.
- Nursing Home Compare
(Medicare)
- Detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and
Medicaid certified nursing home in the United States, including inspection
reports, quality measures, number of beds, staffing, and type of ownership
- Public
Social Services Hotlines
- List of public access numbers of the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Social Services. See also
related hotlines administered by other county departments or agencies.
- Los Angeles
County Public Social Services Child Care Information and Resources Directory
- Provides names of licensed child care centers and large family child care
homes (up to 14 children). Can be searched by zip code.
- 211 Los Angeles County
- Offers telephone and online database access to a range of social services,
including those offered by government agencies.
- Los Angeles
Animal Services Care Centers
- Links to list of Los Angeles City and non-city animal shelters in Los
Angeles County.
Business Assistance
- LACoMAX: Los Angeles County Materials
Exchange
- Free countywide materials reuse service to find markets and other uses
for by-products, surplus materials, and discards.
Transportation
- L. A. City
Road Work in Progress (L. A. City Bureau of Street Services)
- Updated weekly. Bureau of Street
Services home page also links to lists of road repairs scheduled for
the future.
- Traffic Information for the City
of Los Angeles (City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation)
- Real-time traffic information online.
- TranStar
- This trip-planning service for Southern California public transit bus
and rail travel is provided by the Southern California Association of Governments.
See also: Metropolitan Transit Authority
or check Metrolink routes
and schedules.
- Los Angeles International Airport
- See also the commercial site: QuickAID:
LAX.
- Bob Hope Airport (Burbank
Airport)
- City of Los Angeles Taxi Services.
Education and Culture
- Los
Angeles Unified School District's site includes an online directory
of its schools.
- Information
about Schools in California (Oviatt Library)
- An online guide to finding test scores, statistics and more about public
and private schools in California.
- Ed-Data (Education
Data Partnership)
- Look up any California school or school district. See also the Local
Education Facts section of this guide for school profiles and more.
- Los Angeles Museum of Art.
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- Museums (City of Los
Angeles)
- A collection of links to both large and small Los Angeles museums.
- Historic-Cultural
Monuments by Community Planning Area (City of Los Angeles)
L. A. City/County Statistics & Facts
Jump to: Economic/Demographic
| Crime | Environment
| Education | Health | Other
| Budgets
Additional useful sites:
Some links are to files in PDF
(Portable Document Format), i.e. they must be viewed with the free
Adobe Reader.
Local Economic and Demographic Statistics Online
State & Federal Level Sources of Local Economic/Demographic Statistics
- American
FactFinder (Census Bureau)
- Social, economic and housing facts, including easy access to Census 2000
data/maps on states, counties and cities. Interactive database engine for
the 1997 Economic Census, the American Community Survey, and both the 1990
and 2000 Census of Population and Housing. Note: The Oviatt Library online
guides Finding
Census 2000 Data by Zip Code and Finding
Census Tract Data on the Internet provide directions on using American
Factfinder to find Census of Population and Housing data when the geographic
area of interest is smaller than a city.
- American Community
Survey (Census Bureau)
- Nationwide survey includes current demographic estimates for Los Angeles
County and Los Angeles City.
- Population Estimates
(Census Bureau)
- Includes annual estimates of the total population for cities and counties
and estimates by demographic characteristics (age, sex, race, and Hispanic
origin) for the nation, states and counties.
- MapStats: United States (FedStats)
- Statistical profiles at the county, city, state, congressional district,
or Federal judicial district level.
- Small Area
Income and Poverty Estimates (Census Bureau)
- Annual model-based estimates of income and poverty for states, counties,
and school districts. County-level data includes median income, children
in poverty, and all people in poverty
- County and City Data
Book (Census Bureau). Latest edition is 2007.
- See also County
and City Data Books (University of Virginia), which provides online
access to the 1944 through 2000 County and City Data Books.
- USA Counties (Census
Bureau)
- County
Population Census Counts 1900-90 (Census Bureau)
- U. S. Census Bureau
- Offers many other statistics, some of which are available by metropolitan
statistical area (e.g. Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernadino county total)
or by county, including Quick
Facts. The Census
Bureau PDF Publications collection also includes many current and historical
Census of Population and Housing publications. (For older census data, see
also United
States Historical Census Data Browser--which presents Census data describing
the people and the economy of the United States for each state and county
from 1790 to 1960-- and Historical
Census Statistics On Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic
Origin, 1970 to 1990, For Large Cities And Other Urban Places In The United
States).
- County/ZIP
Code/Metropolitan Business Patterns by NAICS
(Census Bureau)
- See also the earlier ZIP
Code Business Patterns by SIC.
- County Business
Patterns (Census)
- Offers alternate formats. Also available: County
Business Patterns 1977-current (University of Virginia)
- Metropolitan Area Exports
(U. S. International Trade Administration)
- An archived 1999 export performance report on over 250 U.S. metropolitan
areas including Los Angeles-Long Beach.
- USA Trade
Online
- Specific export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities
by commodity, partner country, and customs port district or port--including
Los Angeles. (Database available in the library only at Reference Room
workstations 13 and 14, east of the Reference Desk; select the database
from the Start menu. No remote access via Oviatt Library).
- Airport
Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data (Federal Aviation Administration)
- Reports include data on several Los Angeles area airports.
- Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Area at a Glance (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Local labor force and consumer price index data.
- Occupational Employment
and Wage Estimates (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Davis-Bacon
Wage Determinations by county
- The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor determines
prevailing wage rates to be paid to various categories of workers on federally
funded or assisted construction projects.
- Metropolitan Area
Employment and Unemployment (current). See also older
data. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Labor
Market Information--Los Angeles County (Employment Development Department)
- Labor force data, industry employment, occupational projections, occupational
wages, and more.
- Local area personal income
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
- County/Metropolitan Statistical Area data on local area personal income,
including per capita income, by major source and earnings by industry, regional
economic profiles and more. Part of
Regional Economic Accounts.
- BEARFACTS
(Bureau of Economic Analysis)
- Computer-generated narratives for states, counties, and metropolitan statistical
areas (i.e. Los Angeles County) describing an area's personal income using
current estimates, growth rates, and a breakdown of the sources of personal
income.
- Home Mortgage
Disclosure Act Aggregate Report (Federal Financial Institutions Examination
Council)
- Data by metropolitan area on home loans approved, disapproved, income,
race and other factors. Some tables available at census tract level of geography.
A related Disclosure report
provides data by financial institution name.
- OASDI
Beneficiaries by State and County
- Includes county-level statistics on Social Security retirement, survivors,
and disability beneficiaries.
- Fair market rents
(U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
- Some data is available for metropolitan areas, including Los Angeles County.
- State of the Cities Data
Systems (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
- Pulls together housing, finance, employment data and more about cities,
city central core areas, and metropolitan areas.
- California Department of Finance
- Site includes demographic as well as financial and economic data.
- California
Statistical Abstract
- Some tables include data at the city or county level.
- California Department
of Social Services Research and Data Reports
- California state and county level data tables, publications and reports
regarding CalWORKs (welfare, homeless assistance requests, etc.), Children's
Programs (adoption, foster care, child abuse, etc.), Disability and Adult
Programs (includes elder abuse cases and more), Food Stamps, Fraud, and
Multiple Programs
- Related resources:
- RAND California
(Oviatt Library subscription)
- Numerous statistical databases on California, many of which include data
at the city/county level. Many tables are based on government data. An online
training exercise for RAND California Statistics is available.
- Los
Angeles Times Housing Market News.
- This site includes a place to search recent home sales, prices and foreclosures
by community name or zip code as well as city.
- California
Retail Survey Press Releases (California Retail Survey)
- Privately published data on retail market performance in California. Included
online are press releases on topics such as City/County Sales Rankings,
Sales Per Outlet Rankings, as well as a ranking of the Top 100 Retail Growth
Markets in California. More data is available in the print title California
Retail Survey.
- Los Angeles Almanac
- Privately published compilation of statistics, many of which come from
state and federal sources. Much of the statistical information is for Los
Angeles County as a whole.
- Community
Information by Zip Code (Oviatt Library)
- Includes Information
about People and Households by Zip Code and Business
Statistics by Zip Code.
- CensusScope (Social
Science Data Analysis Network at the University of Michigan)
- Site offers charts and county/metropolitan rankings based on Census data.
- Metro
and City Info (Mumford Center & American Communities Project)
- Uses census data to focus on racial and ethnic changes in cities and metropolitan
areas between 1980 and 2000.
- National
Priorities Project Database
- Includes county-level basic demographics and statistics on hunger, current
military service/recruits, housing, income, poverty, health, education,
and labor.
- Welfare Reform
in Los Angeles: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families
and Neighborhoods (MDRC)
- Report on how welfare reform unfolded in Los Angeles County (particularly
between 1998 and 2001), including many statistics on welfare and poverty.
L. A. City Sources of Local Economic/Demographic Statistics
- Census 2000
data from the Demographic
Research Unit Statistical Reports (City of Los Angeles Planning Department)
- Data from Census 2000 by Los Angeles City community planning areas. See
also the department's Local
Area Statistics, which includes very basic census data from 2000 and
1990 plus more recent estimates at community, census tract, city council
district, and area planning commission levels.
- Economic and Demographic
Information (Los Angeles City Administrative Officer).
- Interactive
City Maps (City
of Los Angeles)
- Links to LA GeoQuest and other mapping options.
- Building Summaries
(City of Los Angeles Planning Department)
- Most data is available by region of Los Angeles City and/or Community
Planning Area.
- Zip Code Map of the City
of Los Angeles (PDF; City of Los Angeles Housing Dept.)
- Map includes zip codes in the City of Los Angeles, including those for
communities where mail uses the community name (e.g. Northridge) rather
than Los Angeles.
- Residential Vacancy Data
(City of Los Angeles Housing Dept.)
- Los Angeles Housing Department Map Room
- Maps and data from the City of Los Angeles Housing Department.
- Los Angeles Department
of Water and Power site includes:
- LADWP Quick Facts.
Power System
Facts in Brief.
Water Services
Facts in Brief.
- Airport facts and statistics
- Los Angeles International Airport
(select News & Facts, then Statistics)
Van Nuys Airport (select
News & Facts, then Statistics)
- Port of Los Angeles facts and statistics
- About the
Port of Los Angeles
- Related resources for Los Angeles City:
- Mapping L.A. Neighborhoods (Los Angeles Times) both maps and provides
demographic data about neighborhoods within the City of Los Angeles,
including some comparisons to other neighborhoods in the city.
L. A. County & Regional Sources of Economic/Demographic Statistics
- Census 2000 Data (Southern
California Association of Governments)
- Data and maps from the 2000 Census of Population and Housing for Los Angeles,
Ventura, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties and cities
in those counties.
- Los Angeles County Economic Development
Corporation.
- Includes L.A.
County Profile and Economic Forecasts/Reports/Industry
cluster reports such as the Southern California auto industry, manufacturing,
entertainment, jewelry, etc.
- Los
Angeles County Assessor's Annual Report
- Summary statistics on property valuation, parcel counts, etc. for Los
Angeles County and cities within county.
- Los Angeles
County Department of Public Social Services Statistics
- Statistical reports, caseload characteristics, and various research reports
about social assistance programs and welfare reform from the Research, Evaluation
and Quality Assurance Division of the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Social Services.
- State of Child Abuse
in Los Angeles County
- Annual data sharing report from the Los
Angeles County Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.
- Publications from the
Southern California Association of Governments
- Includes the annual State of the Region report.
- Related resources with county-level information:
- Zip
Code Data Book (United Way of Greater Los Angeles)
- Zip code data/estimates on demographic, economic, and health topics for
communities in Los Angeles County. Includes both tables and maps. Many tables
are based on government data.
- United
Way of Greater Los Angeles Social Reports
- Series of reports on children, women, and ethnic groups in Los Angeles
that typically include statistics on a wide variety of topics, comparisons
between different ethnic groups, and more. Titles include: State of the
County, State of Women in Los Angeles County, Latino Scorecard, The State
of Black Los Angeles, The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders in
Los Angeles County, From Cradle to K: Ensuring Success by Six For All Los
Angeles Children, Overlooked and Undercounted, etc. See also the agency's searchable Research
Catalog, which links to other studies such as the Urban Institute's
Characteristics
of Unauthorized Immigrants in California, Los Angeles County, and the United
States.
- Healthy City
- Community service and policy research tool for Los Angeles County. Provides
a large database of community resources/services and localized demographic
and health data on a GIS
mapping platform. Much of the statistical data comes from government sources.
Geographic level choices for data and mapping include choices such as city,
zip code, services planning areas, and health districts.
- Just
the Facts: Los Angeles County (PDF)
- Public Policy Institute of California compilation of facts about Los
Angeles County demographics, immigration, income, and voters.
- UCLA Ralph & Goldy Lewis
Center for Regional Policy Studies
- This center's Project
Reports and Working
Papers include a variety of studies such as 2000
Census Undercount in Los Angeles County (PDF) and Socioeconomic
Characteristics of American Indians in L.A. County (PDF).
- Los Angeles County
Children's Planning Council
- Links to the
Children's Scorecard for Los Angeles County, demographic data for Service
Planning Area (SPA) and more
data in various formats.
- Homelessness Data & Demographics
- Information about the count of homeless persons and links to the count
results report with demographics and other data about the homeless from
the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
- Fact Sheets
from Shelter Partnership, Inc.
- Includes statistics on homeless people in Los Angeles County and short-term
housing.
- Los Angeles Economic
Roundtable Publications
- Reports focus on industrial policy, human services, and labor market topics.
Local Crime Statistics Online
- Crime Statistics
and Crime Maps for the City of Los Angeles (Los Angeles Police Department.)
- See also the following:
- Uniform Crime Reports (Federal
Bureau of Investigation)
- Data by city on various crimes; site includes hate crime statistics.
See also: Uniform
Crime Reports County Data via the University of Virginia.
- Crime Data (California Office
of the Attorney General)
- The Publications and Statistics sections of this site make available a
variety of data at the county/city level such as Hate
Crime in California.
- Los
Angeles Hate Crime Reports (Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission)
- Annual report on hate crime in Los Angeles County. Charts of hate crime
by year, targeted group, motivation, etc.
- Report
on Arrests for Domestic Violence in California (California Department
of Justice)
- Data by county and cities with populations over 100,000 are available
in Appendices C and D. See also data
on domestic violence calls to police available in RAND
California (Oviatt Library subscription).
- California Megan's Law Sex Offender
Locations (California Department of Justice).
- Searchable by Zip Code or street address.
- Youth Crime Gun Interdiction
Initiative
- Annual compilations include crime gun tracing since 1997 for Los Angeles.
- Related resources::
- RAND California
Statistics (Oviatt Library subscription)
- Numerous statistical databases on California, many of which include data
at the city/county level. Many tables are based on government data. An online
training exercise for RAND California Statistics is available.
- United
Way of Greater Los Angeles Social Reports
- Series of reports on children, women, and ethnic groups in Los Angeles
that typically include statistics on a wide variety of topics, comparisons
between different ethnic groups, and more. Titles include: State of the
County, State of Women in Los Angeles County, Latino Scorecard, The State
of Black Los Angeles, The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders in
Los Angeles County, From Cradle to K: Ensuring Success by Six For All Los
Angeles Children, Overlooked and Undercounted, etc. See also the agency's searchable Research
Catalog, which links to other studies.
Local Environment Statistics and Facts Online
- Where You Live (Enviromental
Protection Agency)
- Search for local environmental data from several databases.
- ShakeMap Home Page (California
Integrated Seismic Network)
- Maps of the intensity of ground shaking are available within 5 minutes
after an earthquake in Southern California.
- Hydrologic Report
(Los Angeles County Department of Public Works)
- Data relative to Los Angeles County for precipitation, evaporation, runoff,
erosion control, dam operation, water quality monitoring, conservation and
groundwater.
- Water Quality
(Los Angeles Department of Water and Power)
- Flood Map Viewer (Federal
Emergency Management Agency)
- View areas at risk of floods. Search
by address, state or zip code or use advanced search options such as
coordinates and map scales.
- Los Angeles
River maps
- Air Quality Data
(South Coast Air Quality Management District)
- See also: The
California Almanac of Emissions and Air Quality and AIRNow's Local
Air Quality Conditions & Forecasts.
- Interactive
City Maps (City of Los Angeles)
- Links to LA GeoQuest and other mapping options.
- California Environmental
Information by Geographic Region (California Environmental Resources
Evaluation System)
- Environmental data available by county, bioregion, or watershed.
- Street
Tree Selection Guide (Los Angeles City Bureau of Street Services)
- Related resources:
- Community
Information by Zip Code (Oviatt Library)
- Includes Environmental
Information by Zip Code.
- Scorecard
- An information service from Environmental Defense, this also provides
county-level data on environmental issues.
- RAND California
Statistics (Oviatt Library subscription)
- Numerous statistical databases on California, many of which include data
at the city/county level. Many tables are based on government data. An online
training exercise for RAND California Statistics is available.
Local Education Facts
- Ed-Data (Education
Data Partnership)
- Includes school profiles and other information.
- California's Standardized Testing and
Reporting program
- Includes School, District, County, and State Reports.
- California
High School and California Community College Academic Performance Reports
- California State University (CSU)
system provides, for each California high school and community college that
sends five or more students to the CSU system, an Academic Performance Report
tailored especially for that institution. These reports , accessible by
county and then school name, present summary information on the academic
performance of students in their first year at the CSU and comparison data.
- Related resources:
- Information
about Schools in California (Oviatt Library)
- An online guide to finding test scores, statistics and more about public
and private schools in California.
- RAND California
Statistics (Oviatt Library subscription)
- Numerous statistical databases on California, many of which include data
at the city/county level. Many tables are based on government data. Includes
information on private schools, SAT
scores, teacher salaries, and more. An online
training exercise for RAND California Statistics is available.
- Compare
Schools (School Wise Press)
- United
Way of Greater Los Angeles Social Reports.
- Series of reports on children, women, and ethnic groups in Los Angeles
that typically include statistics on a wide variety of topics, comparisons
between different ethnic groups, and more. Titles include: State of the
County, State of Women in Los Angeles County, Latino Scorecard, The State
of Black Los Angeles, The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders in
Los Angeles County, From Cradle to K: Ensuring Success by Six For All Los
Angeles Children, Overlooked and Undercounted, etc. See also the agency's searchable Research
Catalog, which links to other studies.
- Community
Information by Zip Code (Oviatt Library)
- Includes Education
Information by Zip Code.
Local Health Statistics and Facts Online
- Statistics Data &
Reports (Los Angeles County Department of Health Services-Public Health)
- List of reports available, some of which are individually listed below.
- L.A. County Health Data Resource Inventory
- Database catalogs reports by topic and geographic level, including health district and community-wide reports.
- Los Angeles
County Health Survey reports
- Los Angeles County Health Survey is a population based telephone survey
that provides information concerning the health of the Los Angeles County
residents. Site links to data and questionnaires.
- The
Health of Angelenos 2000
- A report designed to provide comprehensive health data at the county level.
- The Burden
of Disease in Los Angeles County (PDF)
- Study of the patterns of morbidity and mortality in the Los Angeles County
Population.
- Map of Los Angeles
County Service Planning Areas
- Map reveals boundaries of service planning areas (SPA) that are important
in understanding many local health reports. At the bottom of the map is
a pull-down menu that, among other things, lets you connect to a web page
for each SPA that gives information on local services and SPA-level reports.
- Los Angeles
County Key Indicators of Health by Service Planning Area 2007 (PDF).
- Older reports available online include Los
Angeles County Key Indicators of Health by Service Planning Area 2005 (PDF)
and Key
Indicators of Public Health by Service Planning Area 2002-2003 (PDF).
- Reports
and Statistical Data on San Fernando Valley Service Planning Area, SPA 2
- See also: Assessing
The Community's Needs: A Triennial Report on the San Fernando & Santa
Clarita Valleys 2007 (PDF), The
Health of the Residents in the San Fernando Valley Service Planning Area
of Los Angeles County, December 2000 (PDF) and other reports from the
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services - Public Health SPA
2 - San Fernando Area Health Office.
- Disease Control Reports
on communicable diseases (Los Angeles County - Department of Health Services)
- West Nile Virus
information and statistics (Los Angeles County - Department of Health Services)
- HIV Epidemiology Program
(Los Angeles County - Department of Health Services)
- Includes links to reports (which include statistics).
- City of Los Angeles
HIV/AIDS
Statistics (City of Los Angeles AIDS Coordinator's Office)
- Includes charts and other data on people in the City of Los Angeles living
with AIDS or HIV.
- Immunization Program (Los
Angeles County - Department of Health Services)
- Reports from this program often include statistical data.
- L. A. Tuberculosis
Morbidity (Los Angeles County - Department of Health Services)
- Health Assessment Unit
( (Los Angeles County - Department of Health Services)
- Includes reports on recent health trends and topics in Los Angeles county
such as Alzheimer's
Disease (PDF),
Childhood Obesity (PDF), Diabetes
in Los Angeles (PDF), Hypertension
(PDF), Food
Insecurity (PDF), Underage
Drinking (PDF), Obesity
on the Rise (PDF), Alcohol
Consumption and Abuse Among L.A. County Adults (PDF), Childhood
Asthma (PDF), Smoking
Prevalence and Efforts to Quit (PDF), and Depressive
Disorders (PDF).
- Injury & Violence
Prevention Program (Los Angeles County - Department of Health Services)
- Includes reports, such as Los
Angeles Injury Hospitalization Report 2008, which often include statistics.
- Substance Use
in the 15 Largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 2002-2005 (U.S. Substance
Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration)
- Statistics on illicit drug use, binge alcohol use, and cigarette smoking.
- Data for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net (U.S. Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality)
- Book
1. Data for Metropolitan Areas and Book
2. Data for States and Counties to monitor the status of local safety
nets in providing health care to low-income and other vulnerable populations.
- EPICenter
California Injury Data Online
- Data tables about fatal and nonfatal injury in California and each of
its 58 counties.
- California
Center for Health Statistics
-
- Related resources:
- Zip
Code Data Book (United Way of Greater Los Angeles)
- Zip code data/estimates on demographic, economic, and health topics for
communities in Los Angeles County. Includes both tables and maps. Many tables
are based on government data.
- United
Way of Greater Los Angeles Social Reports
- Series of reports on children, women, and ethnic groups in Los Angeles
that typically include statistics on a wide variety of topics, comparisons
between different ethnic groups, and more. Titles include: State of the
County, State of Women in Los Angeles County, Latino Scorecard, The State
of Black Los Angeles, The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders in
Los Angeles County, From Cradle to K: Ensuring Success by Six For All Los
Angeles Children, Overlooked and Undercounted, etc. See also the agency's searchable Research
Catalog, which links to other studies.
- Healthy City
- Community service and policy research tool for Los Angeles County. Provides
a large database of community resources/services and localized demographic
and health data on a GIS
mapping platform. Much of the statistical data comes from government sources.
Geographic level choices for data and mapping include choices such as city,
zip code, services planning areas, and health districts.
- California HealthCare
Foundation
- County data at this site gives Medi-Cal enrollment and expenditures.
- 2008
County Profiles of Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in California (California
Food Policy Advocates)
- Statistics on poverty, food insecurity and obesity for each county in
California.
- Community
Information by Zip Code (Oviatt Library)
- Includes Health
Information by Zip Code.
- RAND California
Statistics (Oviatt Library subscription)
- Numerous statistical databases on California, many of which include data
at the city/county level. Many tables are based on government data. An online
training exercise for RAND California Statistics is available.
- No Time for Complacency
Policy Reviews and Updates (Public Health Institute)
- Includes statistics at the county level for teen births and youth sexually
transmitted diseases in California.
Other Local Statistics and Facts
- Los Angeles History &
Facts (City of Los Angeles)
- Los Angeles Almanac
- Privately published compilation of statistics and facts, many of which
come from government sources. Organized by topic.
Local Budgets and Finances Online
- City of Los
Angeles Budget Summary
- See also the City
Council Budget and Finance Committee Web Site.
- City of Los Angeles Controller's
Office Financial Reports.
- Los
Angeles County Budget Documents .
- Financial
Matters at Metro (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority).
- Los Angeles World Airports homepage
includes a link to Financial Reports.
- Los Angeles Department
of Water & Power Financials.
Election Issues & Results
- Election
Information
- Oviatt Library guide which links to many election information sources,
a few of which are included below.
- Los Angeles County Election Information
(Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk)
- Los Angeles City Election
Information
Need more information on the issues? Visit your local library electronically
or in person. Local favorites include Oviatt
Library (the subject guide Society's
Issues: Controversial and Current is a good place to begin researching
a controversial issue) and the Los Angeles
Public Library.
Politicians
Who Represents You?
- District Look Up
- Do you know which U. S. Congressional, State Senate, State Assemblyman,
or County Supervisorial District represents you? If you live in Los Angeles
County, this site makes it easy to find out with a form where you just type
in your address. Once you have results, you can use a link to view district
officials. Plus, once you know the voting districts you live in, it is easy
to find out who the politicians are using the Public
Officials Roster.
- Los
Angeles City Council Members
- The "Neighborhood Resources " option on this page identifies your Los
Angeles City Council member and other elected officials when you provide
your street address.
Contact the Politicians
Local
State of California
- California
Home Page (State of California). Review the Government links provided,
then choose the level of government. Contact
Information is useful
for California State officials addresses and phone numbers.
Federal
Lobbyists and Campaign Contributions
Information on who is lobbying local officials (in general, or on specific
issues). Some sites also provide local campaign contributions information.
- The City of Los Angeles Ethics Commission
- Provides information on who is lobbying and making contributions to city
politicians.
- Los Angeles
County Lobbyist Information
- Information from the Executive Office of the Los Angeles County Board
of Supervisors about the county's lobbyist ordinance and registered lobbyists.
Local Codes and Regulations
- California Local
Codes and Charters (Institute of Governmental Studies)
- Links for the City of Los Angeles to the Municipal Code, Administrative
Code, and City Charter.
- Los Angeles City Charter,
Rules and Codes.
- Los Angeles Department of City
Planning
- Essential information on zoning, land use, the city's general plan, community
plans, and statistics by community plan areas.
- Los Angeles County Land
Use and Zoning Information.
- Essential information about land use; includes links to area/community
plans for areas such as the Antelope Valley and East Los Angeles.
- Los Angeles County
Code. Includes the Los Angeles County Charter.
- South Coast Air Quality
Management District Rules & Regulations.
Created and maintained by
Mary M.
Finley
Questions or comments:
mary.finley@csun.edu
Links checked: 29 January 2010
