Waste consolidation facilities within LA County
• The most recent report was obtained October 10, 2018 and the raw data was converted to excel.
• Limited dataset to facilities within LA County.
• Cleaned city names to reflect only those officially-designated cities or unincorporated areas within LA County.
• Added columns for full facility type.
• Generated tables representing number of facilities by city, countywide facilities by type, and the number of facilities by type by city.

• Raw data obtained as PDF. Programs categorized by Program Codes (the glossary is accessible here: https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/lgcentral/paris/Codes).
• We used 2016 data because the 2017 data appeared incomplete. Converted PDF to a text file and used REGEX to clean the data.
• Generated chart indicating number and type of program by city.
• Please note that the figure in Excel is far more legible than that represented in this document, although the sheer volume of data presents significant challenges for visual representation

Publicly accessible data on the size and location of all existing parks, recreational facilities, open space and natural areas was collected through collaboration between the Departments of Parks and Recreation with 86 cities to complete a countywide inventory of existing parks. A total of 3,023 parks were inventoried countywide.

• Data was taken from the Los Angeles Countywide Parks & Recreation Needs Assessment initiated in 2015 and completed in 2016.
• Publicly accessible data on the size and location of all existing parks, recreational facilities, open space and natural areas was collected through collaboration between the Departments of Parks and Recreation with 86 cities to complete a countywide inventory of existing parks. A total of 3,023 parks were inventoried countywide.
• The four types of parks and open spaces used for the inventory were defined as follows:
1. parks (under 100 acres and contain active amenities),
2. regional recreational parks (over 100 acres and contain active amenities),
3. regional open space (over 5 acres and contain minimal amenities), and
4. natural areas (over 100 acres and no amenities)
• Local parks, recreational parks and regional open spaces (not natural areas) were then used to conduct a walkability analysis (detailed methods available) using LA County population data.
• The two data layers used included population locations (it excludes all areas where people are not living such as natural areas, industrial areas, etc.) and a layer that shows areas in LA County that are within half a mile of a park. These data layers were overlaid to show the areas that are beyond half a mile.

Publicly accessible data on the size and location of all existing parks, recreational facilities, open space and natural areas was collected through collaboration between the Departments of Parks and Recreation with 86 cities to complete a countywide inventory of existing parks. A total of 3,023 parks were inventoried countywide.

2015 Incorporated Cities and Unincorporated Area Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GPC Compliant)

2015 Incorporated Cities and Unincorporated Area Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GPC Compliant)

Emissions from passenger vehicles and trucks are estimated based on VMT by vehicle type. VMT for each jurisdiction is estimated using trip-based travel forecasting models developed by Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). SCAG’s regional travel demand model analyzes transportation network and socioeconomic data such as population, household, and employment, to forecast daily vehicle trips for each traffic
analysis zone (TAZ). Model outputs include:
• Vehicle trips by type: including cars, light trucks, medium duty trucks, heavy duty trucks, and transit vehicles
• Vehicle trip lengths by trip purpose
• Vehicle trip origins and destinations

Based on vehicle trips analysis, VMT calculations are performed for all cities within LA County (except for the City of Avalon), including unincorporated areas that are under direct County control. Using CARB Emissions Factors (EMFAC) model, CO2 and N2O emissions are estimated by multiplying emissions rates with vehicle activity data in all cities and unincorporated areas within the South Coast (SC) sub-area and the Mojave Desert (MD) sub-area. Sub-area emissions are then disaggregated based on speed bin by time of day and vehicle profile to estimate GHG emissions from into passenger vehicle and heavy duty trucks.

UCLA Energy Atlas

UCLA Energy Atlas

• Requested and received estimates of population by SPA from LA County Public Health for the purposes of normalizing counts of ED visits
• Requested and received counts of heat stress ED visits by Special Planning Area from LACDPH
• Normalized raw counts by population.
• Generated line graphs of county total heat stress ED visits per 100,000 residents.
• Generated line graphs of heat stress ED visits by SPA.
• Omitted SPA 5 and 6 for all years except 2008 because the counts were too small.