The total number of 2015 jobs located in planned 2040 HQTAs. High Quality Transit Areas (HQTAs) are defined as being within 1/2-mile of fixed guideway transit and/ or bus rapid transit stations with service every 15 minutes or less during peak commute times. SCAG published two shapefiles of (HQTAs): one for actual HQTAs in 2012, and one for planned HQTAs in 2040. HQTAs were mapped for the county, along with population density.

Data was sourced from LA County DPW illegal dumping reports for LA County unincorporated areas from 2015-17. Data includes location of illegal dumping site (by address) and days between the day the complaint was received and the date the waste was picked up. Data does not include complaints from other jurisdictions.

High Quality Transit Areas (HQTAs) are defined as being within 1/2-mile of fixed guideway transit and/ or bus rapid transit stations with service every 15 minutes or less during peak commute times. SCAG published two shapefiles of (HQTAs): one for actual HQTAs in 2012, and one for planned HQTAs in 2040.

High Quality Transit Areas (HQTAs) are defined as being within 1/2-mile of fixed guideway transit and/ or bus rapid transit stations with service every 15 minutes or less during peak commute times. SCAG published two shapefiles of (HQTAs): one for actual HQTAs in 2012, and one for planned HQTAs in 2040.

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.

Raw data (2016) obtained as a PDF from CalRecycle. Data includes waste reduction and diversion programs categorized by Program Codes (https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/lgcentral/paris/Codes) indicating number and type of program by city.

Groundwater contamination data was sourced from reports generated by the GeoTracker GAMA (Groundwater Ambient Monitoring & Assessment) database. Data includes concentrations and approximate locations of 39 historically-prevalent groundwater pollutants in public water system wells. Data includes the percent of wells with concentrations above maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or comparison concentrations (health-based target values from other sources used where no Federal or State MCLs have been promulgated). Groundwater Basin Name, as well as Assembly and Senate district #s are also included.

Information on MCL or Comparison Concentration type is from the State Water Board website.

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

Fire perimeter data describes wildfire history from CAL FIRE (including timber fires 10 acres or greater, brush fires 30 acres and greater, and grass fires 300 acres or greater) and US Forest Service (10-acre minimum for fires since 1950). The fire perimeters dataset contains separate polygons for each burn occurrence. Fire frequency data for 2000-2016 was pulled directly from CalFire annual reports. CalFire data for 2017 and 2018 was compiled using their ongoing reporting of large fires.

Species were identified that currently occur in LA County and are listed as endangered, threatened based on the Endangered Species Act. The list for all species came from searching the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) 5-year plans by county (Los Angeles), which directs you to a table of the currently listed species. Species counts were determined from 2018 data on iNaturalist. Current statuses were confirmed using online databases of species records, including eBird and iNaturalist for vertebrates, the Consortium of California Herbaria for plants, and UCLA experts.