The total number of 2015 jobs located in planned 2012 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.

Geospatial 2015 jobs data across LA County. The 2015 jobs data (selected as Work Area Profile Analysis in 2015 by all) was taken from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) for LA County (most recent year available is 2015). LODES data exports a shapefile, using one point for each census block in which there is at least one job. Each point is then assigned a value equal to the number of jobs in the entire census block.

Raw data of solid waste diversoin program facilities in LA County. Programs categorized by Program Codes (the glossary is accessible here: https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/lgcentral/paris/Codes).

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.