├── lacity_planning ├── list.md └── land-use-planning-development-guide.pdf └── README.md /lacity_planning/list.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /lacity_planning/land-use-planning-development-guide.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cityhubla/sectionla/HEAD/lacity_planning/land-use-planning-development-guide.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # sectionla 2 | section.la is a collection of maps and data visualizations exploring Southern California, one section at a time. 3 | 4 | The analysis, maps and code behind the explorations contribute to the services I offer as a consultant developing analog and digital tools and visualizations for Civic Engagement, Planning, Land Use Development and Public Policy. Think you could use my services? 5 | 6 | Contact me Omar Ureta | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/theworksla) | Email : omaru[at]theworks.la | [Website](http://www.theworks.la/) | [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/omar-ureta-87195a55) 7 | 8 | ## City of Los Angeles 9 | * Exploration 1 | Identifying R1 and C2 Zoning with Metro ROW and Soft Story Data | [Map](http://cityhubla.github.io/lacity_exploration_1) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/lacity_exploration_1) 10 | * Exploration 2 | Overlay of 1941 Single Family Residence Zoning Map with 2016 Single Family Residential Zoning Data | [Map](http://cityhubla.github.io/lacity_exploration_2/) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/lacity_exploration_2) 11 | * Exploration 3 | Identifying Single Family Properties with it's property tax base year. This looks at the rules set forth by Proposition 13 | [Data and Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/lacity_exploration_3) 12 | * Exploration 4 | Map displaying Entitlements Applications for Development from 2013-2015 with direct links to LA City Planning | [Map](http://cityhubla.github.io/LA-City-Entitlements/) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/LA-City-Entitlements) 13 | * Exploration 5 | Map showing LA City Zoning with options to filter data | [Map](http://cityhubla.github.io/lacity_exploration_5/index_3.html) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/lacity_exploration_5/) | [Data](https://t.co/YorkuQISjV) 14 | * Exploration 6 | Map identifying properties owned by the City of Los Angeles and it's departments | [Map](http://cityhubla.github.io/lacityproperties/) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/lacityproperties) 15 | * Exploration 9 | Comparing LACITY Open Data with Official Reports | [Analysis](https://github.com/cityhubla/lacity_exploration_9) 16 | * Exploration 12 | Map showing Issued Building Permits from 2013-16 and load LADBS permit report | [Map](https://cityhubla.github.io/lacity_exploration_12/#12.38/34.0644/-118.2724) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/lacity_exploration_12) 17 | * Exploration 14 | Map showing LADBS Code Enforcement Cases in Industial areas, load LADBS report | [Map](https://cityhubla.github.io/lacity_exploration_14/#13/34.0437/-118.2583) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/lacity_exploration_14) 18 | 19 | ## Neighborhoods 20 | * Boyle Heights 1 | Real-time Building Permit Applications map showing new construction with direct links to Los Angeles Building and Safety | [Map](http://cityhubla.github.io/bhmap/) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/bhmap) 21 | 22 | ## Santa Monica 23 | * SAMO Exploration 1 | Map visualizing buildint heights in the City of Santa Monica over 32 feet | [Map](https://cityhubla.github.io/samo_exploration_1/) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/samo_exploration_1) 24 | 25 | ## LA County 26 | * builtLA | Map showing the age of the buildings by decade across LA County | [Map](http://cityhubla.github.io/LA_Building_Age/) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/LA_Building_Age) | [Version 2 Map Draft](http://cityhub.la/builtLA_v2/index.html) 27 | * Redlining | Map overlay of Homeowner's Loan Corporation Residential Security Map of Los Angeles with the Racial Dot Map published by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service| [Map](http://cityhubla.github.io/holc_redlining/) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/holc_redlining) 28 | * Exploration 1 | Stacked Parcels | Map identifying stacked parcels (like condos) in Los Angeles County | [Map](http://cityhub.la/explorations/lacounty_1/index.html) | [Code](https://github.com/cityhubla/lacounty_exploration_1) 29 | * Exploration 2 | Housing for you, Housing for Us | Map showing generalized land uses, particularly Single Family Residences and Multifamily Residences | [Map](https://cityhubla.github.io/lacounty_exploration_2/) | [Code] (https://github.com/cityhubla/lacounty_exploration_2) 30 | * Exploration 5 | Housing Units Across LA | Map showing housing units across LA County | [Map](http://cityhub.la/explorations/lacounty_5/index.html) | Code will be added soon 31 | * Exploration 10 | Drains to Ocean | Map showing storm drains by size | [Map](https://cityhubla.github.io/lacounty_exploration_10/) 32 | 33 | ## Tools 34 | * [Github](http://www.github.com) | Version control platform for developing projects, great for collaboration with or without knowledge in coding. 35 | * [OSM2VectorTiles](http://osm2vectortiles.org/) | Download mbtiles of cities, countries or the world and run your own server 36 | * [QGIS](http://qgis.com/) | Free and Open Source Geographic Information System 37 | * [OpenStreetMap](http://www.openstreetmap.org/) | Community Driven Map, contributing the knowledge of the physical and natural worlds on a map 38 | * [Mapbox Studio](https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-studio/) | Online design tool that makes styled custom maps for web applications 39 | * [leaflet.js](http://leafletjs.com/) | An open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps 40 | * [tilehut.js](https://github.com/b-g/tilehut) | Open-source raster and vector tile server 41 | * [Tippecanoe](https://github.com/mapbox/tippecanoe) | Build vector tilesets from large collections of GeoJSON features 42 | * [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox) | Build Virtual Machines, like running Linux on Windows host 43 | * [ESRI Mapserver Scraper](https://github.com/openaddresses/pyesridump) | Scrapes an ESRI MapServer REST endpoint to spit out more generally-usable geodata. 44 | * [OpenDataKit](https://github.com/opendatakit/opendatakit) | Open Data Kit (ODK) is a free and open-source set tools which help organizations author, field, and manage mobile data collection solutions. 45 | * [OpenMapKit](http://openmapkit.org/) Extension of Open Data Kit, for field collection to OSM 46 | * [Tabula](https://github.com/tabulapdf/tabula-java) | Java Library for extracting tables from PDF files 47 | 48 | ## LA Related Data 49 | * [LA County GIS Data Portal](https://egis3.lacounty.gov/dataportal/) 50 | * [LA County Open Data Portal](https://data.lacounty.gov/) 51 | * [LA City Open Data Portal](https://data.lacity.org/) 52 | * [LA City GeoHUB Data Portal](http://geohub.lacity.org/) 53 | * [Harvard Hypermap Registry - Manages OWS, EsriREST, ETC _Very large collection](http://hh.worldmap.harvard.edu/) 54 | * [NOAA DATA ACCESS VIEWER](https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/) 55 | 56 | ## METRO Bus Stop Data 57 | This data was found on the public records request service offered by [Metro](https://records.metro.net/). The best feature is being able to download documents (like data!) from requests filed by someone else. 58 | 59 | * [JUN17 LACMTA Stop Patronage (October, 2017 Bus Data - FY17 Rail Data)](https://tinyurl.com/LACMTA-201710-Stop-Patronage) 60 | * [DEC16 LACMTA Stop Patronage (March, 2017 Bus Data - FY17 Rail Data)](http://tinyurl.com/LACMTA-201703-Stop-Patronage) 61 | * [Obtained from public records request from Metro](https://records.metro.net/requests/17-1571) 62 | * [JUN16 LACMTA Stop Patronage (October, 2016 Bus Data - FY16 Rail Data)](https://fusiontables.googleusercontent.com/embedviz?q=select+col3+from+1NgD_z4WkYFZNUImrZsDAZMwg3mmDWHUZdPPi45TD&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=34.0477370567541&lng=-118.30271664843747&t=1&z=13&l=col3&y=2&tmplt=2&hml=TWO_COL_LAT_LNG) 63 | 64 | 65 | ## Research Docs 66 | * [HathiTrust Digital Library](https://www.hathitrust.org/) | Great place to find LA City Docs 67 | * [Metropolitan Los Angeles, A Study in Integration (1952-55, John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation)](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001150641) 68 | * [The East Central Area Plan, (1963)](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000342257) 69 | * [The Los Angeles Plan: A selected Traffic Program / compiled by the LA Traffic Commission](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100337820) 70 | * [Procedures ... in the filing and processing of : Subdivision tract maps; private street maps; change of zone; conditional uses; supplemental use districts; use variances; height, area of building line variances; interpretations and rulings.(1953)](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000648625) 71 | * [Report of a highway traffic survey in the county of Los Angeles.(1937)](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001348998) 72 | * [Metropolitan Los Angeles : one community (1949)](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005888678) 73 | * [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/) | Non-profit Library of Free Books 74 | * [Centropolis: The Plan For The Central City Los Angeles (1964)](https://archive.org/details/CentropolisThePlanForTheCentralCityLosAngeles) 75 | * [Downtown strategic plan, Los Angeles (1993)](https://archive.org/details/downtownstrategi00losa) 76 | * [Background information for the Los Angeles comprehensive plan (1968)](https://archive.org/details/cu31924024417341) 77 | * [Joint development and value capture in Los Angeles : local policy formulation : final report (1983)](https://archive.org/details/jointdevelopment00sout) 78 | * [Cities are for people; the Los Angeles region plans for living (1942)](https://archive.org/details/citiesareforpeop00scotrich) 79 | * LA Metro Library 80 | * [Los Angeles Transit And Transportation Studies, 1911-1957](https://www.metro.net/about/library/archives/visions-studies/los-angeles-transit-and-transportation-studies/) 81 | * [METRO FTP Site - Historic Images, Reports](http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/) 82 | * LA County Planning Website 83 | * [1973 General Plan of Los Angeles County](http://planning.lacounty.gov/assets/upl/project/sea_1973-study.pdf) 84 | 85 | ## LA City Related Links on Process, Organizational Structure 86 | * [LA Street Agency Roles Infographic](http://164.67.121.27/files/Lewis_Center/images/Street%20Cross%20Section.jpg), [PDF](http://enterprisecommunity.org/sites/default/files/media-library/where-we-work/southern-california/TOD%20U/complete-streets-101-handout-la-street-agency-roles.pdf) 87 | * [Los Angeles Structure of a City Government - THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF LOS ANGELES](http://www.lwvlosangeles.org/files/Structure_of_a_City.pdf) 88 | * [Legal Aid Foundation - Los Angeles Resident's Guide to Land Use Planning and Development](http://90032.org/eastern-lombardy/docs/land-use-planning-development-guide.pdf) 89 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------