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Information + action for social change

A National civil rights POLICY/ ACTION TANK

Healthy City is a project of…

A National civil rights “ACTION TANK”

…is an information + action resource that unites rigorous research, community voices and innovative technologies

to solve the root causes of social inequity

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COMMUNITY RESEARCH LABCOMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB

Training community groups to lead and sustain action-oriented research &

technology projects

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Training community groups to lead and sustain action-oriented research &

technology projects

ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGYONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGYwww.HealthyCity.orgwww.HealthyCity.org

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Partners

• Find community resources and partners• Map, Chart & Rank community data• Upload data & Share your community’s story

HealthyCity.org is a statewide resources that enables you to:

http://www.npsp.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1608

Mapping Data Provides Visual Evidence for…

• Community Issues & Needs• Community Knowledge• Coordination• Locating Assets and Gaps• Planning • Policy/Advocacy

Visual evidence that is clear, easy to understand, and dramatic…

Revealing Patterns

Gentrification Index Displacement Index

Looking at patterns of gentrification and displacement in Los Angeles

Informing Public Policy – Promoting Transparency and Data Driven

Planning

Koreatown City of Los AngelesPeople 161,732 3,944,951Area (sq mi) 3.79 480.63People per square mile 42,673.35 8,207.88Open Space (acres) 21.40 46,264.15People per Open Space acre 7,557.57 85.27African American or Black 4% 9%Asian or Pacific Islander 31% 11%Hispanic 58% 50%White 6% 27%Other 2% 3%Median Household Income ($) 29,387.98 55,589.59Families in Poverty 30% 19%

Koreatown and City of Los Angeles Park Space

Koreatown defined here as U.S. Census Block Groups whose centers are bounded by Beverly Blvd to the North, S Hoover Street to the East, W Pico Blvd to the South, and S Wilton Place to the West. Population, Ethnicity/Race, Median Household Income , and Families in Poverty data from Nielsen Claritas, Inc. 2009. Park/Open Space data from the California Protected Area Database v. 1.3. Area calculations performed with NAVTEQ 2009 shapefiles.

Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)

Questions?

What’s on HealthyCity.org?

Oh, the Data You’ll See!

Name SourceSocial Services 211s

Nonprofits IRS 990 Center for Nonprofit Management in Southern California

Schools Public & Private California Department of Edaucation

WIC Agencies & Vendors Network for a Healthy California

Hospitals (OSHPD) OSHPD

Head Start Agencies California Head Start Association

Child Care Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division

Alcohol Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

Grocery DeLormeFQHC U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services Health Resources and Services Administration

Banks DeLormeCheck Cashing Businesses DeLorme

Services & Points

Healthy City has 2-1-1 data (health & human services) for the

following counties:

Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey,

Napa, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San

Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, Ventura

Community Data

Over 2500 variables

Multiple years of data

More datasets coming soon

The HealthyCity.org website

What you can do on Healthy City• Find potential partners

• Map, chart data

• Create community profiles

• Gather community input on proposed projects

• Upload data and information to share and package

• View what others are working on and share your projects or collaborate

You can save and share anything you

create while logged in

GET STARTED!

Mapping community data to demonstrate need and

advocate for planning

Where are there renters in Oakland? Where are there vacant units? Are there opportunities for

redevelopment here?

Click the +- buttons to add

Data to your map

Are there vacant units in high renter areas?

Choose another dataset for Layer

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Add boundary labels like ZIP or city

CUSTOMIZE your map:

Change the display of data

Compare your region to another geography

Other Map Room Features

Learn about our data sources

Mapping community data to demonstrate the need

and advocate for resources

Questions?

Creating charts and tables to better understand a

community or region

There is a proposed new transit-oriented development in Culver City. What do the

communities here currently look like (demographics, housing, income, etc.) and

how might this affect them?

Select Demographi

c Data

How does this compare to averages for cities nearby? (Los

Angeles, Santa Monica, Bevery Hills)

City of LA has a higher percentage of people who

carpool and take public transportation

Creating charts and tables to better

understand a community or region

Questions?

Learn about advanced features

A few HealthyCity.org Advanced Features

• Save searches, maps & charts

• Upload your own Point & Thematic Datasets

• Draw your own neighborhood boundaries

• Create a live mapping session

• Tell your Story (with Pictures, Video & Audio)

• Search Stories, live maps, and more in the Share & Connect room

Draw your own neighborhood boundaries

Map or Chart data within your new boundary

Upload your own Point OR Thematic Datasets

Create an Excel Spreadsheet with up to 1000 points

*Save as Excel 97-2003 workbook*

Upload your own Thematic Datasets

A Live Map enables multiple people to :

• Draw and drop points, lines, and shapes on a shared map • Attach photos & video

Create Live Mapping Sessions

(with Pictures, Video & Audio)

Create a Story to:Promote your initiative or highlight your work!

Package your saved maps, live mapping sessions, reports, multi-media and more into a “story” that you can share

Create a Story

Share and Search Stories (& more) Statewide

Questions?

• Issue– 7.5 billion cubic feet of

natural gas sited to be stored beneath densely-populated urban community with heavy concentration of minority households

• Goal – Using environmental

justice argument, demonstrate racial impact of proposed storage site and have storage sited elsewhere

• Demonstrate- Describe community

impacted by the proposed storage site

- Alternative sites would have less impact and minimal environmental justice concerns

Questions?

Help is Available:

Click on • Healthy City User

Guideor

•FAQs

Thank You!