A repository containing datasets, information and other goodies from KPCC/SCPR
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- WHAT: Using code created by the Los Angeles Times Data Desk and its Checkbook LA Watchdog project, this is a "periodically updated archive of data" published by the city of Los Angeles on its open data portal.
- HOW ACQUIRED: Python script will download each dataset.
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- WHAT: GIS of bikeways in the city of Los Angeles
- HOW ACQUIRED: LADOT sent over email. Their GIS is superior to the data kept by Metro
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2014-07-mwd-turf-removal-by-zipcode
- WHAT: Total square feet of lawn removed in Southern California, mapped by U.S. Census Bureau Zip Code Tabulation Areas, which are an approximation of U.S. Postal Service zip codes. The resulting project can be found here.
- ABOUT: Since 2008, local water agencies have been trying to get homeowners to rip out their lawns by offering cash incentives for grass removal. According to KPCC estimates and an analysis of state property records, there is roughly 5.5 billion square feet of irrigated residential yards in the cities that get water from the Metropolitan Water District, Southern California’s main water wholesaler. Outdoor watering accounts for more than half of residential water use. After some pilot and local programs, Metropolitan began offering $1 for each square foot of ditched grass through a region wide "SoCal WaterSmart" program beginning in 2011; this year, when Metropolitan’s board doubled its overall conservation budget, it raised the incentive to $2. Some cities offer additional amounts: Anaheim and Los Angeles pay an extra $1, and Long Beach chips in an extra $1.50. Interest in the program is growing, but adoption has so far been small. Records compiled from the Metropolitan Water District, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Burbank Water and Power, the City of Anaheim, the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, the Western Municipal Water District and other sources reveal that nearly 5 million square feet of lawn have been torn out because of incentive programs—that’s less than one-tenth of one percent of the square footage possible.
- HOW ACQUIRED: Records compiled from the Metropolitan Water District, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Burbank Water and Power, the City of Anaheim, the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, the Western Municipal Water District
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- WHAT: Tweets that used the hashtag #CAElection and #CAElections between 8 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2014 and 12:10 a.m. on Nov. 5, 2014.
- HOW ACQUIRED: Pulled using the Twitter API.
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2014-la-county-certified-primary-results
- WHAT: Certified results from LA County for the June 3, 2014 primary.
- HOW ACQUIRED: Purchased from the LA County Registrar/Recorder for $54.00
- NOTES: Converted from original .xls files to .csv using csvkit and the following commands.
- Change the file permissions chmod -R 777 .
- Convert .xls to .csv using csvkit
for file in *.xls ; do in2csv $file > _$file | mv _$file
echo _$file | sed 's/\(.*\.\)xls/\1csv/'; done
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2014-la-county-general-election-results
- WHAT: General election results from LA County for the Nov. 4, 2014 primary.
- Results for each race available by:
- pre-certified results-by-precinct
- Results for each race available by:
- HOW ACQUIRED: Downloaded from the LA County Registrar/Recorder
- NOTES: Converted from original .xls files to .csv using csvkit and the following commands.
- Change the file permissions chmod -R 777 .
- Convert .xls to .csv using csvkit
for file in *.xls ; do in2csv $file > _$file | mv _$file
echo _$file | sed 's/\(.*\.\)xls/\1csv/'; done
- WHAT: General election results from LA County for the Nov. 4, 2014 primary.
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- WHAT: Data on claims paid out by the LADWP
- HOW ACQUIRED: CPRA requests
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- WHAT: Information on football stadiums, including when they were built or renovated, how much they cost, how much of the funding was private, the capacity, and the geocoded location. Most notably, I adjusted for inflation so that stadium costs over time could be compared.
- HOW ACQUIRED: Various sources (detailed at link), including academic, a csv on Github, and the BLS
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- WHAT: Gifs featured in 2 KPCC stories on graffiti reports and abatement in Los Angeles
- HOW ACQUIRED: A large dataset was analyzed in the graffiti reporting, but at 734 MB it's too big for github. Email amendelsonATscprDOTorg if you would like to get it for yourself.
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- WHAT: Contracts between Southern California cities and counties and data portal vendors. "data_site_contracts.csv" collects much of the contract information.
- HOW ACQUIRED: Series of public records requests to SoCal governments.
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la-county-voter-turnout-historic
- WHAT: Dates, registration, ballots cast, turnout and source data for midterm primary and general elections in Los Angeles County between 1942 and 2014.
- HOW ACQUIRED: Acquired via available data on the LA County Registrar/Recorder website
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- Registered voters not available for elections between 1942 and 1958.
- Turnout figures not available for elections between 1942 and 1950; the 1954 midterm primary ; the 1958 midterm primary.
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- WHAT: Data on water main leaks and breaks.
- HOW ACQUIRED: Provided by the LADWP in response to CPRA and email requests
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- WHAT: Monthly summaries of the 'on-time performance' of each Metro line (bus and rail), spanning five years.
- HOW ACQUIRED: CPRA to the Metro records division