Boyle Heights Land Ownership Map

Data

The data collected is from the Los Angeles County Assessors March 2011″Local Roll” dataset. The dataset was joined with the 2009 Countywide Zoning Shapefile and the 2008 LARIAC2 Building Outline Shapefile

Method

To determine which properties in Boyle Heights are owned by residents, the neighborhood boundary was established by using the Boyle Heights Community Plan to parse the County Zoning file. The data contained in the “Local Roll” lists the mailing addressses of LA County property owners. To filter the mailing addresses to the properties within the neighborhood, the data was parsed by zip code. There are 6 zip codes that intersect the neighborhood, with 90033,90063,90023 being the major zip codes. The results shows the number of properties owned by residents and are stylized through this interactive map.

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