CoP: Data Science: Find data sources through the LA Controller's office

[akhaleghi]

Prerequisite(s)

Skills: Online research

If you would like to work on this issue, please add a comment below and include the following information:

• Your name
• How many hours you can commit to working on this in the next week (minimum of 2)
• Commit to providing an update with a comment before the next community of practice meeting

For example:

• John Doe
• I can commit to working on this issue 3 hours in the following week.
• Yes, I will provide an update on my progress with a comment below.
  Once you have done this, please add yourself to the “Assignees” section on the right and update the issue weekly to document your progress.

Overview

We want to build a library of various local data sources so that we can initiate new data science projects for volunteers that will be useful for the local community. The LA Controller's office seems to have quite a few.

Action Items

• Visit the LA City Controller's website (link below in resources) and create a list of data sets available.
• Find contact information from the Controller's website and get in touch with someone at the office to determine if real time data is available for the public to access. Examples are eviction and LAPD arrest data, which we have historical data for (links below).
• Document any correspondence with city representatives in a comment below.
• If real time data is available, add links to the Resources section.

Resources

• LA City Controller Website - In the "Data Sites" section there are various resources that should be looked at to determine which may be of interest to Hack for LA
• Google Doc of 2022 LAPD Arrests - We should see if this arrest data is available in real time. we will not be doing this, see Decision Record for details: https://github.com/hackforla/data-science/wiki/DR:-Crime-data-analysis
• Google Doc of 2023 Eviction Data - Another data set to check if real time data is available.

Spreadsheet

Google Sheet of Summarized LA Controller Data

[theetank]

• Tania Khan
• I can commit to working on this issue 2-3 hours in the following week.
• Yes, I will provide an update on my progress with a comment below.

[akhaleghi]

Hi @TaniaKhan04 are there any updates to this issue that you can provide here?