What Are (Or Should Be) The Benefits of Open Data

Before I started working in City Hall as Open Data Coordinator, I read a report by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy titled Empowering the Public Through Open Data: Findings and Recommendations for City Leaders in…

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Jul 5, 2017

Crowdsourcing Our Projects: Meet our new Trello board!

As a lean team, we depend on our thriving community of Data Angels, our community partners and volunteers who work with the city to help us realize what truly data-driven government looks like in Los Angeles. In the past, we’ve worked…

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Apr 22, 2017

Happy Earth Day… Data Edition!

Here at DataLA we like to celebrate with data (see our Valentine’s Day post for proof).

This project is a collaboration between the Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Data Team and Creative Labs at UCLA to celebrate Earth Day. This interactive bucket…

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Jan 26, 2017

Introducing DataLA Summer Academy

Come work with us!

The Mayor’s Data Team implements Mayor Garcetti’s data strategy for the City of Los Angeles. We work with city departments, the civic tech community, sister cities, private partners, and academics to develop…