The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 2hbasin.la/articles/the...basin.la302 LAPD officers cleared $300,000 last year. At the NYPD, four times the size, 15 did.Nearly half of LA's $300,000 earners held officer or detective titles, and among the Police Officer IIs in that group, average overtime topped regular pay. 000
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026LA continues to be park poor even for the pups. basin.la/articles/sev...basin.laLA's parks department said the city needs 71 new dog parks by 2050. It has opened one in the last seven years.Recreation and Parks counts 14 off-leash dog parks and recommends 85 by 2050. Its most recent one opened in South LA in November 2022, and the next isn't due until 2027. 010
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's not your imagination, LA Metro's escalators are some of the slowest on earth. We measured it against 139 other cities. 1217
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Every year LA waits, the same mile of transit gets about 4% more expensive. In real dollars, after inflation. LA built surface light rail for $100M a mile from 1990 to 2003. The same thing now costs $210M a mile. 020
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We've mapped $1,158,959,618 in LA lobbying payments over more than 22 years and 700+ lobbying firms Some LA lobbying firms dominate a specific sector while others are true generalists Our LA money tracker has been updated with the seven largest clients in LA, and where they spend their $69 million 110
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 17/09/202620 Years ago the City Controller warned Los Angeles about the dangers of using political boundaries to determine speed camera placement. The city is doing it again, and the valley & south LA will likely bear the consequences. basin.la/articles/val...basin.laLA's speed camera plan mostly skips the Valley's worst intersectionsSix of LA's ten highest-collision intersections are in the San Fernando Valley. Five of those six have no approved speed camera site within 400 meters. 031
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026LA's international tourism numbers are nearly back but domestically the airport continues to falter... basin.la/articles/the...basin.laInternational traffic at LAX has nearly recovered. The real shortfall is domesticDomestic flights account for most of LAX's passenger shortfall since 2019. China routes account for four-fifths of the remaining international gap. 010
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Check out our map of LA's 10,000 most dangerous intersections. See where your closest one sits: basin.la/maps/interse...basin.laThe Intersection MapLos Angeles police recorded 534,202 collisions at named intersections between 2010 and 2020. This is where they landed, one circle per corner, scaled by how many. The city has also adopted its first 1... 062
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Downtown LA occupies just 1% of the city’s land but provides 16% of its jobs. If Downtown were its own city, it would rank 36th nationwide in total employment, between Miami and El Paso. basin.la/articles/one...basin.laDowntown LA is 1% of the land and 16% of LA’s jobsCensus employment estimates put Downtown far ahead of every other LA neighborhood. 010
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026With so much talk of attendance rates we tracked every LA City councilmember and the Mayor across the council floor, their committees, and the Metro board. @HugoForCD13 leads, present for 16,953 of 17,614 roll calls since 2023. Check out our tracker basin.la/roll-callbasin.laRoll CallLos Angeles doesn't publish complete attendance records. This is derived and built from the roll calls themselves during the full council meetings, committee meetings, and the Metro board for all fift... 010
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Curious about more granular results for a school board race or City Council seat? We’ve mapped the last 97 contests in Los Angeles down to the precinct level. Check out our LA election map at basin.la/maps/electio...basin.laThe Election MapSeven elections, 2020 through 2026. Ninety-seven contests, shaded by winner, margin or turnout, at precinct, neighborhood and council-district scale. Hover for detail and search any contest. 010
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Film accounts for 84 percent of the collapse of the Information sector, which has lost more jobs since the pandemic than any other part of the Los Angeles economy. Read the full story: basin.la/articles/bel... 010
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We analyzed 25 million parking tickets in the City of Los Angeles. The poorest 10% are fined 9.9x more of their income than the wealthiest. 110
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026In LA, not all neighborhoods are restaurant equal. Ktown: the most restaurants/square mile Fairfax: the most restaurants/person Downtown: the most restaurants total Conversely 12 LA neighborhoods have fewer than 2 restaurants per 10,000 residents. Read about yours: basin.la/articles/whe... #maps 041
The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This is (nearly) every developed parcel in Los Angeles County colored by year built. 020
