Prepared and assembled by Kenneth Marcus
General History and Quick Facts
Los Angeles Almanac: http://www.laalmanac.com/
U.S. Census Bureau: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/losangelescountycalifornia/LFE305215
Discover Los Angeles: https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/press-releases/facts-about-los-angeles
Photographs of the City
Modern Architecture Photo Gallery: http://you-are-here.com/sitemap.html
USC Digital Library Collection: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/
Los Angeles Public Library Image Collection: https://tessa.lapl.org/
Bureau of Street Lighting: http://www.bsl.lacity.org/
Local Research and Neighborhood Links
USC Archives: https://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections-department/university-archives
Los Angeles Mapped (Library of Congress): https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lamapped/
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies: http://www.lewis.ucla.edu/
University of La Verne Archives: http://laverne.libguides.com/archives
Historical Society of Southern California: http://thehssc.org/
Official Sites
Official LA website: http://www.lacity.org/
City Charter: https://www.lacity.org/your-government/government-information/city-charter-rules-and-codes
Port of Los Angeles: https://www.portoflosangeles.org/
County of Los Angeles: https://lacounty.gov
LA County Board of Supervisors: http://bos.lacounty.gov/
Southern California Association of Governments: http://www.scag.ca.gov/
LA County Economic Development: https://www.laedc.org/
Cultural Sites
The Great Wall of Los Angeles: http://sparcinla.org/the-great-wall-part-2/
Norton Simon Museum: http://www.nortonsimon.org/
Hollywood Bowl: http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: http://www.lacma.org
Autry Museum of the American West: https://theautry.org/
Los Angeles Conservancy: http://www.laconservancy.org/
Demographic Data
Los Angeles County Census data: https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06037
Data on U.S. demographics [from the Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research]: http://mumford.albany.edu/census/data.html
Labor statistics for Los Angeles:
https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/ca_losangeles_msa.htm
Public Health Information and Environment
L.A. County Health Department: http://www.lapublichealth.org/
Environmental health:
California Air Resources Board: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/
On smog: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/consumer-products-program/consumer-products-smog
On climate: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/climate/climate_intro.php
South Coast Air Quality Management District: http://www.aqmd.gov/
On cars and the environment: http://www.cheapautoinsurance.org/reduce-your-automobiles-impact-on-the-environment/
On earthquakes:
Earthquake Hazards: https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/earthquakes
Earthquake Zones: https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/EQZApp/app/
Transportation
City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation: https://ladot.lacity.org/residents
LA Metro: https://www.metro.net/
Bus: https://www.bigbluebus.com/
Metrolink: http://www.metrolinktrains.com/
Amtrak: https://www.amtrak.com/regions/california.html
Crime and Policing
Los Angeles Police Department: http://www.lapdonline.org/
Los Angeles Police Museum: http://laphs.org/
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department: https://lasd.org
Public Schools
Los Angeles Unified School District: http://home.lausd.net/
Los Angeles County Office of Education: http://www.lacoe.edu
Media
Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com
La Opiníon: http://www.laopinion.com/
LA Weekly: http://www.laweekly.com
Los Angeles Sentinel: http://www.lasentinel.net/
Pasadena Star News: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/
Southern California Public Radio: http://www.scpr.org/
KCET Public Television: https://www.kcet.org
Kenneth Marcus, Ph.D. 