Los Angeles:
Change is Local
The 2018 My LA2050 Activation Challenge winners have been announced! Check out the organizations activating Angelenos for a better LA.
Check out the winners!
The 2018 My LA2050 Activation Challenge winners have been announced! Check out the organizations activating Angelenos for a better LA.
Check out the winners!
to make LA the best place to
One of five LA2050 Goals
Our region is a place where every resident has the opportunity to engage and interact with other Angelenos and are empowered to contribute meaningfully in civic processes.
In 2050, Los Angeles will be the most civically engaged region in the U.S., with multiple online and offline platforms for residents to voice their opinions and influence elected officials, decision-makers, and local government. Our region’s voting rates and volunteerism will lead the nation, and an expanded network of transportation options will facilitate the easy flow of people and ideas.
SoundsLA is KCRW’s ongoing series of audio postcards that start with a sound found in and around Los Angeles.
Submit your Sound
The City of Los Angeles launched a new public platform for exploring, visualizing, and downloading location-based open data.
Put open data to work
How will technology impact and improve transportation in LA and how can we prepare for this future? Read the report produced by a partnership between LADOT, the Mayor's Fund of Los Angeles and the Goldhirsh Foundation.
READ THE REPORT
Want to make a difference in your community? Check out this amazing list of 101 small ways you can improve LA and take action now!
Read the List
You can use Metro's new bike share to explore downtown LA! Angel City Brewery's put together a DIY bike tour of DTLA to help you ride to some of the city's cultural and culinary landmarks.
Tour Downtown
Private sector transportation innovators with ideas to speed up LA Metro projects through a public-private partnership can submit unsolicited proposals.
Submit a Proposal
LA has lots of challenges in need of solutions, and we enjoyed LA Weekly's article breaking down 20 ways to fix Los Angeles.
READ THE ARTICLE
Radical Optimism is a conversation series seeking to understand how creative and innovative voices navigate our changing city. Last year, this series tackled our local food culture, manufacturing, density, and more. Now they're ramping up for 2018 and want to hear from you!
APPLY NOW
Lend your voice to a new effort to invest in LA's youth. Boyle Heights Building Healthy Communities is calling for LA City to create a Department of Youth Development and to invest 1% of public safety dollars in youth programs. You can help their #IAmPossible campaign by signing their petition to the LA City Council.
SIGN THE PETITION
RACE COUNTS is a new initiative by the Advancement Project that will examine racial disparities in all 58 California counties by seven key issues. This data that will support community leaders, frame local debates around racial inequity, and create conversation around our local inequities.
READ THE REPORT