1. Green Job Attraction in Pacoima
Garett ballard-rosa
Gis midterm
7 february 2011

2. What’s the Problem? Environmental and Economic Inequity
Why pacoima?
Economic analysis of the community
Environmental impacts of industrial activity

3. The Community of Pacoima
Estimated population of 100,000
7 square miles
20% of community lives below federal poverty line
Over half of all households earn less than $40,000 a year

4. Barriers to Education, Employment

6. Economic Analysis of Pacoima
LA Census Tracts Used to define Community of Pacoima
1095
1045
Economic Analysis of Pacoima

8. Manufacturing is essential for local economy

9. Industrial Land Use has its side-effects
Polluting sites include:
300 industrial businesses
30 landfills (operating and non-operating)
Commuter airport
Heavy freight and diesel truck traffic
3 major freeways

13. Next Steps Incorporate Branford Industrial cluster data into gis
Analyze findings based on spatial trends and layout
Develop policy recommendations towards green jobs attraction in pacoima

14. Skills Used
Inset Map (for Pacoima in L.A. and for project area in Pacoima)
Graduate Symbol (depicting number of manufacturing jobs)
Aggregating Attribute Fields (NumHis/TotPop * 100, NumImm/TotPop * 100, Span1st/All * 100)
Attribute Subset Selection (used many times, such as Pacoima by census tract, land use: industrial and residential, etc)
Buffer (showing schools and industrial usage)
Geoproecessing (Clip, Merge and Divide to create parcel area)