GARETT BALLARD-ROSAGIS MIDTERM

7 FEBRUARY 2011

Green Job Attraction in Pacoima

WHY PACOIMA?

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE COMMUNITY

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY

What’s the Problem?Environmental and Economic

Inequity

•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

The Community of Pacoima

Barriers to Education, Employment

Latino86%

Black7%

Asian2%

White5%

Other1%

Ethnicity in Pacoima

less than high

school66%

high school16%

some college13%

Bachelor's degree3%

Master's degree or higher

1%

Education Level in Pacoima

Economic Analysis of Pacoima

LA Census Tracts Used to define Community of Pacoima

1095 1044.01 1044.02 10451046.10 1046.20 1048.10 1048.201047.02 1047.01 1043.20 1043.101042.01 1042.01 1041.05 1041.06

26%

52%

22%

2008 Avg. Monthly Wages: Pacoima

26%

36%

37%

2008 Avg. Monthly Wages: All L.A.

Less than $1250/month

$1251-3332/month

$3333+/month

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

Estimated Manufacturing as % of Total Employment in Pacoima

LEHDCBP

Year

1998199920002001200220032004200520062007200812000

12500

13000

13500

14000

14500

15000

CBP Estimated total employment in Pacoima

year

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plo

ym

ent

Manufacturing is essential for local economy

25%

49%

25%

Average Monthly Earning for Worker in

Pacoima (2008)

Less than $1250/ month

$1251-3332/ month

$3333+ /month

17%

51%

32%

Average Monthly Earning of Worker in Manufacturing Dis-

tricts of Pacoima (2008)

Less than $1250 /month

$1251-3332/ month

$3333+ /month

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

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

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)