Shape Your L.A. is an online civic engagement tool for residents of Los Angeles County. L.A. County is a behemoth, patchwork government system “overseeing” 10 million folks and 88 cities (not to mention large swathes of unincorporated areas). This app was made to help break down and navigate that system. Enter your address to learn more which power structures handle the issues that matter to you, and how to do things in your neighborhood.
This project was created by a small team of cross-disciplinary journalists, data workers, designers, and developers in late 2023, and continues to be updated and maintained by the L.A. Times’ Data and Graphics Team. In January 2024, we made the app available in Spanish.
Alex Tatusian, Matt Ballinger, Iris Lee, Vanessa Martínez, Hanna Sender
Product Design, Art Direction, Front-end Development
