Park Access and Schools for Children of Color Living in Poverty with No Access to a Car by State Assembly District
Los Angeles is park poor, and there are unfair park, school, and health disparities.
Children of color living in poverty lack access to parks, to school fields, to healthy food in grocery stores and restaurants, and to cars or transit to reach parks, schools, or healthy foods. They suffer from the highest levels of child obesity and diabetes.
There are unfair park, school, and health disparities by State Assembly District.
Thus, for example, District 46 (Nuñez) in Central Los Angeles has .51 net acres of urban parks per thousand residents, compared to 282.79 net acres in District 37 (Strickland) in the north county.
The disparities are even more dramatic if total acres of parks are included. There are .51 total acres of parks per thousand residents in District 46 (Nuñez), and 3,348.72 in District 37 (Strickland).
Central Los Angeles is disproportionately populated by people of color and low income people, while the north county is disproportionately white and wealthy.
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