Medium Weight Criterion
The presence, or absence, of a variety of plants and animals near the park.
Dataset and/or Source
Urban Habitat Quality Score. City of LA Department of Sanitation (LASAN).1Urban Habitat Quality Score. City of LA Department of Sanitation (LASAN), Biodiversity Index, 2021. Classification and Assessment with Landsat of Visible Ecological Groupings (CALVEG), Los Angeles Region Imagery Acquisition Consortium (LARIAC), Isaac Brown (UCLA Doctoral Dissertation), Accessed April 30, 2025.
Scale
Site
Lowest Priority (0)
Does not contain high quality habitat and is within a half mile of high quality habitat (already close by)
Highest Priority (1)
Contains high quality habitat (that should be maintained) or is further than a half mile from quality habitat (introduction of habitat is needed)
New Park Priority Area Scoring Notes
Used square as site
Technical Description
Proximity to biodiverse and habitat rich areas, based on the presence of an area within a half-mile walk that is rated 7 or higher in LASAN’s Biodiversity Index Urban Habitat Quality Score, which rates areas within the city on a scale from 1 to 10 from low to high quality habitat.