High Weight Criteria
Description
Availability of shade within each park and within a 10-minute walk of each park, based on land cover data.
Dataset and/or Source
Walkshed from RAP Parks (RAP Access Points (2025) and LA County CAMS Road Segments), Tree Canopy Cover by Block Group (Tree People and Loyola Marymount University)1Tree Canopy - Block Group, Tree People, Center for Urban Resilience (CURes) at Loyola Marymount University, 2020, Accessed April 30, 2025., and Park Landcover (City of LA Bureau of Public Works - Forest Management, 2025).
Scale
Parkshed
Lowest Priority (0)
Highest canopy cover inside the park and within a 10-minute walk of the park
Highest Priority (1)
Lowest canopy cover inside the park and within a 10-minute walk of the park
Prospective Site Scoring Notes
Used square as site