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Shorter-duration city measure not yet qualified. Resident workers are not workplace jobs.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-08", "theme_id": "theme-08", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Income and living costs", "question": "What household income measure and population are actually observed in the stated period?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census ACS income tables and official rate schedules", "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5/groups/B19001.json", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. 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No city income-by-burden join qualified.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-09", "theme_id": "theme-09", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Wealth and financial security", "question": "What evidence measures assets minus liabilities rather than income or home value alone?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census SIPP and other qualified aggregate financial surveys", "url": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp.html", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Gap. 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No city commute observation qualified here. Agency service areas and city boundaries differ.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-11", "theme_id": "theme-11", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Infrastructure", "question": "What inventories, condition assessments and maintenance records genuinely cover the city?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "City MyLA311 and agency asset records", "url": "https://lacity.gov/myla311/myla311-frequently-asked-questions", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. 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Registrations are not all active firms or proven revenue. No automated bid signature or spend.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-14", "theme_id": "theme-14", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Industry and manufacturing", "question": "Which industry employment and establishment observations cover the place and reference period?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census County Business Patterns and official industry data", "url": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Gap. 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No city GDP qualified. Do not allocate county/metro output to city or sum overlapping areas.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-16", "theme_id": "theme-16", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Environment", "question": "Which measured environmental conditions and exposures cover the stated boundary and period?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Official environmental monitoring and CalEnviroScreen source candidates", "url": "https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. Tract/model estimates are not individual exposure; spatial crosswalk and method need qualification.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-17", "theme_id": "theme-17", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Climate and disaster resilience", "question": "What heat, fire, flood or other hazard observations apply to this place and period?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "City emergency-management and official hazard sources", "url": "https://emergency.lacity.gov/heat", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. Hazard maps are not a prediction of an individual loss; no city insurance estimate qualified.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-18", "theme_id": "theme-18", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Energy and sustainability", "question": "Which energy prices, consumption or generation measures have defensible units and geography?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "EIA and official utility rate/emissions disclosures", "url": "https://www.eia.gov/", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. State/utility averages are not city household bills; boundary and scope must be stated.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-19", "theme_id": "theme-19", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Food and basic necessities", "question": "What evidence describes food and essential-service access within a defined population and distance?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "USDA food-access and official local service sources", "url": "https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. Tract/category methods and vintages require qualification; proximity is not available supply.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-20", "theme_id": "theme-20", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Families and caregiving", "question": "Among own children under 6 in families/subfamilies, what share had all available parents in the labor force?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census B23008 plus official licensed-provider sources", "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5/groups/B23008.json", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [ "la-city-parent-labor-2024" ], "readiness": "Source-verified observations linked in this review draft; no paid city offer.", "limits": "One city parent-labor context observation verified. It is not care demand, work schedules or available care.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-21", "theme_id": "theme-21", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Accessibility and aging", "question": "Which age and disability populations are represented in each aggregate measure?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "ACS and official city aging/disability services", "url": "https://aging.lacity.gov/transportation-services", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. No city disability/service-capacity values qualified; minimum necessary aggregate handling.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-22", "theme_id": "theme-22", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Community, culture and religious institutions", "question": "Which public community, cultural and religious institutions are documented, under what institutional definitions?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Official institution records, libraries and qualified aggregate research", "url": "https://www.lapl.org/", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. No individual belief inference or political tagging. Institution locations do not measure resident beliefs.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-23", "theme_id": "theme-23", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Civic institutions and governance", "question": "Which decisions, budgets, notices and procurement records apply to the actual jurisdiction?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "City Clerk and official election records", "url": "https://cityclerk.lacity.org/", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. City, county, district and contest universes differ; no individual persuasion or voter profiling.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-24", "theme_id": "theme-24", "priority": "core25", "domain": "Population and mobility", "question": "What population, age and household observations cover the exact city and vintage?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census place identity and population/migration sources", "url": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Identity verified for 2024; no new city population/migration values qualified. Rental or search proxies are not observed moves.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-25", "theme_id": "theme-25", "priority": "core25", "domain": "History and change", "question": "Which attributed historical mechanisms help explain the observed system without invented narrative?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Publisher methodology, historical archives and attributed research", "url": "https://cityclerk.lacity.org/", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Gap. No historical causal account or longitudinal trend qualified. History remains a lens across every theme.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-26", "theme_id": "theme-01", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Housing", "question": "How common is burden at 50%, and how is that population nested within the 30% group?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census ACS B25070/B25091, verified local rows", "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5/groups/B25070.json", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [ "la-city-renters-50", "la-city-owners-with-mortgage-50", "la-city-owners-without-mortgage-50" ], "readiness": "Source-verified observations linked in this review draft; no paid city offer.", "limits": "Six local observations verified; renter gross rent and owner selected costs differ.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-27", "theme_id": "theme-02", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "K12 education", "question": "What do comparable attendance, completion, staffing, programs and resource measures show, with cohorts and selection limits?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "CDE directory, CALPADS methods and institution disclosures", "url": "https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/si/ds/pubschls.asp", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. Directory challenge retained; no school numeric values or current admission rules qualified. LAUSD is not LA city.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-28", "theme_id": "theme-03", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Higher education and training", "question": "How do aid renewal, course access, indirect costs, supports, completion and next steps connect across the full student experience?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "IPEDS, College Scorecard, official UC/CSU/CCC and career-training disclosures", "url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Next worked example: cost with aid. Prior College Scorecard HTTP 403 and UC cost/reuse holds remain. No award guarantee or personal eligibility advice.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-29", "theme_id": "theme-04", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Health", "question": "How do documented service locations, eligibility, hours and available capacity differ?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "LA County public-health geography/methodology lead", "url": "https://publichealth.lacounty.gov/ha/", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. Direct surveys and small-area estimates must be distinguished; no diagnosis or city substitution.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-30", "theme_id": "theme-05", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Mental health and wellbeing", "question": "Which public support services report actual access, wait times or capacity, rather than location alone?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Public-health aggregate reports and official service disclosures", "url": "https://publichealth.lacounty.gov/ha/", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Gap. No city mental-health measure or service-capacity values qualified. No inferred individual condition.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-31", "theme_id": "theme-06", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Safety and crime", "question": "Can periods be compared after reporting-system changes, definitions and missingness are accounted for?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "LAPD and city crime metadata", "url": "https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/crime-data-from-2020-to-present", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. NIBRS/legacy transition and nonreporting prevent automatic trends; no individual or neighborhood risk scores.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-32", "theme_id": "theme-07", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Employment", "question": "What share worked 1-26 weeks, without assuming the reason or preference?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census ACS B23022", "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5/groups/B23022.json", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "One joint-hours/weeks city observation verified. Shorter-duration city measure not yet qualified. Resident workers are not workplace jobs.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-33", "theme_id": "theme-08", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Income and living costs", "question": "How do stated household budgets change with rent, transport, care and other costs, keeping scenarios separate from observations?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census ACS income tables and official rate schedules", "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5/groups/B19001.json", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. Median/mean, household size, nominal/real dollars and cost definitions must be explicit. No city income-by-burden join qualified.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-34", "theme_id": "theme-09", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Wealth and financial security", "question": "At what scale can liquid resources and financial exposure be measured without inventing city precision?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census SIPP and other qualified aggregate financial surveys", "url": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp.html", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Gap. National or broad-region survey coverage does not establish city wealth estimates.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-35", "theme_id": "theme-10", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Transportation", "question": "What documented service access is usable by schedule, accessibility and actual destination, rather than proximity alone?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census ACS commute tables and official transit schedules", "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5/groups/B08303.json", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. No city commute observation qualified here. Agency service areas and city boundaries differ.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-36", "theme_id": "theme-11", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Infrastructure", "question": "What evidence measures reliability, capacity and access, rather than treating inventory as performance?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "City MyLA311 and agency asset records", "url": "https://lacity.gov/myla311/myla311-frequently-asked-questions", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. Request-system changes, complaint reporting and unresolved cases require definition checks.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-37", "theme_id": "theme-12", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Technology", "question": "Which institutions or industries document research and technology deployment without equating announcements with outcomes?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "ACS digital-access tables, FCC and official research disclosures", "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5/groups/B28002.json", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. Availability, subscription, adoption and effective use are distinct; no individual profiling.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-38", "theme_id": "theme-13", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Business and entrepreneurship", "question": "Which public procurement or support opportunities match a clearly stated business scope and period?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "City finance and procurement sources", "url": "https://finance.lacity.gov/frequently-asked-questions", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. Registrations are not all active firms or proven revenue. No automated bid signature or spend.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-39", "theme_id": "theme-14", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Industry and manufacturing", "question": "What do output and supply-chain observations add, without confusing units or resident workers with local jobs?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Census County Business Patterns and official industry data", "url": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Gap. County and metro industrial measures cannot silently become city measures; disclosure suppression retained.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-40", "theme_id": "theme-15", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Regional economic activity", "question": "How does output differ from household income, wealth and locally experienced opportunity?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "BEA regional economic data", "url": "https://www.bea.gov/data", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Gap. No city GDP qualified. Do not allocate county/metro output to city or sum overlapping areas.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-41", "theme_id": "theme-16", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Environment", "question": "What can aggregate associations support, and where would health or causal claims exceed the evidence?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Official environmental monitoring and CalEnviroScreen source candidates", "url": "https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. Tract/model estimates are not individual exposure; spatial crosswalk and method need qualification.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-42", "theme_id": "theme-17", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Climate and disaster resilience", "question": "What verified adaptation capacity or insurance-cost evidence is available, with coverage limits?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "City emergency-management and official hazard sources", "url": "https://emergency.lacity.gov/heat", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. 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State/utility averages are not city household bills; boundary and scope must be stated.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-44", "theme_id": "theme-19", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Food and basic necessities", "question": "How do price, eligibility, hours and actual capacity affect access beyond location?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "USDA food-access and official local service sources", "url": "https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. 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It is not care demand, work schedules or available care.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-46", "theme_id": "theme-21", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Accessibility and aging", "question": "What documented services offer accessible transport, housing and support, without inferring eligibility or available capacity?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "ACS and official city aging/disability services", "url": "https://aging.lacity.gov/transportation-services", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. No city disability/service-capacity values qualified; minimum necessary aggregate handling.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-47", "theme_id": "theme-22", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "Community, culture and religious institutions", "question": "What evidence describes participation or access, while distinguishing institutions, members, adherents and survey responses?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Official institution records, libraries and qualified aggregate research", "url": "https://www.lapl.org/", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Candidate. 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Rental or search proxies are not observed moves.", "new_catalog_groups": 0, "portable_contract": { "population_unit": "Explicit per source", "geography": "Exact geography and boundary; no silent city/county/metro/service-area substitution", "time": "Observation period, edition, retrieval and comparable historical scope separate", "relationship": "Declared context/description/association/history/mechanism; no inferred cause or individual story", "uncertainty": "Retain missingness, suppression, MOEs and assumptions" } }, { "question_id": "context-50", "theme_id": "theme-25", "priority": "extension25", "domain": "History and change", "question": "Which comparable measures establish change after checking boundary, method, cohort, inflation and overlapping windows?", "source_candidates": [ { "name": "Publisher methodology, historical archives and attributed research", "url": "https://cityclerk.lacity.org/", "status": "Verified observation only where finding IDs are linked; otherwise source lead, not an established integration." } ], "linked_local_finding_ids": [], "readiness": "candidate; source/geography/period/rights qualification pending", "limits": "Gap. 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