MBC’s Local projects zoom into individual cities and communities, capturing the specific histories, needs, and stories that shape everyday life for Black residents on the ground.
Despite civil rights laws, informal discrimination and economic barriers restricted Black beachgoers’ access, as seen in cases like the Pacific Beach Club and Bruce’s Beach. Recent efforts, however, have led to the return of Bruce’s Beach to its rightful owners.
This tool helps Santiago Canyon College students transition from the school’s prestigious real estate program into the workforce by mapping the areas with the highest concentration of job opportunities.
Moreno Valley is a vital yet overlooked chapter in the story of Black migration to the Inland Empire, and through oral histories from past and present residents, The Blackest City maps lives built through family, faith, work, and community, affirming a shared vision for a thriving, inclusive future.
Maps on disinvested communities, equity and inclusiveness, COVID recovery, and sustainability and environmental justice grounded the region’s planning process in data, helping ensure equitable decision-making.
Designed and developed to visualize Los Angeles County’s news ecosystem, we identified gaps in information reach across the region’s socioeconomically and racially diverse communities.
This map reveals how access to grocery, convenience, and liquor stores is unequally stratified by income throughout San Bernardino City, shaped by broader factors like poverty, racist infrastructure, unaffordable housing, and limited transportation access.
An easy-to-use dashboard built for media outlets during COVID-19, identifying vaccination rates in densely populated Black and Latino areas of Riverside County to help target under-reached communities with critical vaccination information.
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