MBC Newsroom features our original reporting done in partnership with newsrooms, the journalistic front line of our work. These projects pair our data and mapping capabilities with on-the-ground reporting to bring underrepresented stories and communities into the public record.
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.
Over the past decade, California has seen a growing Democratic trend in presidential elections, driven by an increasingly diverse population, including Black, Latino, and other voters of color, mobilizing around issues that matter most to their communities.
This dashboard visualizes California’s annual hate crime data from the Attorney General’s office, tracking prosecutions and convictions statewide — including cases like the racist graffiti incident at Hamilton Elementary School in Anza, Riverside County.
This study analyzes the variability of police spending across 476 California cities from 2014 to 2019, visualizing the share of municipal budgets allocated to police departments and county sheriff contracts, and examining how spending levels relate to population changes over that five-year period.
Police budgets have grown steadily even as crime has declined, often crowding out investment in education, housing, and mental health. Raising the question of how communities can pursue safety without relying on a system marked by violence and discrimination.
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.
This dashboard tracked the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities across the state — the only Black-focused tracking tool centralizing live data on infections, hospitalizations, deaths, and vaccinations.
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