MBC’s StoryMaps combine narrative and geography, weaving data, oral histories, and imagery into an immersive, place-based telling of a community’s story.
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.
This map and StoryMap combines data visualization and narrative storytelling to humanize the impact of the Black Equity Fund in the Inland Empire, showing where the region’s Black community is excelling and where systemic need still exists.
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.
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.
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