The previous 2009 Citywide Community Needs Assessment, 2016 Los Angeles Countywide Comprehensive Parks & Recreation Needs Assessment, and 2022 Los Angeles Countywide Comprehensive Parks & Recreation Needs Assessment Plus all documented the needs of communities within the City at the time of their respective releases. In an effort to evaluate the present and future needs of Angelenos, the necessity to perform an updated citywide community needs assessment became apparent to RAP.
A successful PNA will evaluate the current park needs of the City and its residents, evaluate past park investment, growth and development over the last 25 years, model future City population growth and future park needs, and develop a decision-making framework to objectively inform how RAP should be prioritizing overall park investment, including capital improvement projects for the foreseeable future.