Burbank Ledger rebuilds every figure from government files — CA DOJ crime counts,
city GIS, housing progress reports, crash records, and council agendas —
and publishes the spreadsheets next to the story.
Media Supply Chain · Cleantech Logistics · Municipal Energy Audit
An investigative breakdown of motion picture basecamp electrification: auditing Hudson Pacific and Blackstone’s $540M consolidation of Quixote Studios and Star Waggons, Greenlite Trailers and Adion Solar’s cleantech microgrid disruption, Burbank Police and Fire Department municipal enforcement, and an engineering thermodynamic audit of the 218 gallons of fossil fuel burned on a typical 14-hour commercial shoot day.
Read Greenlite & Quixote investigation → · Cinema lighting hardware audit → · Browse 3,160-vendor registry →
Deductive Databases · Knowledge Representation · Relational Calculus
Synthesizing secured parcel assessment rolls, multi-tier SPE LLC ownership chains, EPA Superfund contaminant boundaries, and SEC 10-K/IRS 990 financial filings into an expressive, stratified first-order deductive ontology. Query the media capital's physical and economic topology using pure Datalog, recursive transitive closure, existential quantification (∃), universal quantification (∀) via stratified double negation, and relational division (R ÷ S) with an interactive in-browser inference console.
Launch Datalog Ontology & Workbench → · Download Rules (.datalog) → · Download EDB Facts JSON →
Forensic Cadastre · Corporate Control · Municipal Finance
A forensic investigation into the economic epicenter of 2300 W Empire Avenue: examining 6,422 secured parcels holding $6.250 Billion in the 1-mile buffer and 20,670 parcels holding $18.602 Billion across the 2-mile regional radius, unmasking corporate ownership from New York Life and Netflix Animation to Cast & Crew, Prospect Ridge, and Zelman Development, and analyzing the 31.7x to 61.0x Proposition 13 land assessment chasm across Burbank's media and retail heavy engine.
Read Empire corridor investigation → · Download 1-mile CSV (6,422 parcels) → · Download 2-mile CSV (20,670 parcels) → · Search corridor records →
Industrial Land Use · Corporate Control · Aviation Gateway
A comprehensive forensic investigation into the 1.0-mile economic engine centered on 3100 Thornton Avenue: examining 4,246 secured parcels holding $5.146 Billion in assessed real estate, unmasking corporate ownership from Worthe Real Estate and Stockbridge Capital to Invesco, Zelman Development, and Crane Co., analyzing the 29.7-to-1 Proposition 13 land assessment chasm, Cold War Lockheed Skunk Works Superfund remediation, and the $1.2 Billion "Elevate BUR" replacement terminal horizon.
Read Thornton corridor investigation → · Download 4,246-parcel CSV dataset → · Search corridor records →
Judicial Records · Commercial Unlawful Detainer · Regional Lease Enforcement
A forensic investigation into the September 9, 2026 Sheriff lockout of Hollywood Elite Gymnastics at 3210 W Vanowen Street (Case 20NNCV01833): unmasking the Augustine family's $129.86 Million, 52-parcel Burbank real estate empire, auditing Vernon Lee Amateur Gymnastics Academy's Form 990 financials, the appellate destruction of COVID-19 commercial lease defenses, and comparative commercial unlawful detainers across Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena.
Read commercial eviction report → · Search commercial court records →
Entertainment Economics · Municipal Border Seam & Transit Hub
A forensic investigation into 373 secured parcels ($4.416 Billion assessed valuation) straddling the Cahuenga Pass: examining Comcast / NBCUniversal's 390-acre theme park, backlot, and executive office tower at 10 Universal City Plaza ($492.9M), the 900-room Hilton and Sheraton hotel resorts ($226.9M), LACMTA's 38-parcel Metro B Line subway hub, and an $81.6 Million Measure ULA transfer tax divide separating the City of Los Angeles from unincorporated Los Angeles County.
Read Universal City & Cahuenga Pass report → · Download 373-parcel CSV dataset → · Search gateway records →
Commercial Corridors · Retail Finance · Municipal Tax
A forensic cadastral and financial analysis of 359 commercial parcels ($1.085 Billion assessed valuation, 2.82M sq. ft. of commercial space across 114.4 acres) lining Ventura Boulevard. Dissects corporate governance, Wall Street REITs, grocery empires, and luxury developers across Midwood's Sportsmen's Lodge redevelopment ($105.4M combined roll; Erewhon, Equinox, Sugarfish), Regency Centers (NASDAQ: REG, $39.7M roll; Ralphs, CVS), Public Storage (NYSE: PSA, $13.4M roll), Studio City Place ($43.7M 2024 reset triggering $2.40M in Measure ULA transfer tax), Trader Joe's, and Du-par's, while analyzing an extreme 15.0-to-1 Proposition 13 commercial land divide and $3.5M–$4.5M/yr in local Bradley-Burns sales tax generation.
Read Ventura Boulevard investigation → · Download 359-parcel CSV dataset → · Search commercial records →
Hillside Cadastre · Architectural Provenance · Prop. 13
A forensic cadastral and financial mapping of 252 residential parcels ($303.95M assessed valuation) along Sunshine Terrace, Brill Drive, and Eureka Drive in the Studio City hills. Details beneficial ownership, entertainment trusts, and architectural provenance across the Kara DioGuardi & Mike McCuddy 3-acre French Chateau (June 2025 sale triggering $275.2K in Measure ULA tax), the Melville Shavelson 2.6-acre estate ($7.35M roll value), the Randy Meisner Eagles compound ($2.325M 2026 reset), Mike Tollin Productions ($4.35M roll), David Lynch's Mulholland Drive filming landmark ($2.75M roll), Cliff May's 1954 California Ranch masterwork ($110K 1975 base year), Henry C. Burge AIA architecture, the 1998 El Niño landslide zone, Tony Hale's hillside home ($2.64M roll), and Ruth Ashton Taylor's half-century residence ($1.65M 2026 estate sale), while revealing an 88.6-to-1 statutory Proposition 13 valuation divide where post-2020 buyers carry 46.2% of the corridor's $3.60M property tax levy.
Read Sunshine Terrace & Brill Drive report → · US 101 Fruitland Corridor investigation → · Search hillside records →
Regional Freeway Corridors · Entertainment Conglomerates · Land Use
A forensic investigation into 6,077 parcels ($12.32B assessed valuation) surrounding the US 101 Southbound on-ramp at Fruitland Drive and Ventura Boulevard. Dissects ultimate beneficial owners, executive leadership, and certified corporate filings (SEC Form 10-K, Form DEF 14A, CMBS Form 10-D) across Comcast / NBCUniversal ($2.42B unincorporated theme park & $492.9M office tower at 10 Universal City Plaza), The Garland Hotel (RioVista Development Corp., $45M loan vs. $14.98M Prop. 13 roll value), the Sheraton Universal (Shen Zhen New World II LLC, $4M criminal foreign bribery fine), the Hilton Los Angeles / Universal City (Sun Hill Properties, cancelled 18-story tower), and The Shops at Sportsmen's Lodge (Midwood Investment & Development), while analyzing the fiscal seam between the City of Los Angeles (TRA 00013, $27.3M ad valorem taxes) and unincorporated Los Angeles County.
Read US 101 Fruitland investigation → · Top 25 Commercial Parcels roll → · Search corridor records →
Cultural Institutions · Visual Arts · Municipal Finance
A forensic investigation into Burbank’s visual arts ecosystem, commercial art galleries, union-operated exhibition halls, and civic cultural institutions. Profiles executive leadership and curatorial founders (Virginia Causton-Keene, Danny Lin, Tina Price, Bill Shafer, Mimi Rossi, Karen Sachs), traces physical properties to Los Angeles County Assessor cadastral rolls across the Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center (APN 2451-016-900), Gallery 839 at The Animation Guild (APN 2466-015-021), Center Stage Gallery (APN 2466-011-012), Hyaena Gallery (APN 2447-020-008), and The Colony Theatre Gallery (APN 2444-015-900), evaluates tax disclosures from Department of Labor Form LM-2 filings ($14.2M assets) and IRS Form 990 non-profits, examines the City of Burbank’s $1.85M Art in Public Places Trust Fund (BMC § 10-1-1114), and provides links to live exhibition calendars and RSS event feeds.
Read Art Galleries report → · Live Art Exhibits & Events Calendar → · Search arts records →
Municipal Telecommunications · Dark Fiber Infrastructure · Public Power
A forensic investigation into ONE Burbank, the municipal fiber-optic telecommunications enterprise operated by Burbank Water and Power (BWP). Traces its 40-year operational history from initial 1986 SCADA lines to citywide 100G/400G commercial dark fiber, spatially joins City of Burbank GIS Public Landbase parcels (FeatureServer/17) with Los Angeles County Assessor property tax rolls across BWP generating stations and fiber headends ($250M+ municipal utility asset base), audits executive leadership (Mandip Samra, Kyle Wilson, Daniel Lippert), evaluates certified BWP Communications Fund financials ($3.2M annual operating revenue, $500k/year rolling CIP Project #23145), examines 5G small-cell streetlight attachments, and analyzes why the city maintains a B2B commercial enterprise focus over residential FTTH.
Read ONE Burbank Dark Fiber deep-dive → · Software & IT profile → · Search fiber records →
Software Enterprises · IT Contractors · Civic Technology
An investigative breakdown of software enterprises, entertainment-technology platforms, and IT contractors across Burbank and adjacent Tri-Cities hubs (Glendale and Pasadena). Spatially joins City of Burbank GIS Public Landbase parcels (FeatureServer/17) with Los Angeles County Assessor property rolls ($500M+ corporate office footprint), profiles executive leadership and private equity control (TPG's Entertainment Partners, EQT's Cast & Crew, Sony's Insomniac Games, ServiceTitan, Disney Streaming), benchmarks certified SEC Form 10-K and private equity operating financials against national SaaS and IT staffing averages (75% software gross margins vs. 21% staffing margins), evaluates City of Burbank municipal IT contracts (Enterprise Systems Catalog SB 272), and examines the infrastructure role of BWP's ONE Burbank dark fiber network.
Read Software & IT Contractors report → · Experis Staffing profile → · Search tech records →
Building Materials · Industrial Supply Chains · Corporate Rollups
An investigative investigation into Builders FirstSource, private equity supply-chain rollups, and Burbank’s commercial building materials and construction services economy. Spatially joins City of Burbank GIS Public Landbase parcels (FeatureServer/17) with Los Angeles County Assessor secured tax rolls ($350M+ real estate footprint), documents corporate executive control and ownership structures (Peter Jackson, Paul Levy/JLL Partners, Alan Sollenberger/CD&R White Cap, Brad Jacobs/QXO, Dan Tinker/Home Depot SRS, Keith Swaner), evaluates certified SEC Form 10-K and private equity financials ($150B+ combined corporate distribution network, 25%–39% gross margins), and analyzes the 25-to-1 statutory Proposition 13 tax assessment divide across Burbank’s rail-adjacent industrial corridor.
Read Building Supply investigation → · Top 25 Parcels roll → · Search building materials records →
Clinical Trials · Site Management Networks · Diagnostic Labs
A forensic investigation into Eximia Research, private equity clinical trial site networks, and Burbank’s commercial bio-testing economy. Spatially joins City of Burbank GIS Public Landbase parcels (FeatureServer/17) with Los Angeles County Assessor tax rolls ($118M+ real estate footprint), unmasks corporate control and executive leadership (Dr. Ella Grach, VSS Capital Partners, Dr. Mitchell Nides, GHO Capital/Velocity Clinical Research, Labcorp, Quest Diagnostics, BioReference/OPKO Health), breaks down clinical trial economics ($15,000–$45,000 per completed protocol yielding 20%+ operating margins), and examines FDA regulatory compliance and Proposition 13 base-year disparities across local medical corridors.
Read Clinical Trials report → · Burbank Healthcare profile → · Search clinical trial records →
Retail Supermarkets · Supply Chain Logistics · Corporate Food Retail
An investigative breakdown of Burbank’s commercial grocery landscape across 12 major supermarket anchors and food facilities (ALDI, Ralphs 3 locations, Jons Fresh Marketplace, Trader Joe's 2 stores, Whole Foods Market at Talaria, Pavilions, Smart & Final Extra!, Sprouts Farmers Market, Grocery Outlet, and Costco Wholesale). Spatially joins City of Burbank GIS Public Landbase parcels (FeatureServer/17) with Los Angeles County Assessor rolls ($400M+ real estate footprint), audits corporate executive leadership (ALDI Süd's Jason Hart, Kroger's Rodney McMullen, Jons Markets' John Berberian, Albertsons' Vivek Sankaran), evaluates certified SEC Form 10-K income statements ($450B+ in combined corporate revenues, 1.4%–2.5% net grocery margins), and analyzes the 11.7x statutory Proposition 13 land assessment divide on San Fernando Boulevard.
Read Supermarket & Food Facilities report → · Magnolia Blvd culinary cadastre → · Search grocery records →
Homeless Social Services, Regional Safety Net & Corporate Non-Profit Audit · Special Investigation
A forensic civic investigation and comprehensive resource audit of The Salvation Army’s homeless services serving Burbank and the San Fernando Valley / SPA 2 continuum. Spatially joins City of Burbank GIS Landbase parcel AIN 2453-021-062 (the former Burbank Corps at 300 E Angeleno Ave, 12,008 sq. ft., Welfare Exemption roll history) to audit its late 2019/2020 consolidation into the regional Glendale & Burbank Corps (320 W Windsor Rd). Catalogs regional shelter infrastructure accessible to Burbank unhoused residents (Bell Shelter's 350-bed campus, Zahn Memorial Family Lodge, Chester Village transitional apartments, The Haven for Veterans), audits executive governance under The Salvation Army, A California Corporation (EIN 95-1678734), and evaluates certified audited financials documenting $1.05B in operating revenue and an 83.2% program expense ratio.
Read Salvation Army audit & shelter guide → · Homeless services portal & 12 programs → · Search homeless resources →
Magnolia Boulevard Cadastre & Proposition 13 Audit · Critical Investigation
A forensic GIS parcel audit of all 376 commercial, retail, office, and light industrial parcels along Burbank’s Magnolia Boulevard ($612.2M assessed roll value). Spatially joins City of Burbank GIS Landbase FeatureServer/17 to contrast the high-density Downtown Burbank regional core (Onni Group’s $152.9M mall holding, 350/360 E Magnolia office towers) against Magnolia Park’s independent retail, culinary, and studio ecosystem (Porto’s Bakery $10.3M footprint, Gain Federal Credit Union $15.3M across 7 parcels, Tilta cinema rigging, Handi Market, Monte Carlo Deli). Audits executive leadership, certified corporate filings (SEC Form 10-K, NCUA Call Reports, IRS Form 990), and the stark 44.4-to-1 statutory Proposition 13 land assessment divide ($4.58/sq. ft. 1975 base vs. $203.57/sq. ft. 2020–2025 resets).
Read Magnolia Boulevard audit → · Top 25 Tax Roll audit → · Commercial tax roll dataset →
Municipal Tax Rolls & Corporate Control · Critical Investigation
A forensic audit of Burbank’s 25 highest-valued commercial, studio, retail, and hospital parcels ($4.54B combined roll value). Audits the ultimate beneficial owners, CEOs, and sponsors: Warner Bros. Discovery ($1.015B across 3 parcels, David Zaslav), Walt Disney Co. ($506.3M, Bob Iger, 1975 frozen land base), Worthe Real Estate Group & Stockbridge (7 of Top 25 parcels, $1.18B combined value), Providence St. Joseph ($303.0M), IKEA ($195.7M), Clarion Partners ($169.6M), Hudson Pacific & Blackstone ($159.9M), Douglas Emmett ($140.2M), Onni Group ($101.8M), and CalPERS’ Canyon Catalyst Fund (#21 at $92.1M).
Read Top 25 Tax Roll audit → · Canyon Catalyst Fund audit → · Commercial tax roll dataset →
Public Pension Real Estate & Private Equity · Critical Investigation
A forensic audit of the Canyon Catalyst Fund (CCF)—the $1.3B+ real estate emerging-manager platform launched by CalPERS and Canyon Partners Real Estate (Joshua Friedman & Mitchell Julis). Spatially joined with City of Burbank GIS Landbase parcel AIN 2484-022-011 (2600 W Olive Ave, assessed at $92.1M, acquired via CCF PS IV Olive LLC for $90.5M), Pacshore Partners executive leadership (Philip Orosco), and certified CalPERS AB 2833 investment return disclosures.
Read Canyon Catalyst Fund audit → · CapNet Financial audit → · SDC Capital audit →
Equipment Leasing & Commercial Finance · Critical Investigation
A forensic audit of CapNet Financial Services, Inc. (Capital Network Leasing Corp.) at 2600 W Olive Ave FL 7 ($37.2M volume, 90 staff), founder Blake Johnson (later co-founder of Byte, acquired by Dentsply Sirona for $1.04B), and the executive diaspora (Maxim Commercial Capital, SLIM Capital). Spatially joined with City of Burbank GIS Landbase parcel AIN 2484-022-011 ($92.1M assessed tower owned by CalPERS and Canyon Catalyst Fund via CCF PS IV Olive LLC) and benchmarked against ELFA national equipment finance standards.
Read CapNet Financial audit → · SDC Capital bridge audit → · Worthe studio portfolio →
Private Credit & Shadow Banking · Critical Investigation
A forensic audit of SDC Capital (Warlyn Inc., DRE #00828051, NMLS #248271) at 4001 W Burbank Blvd, founder Warren Silverberg ($100M+ bridge volume), and the wider private equity, debt fund, and hard-money lending ecosystem in Burbank. Features City of Burbank GIS Landbase parcel audit of 4003 W Burbank Blvd (AIN 2436-018-004), 80+ holding offices (Steamboat Ventures, CapNet Financial), loan parameter benchmarks, and California non-judicial foreclosure mechanics.
Read SDC Capital & Private Lending audit → · Property management audit → · Prop 13 commercial audit →
Property Management & Housing Economics · Investigative Audit
A forensic audit of residential property management in Burbank joined with City of Burbank ArcGIS Landbase data: auditing 35 Burbank Housing Corporation parcels (250 units, $46.8M roll across 5 FOCUS zones), 97 Cusumano Real Estate Group parcels (1,552 units, $452.5M assessed roll), institutional REITs (AvalonBay, Essex), and local operating cost ratios vs. national IREM/NAA benchmarks.
Read Property Management audit → · Prop 13 commercial audit → · Housing pipeline (HCD APR) →
Corporate Finance & SEC Form 10-K Audit · Critical Investigation
A critical audit of ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN) and Experis (experis.com): its regional technology hub in El Segundo, SEC Form 10-K certified financials ($17.85B revenue, 82.7% cost of services), CEO succession ($13.3M Jonas Prising to Becky Frankiewicz), the $4.5B accounts receivable payroll float, bill-rate arbitrage, and CA joint liability.
Read ManpowerGroup & Experis audit → · Burbank $7.4B media ecosystem → · Outfront Media corporate audit →
Healthcare Economics · ArcGIS Spatial Data · Clinical Registry
A forensic investigation into Burbank healthcare: 579 clinical sites from City GIS registries, 134 dental clinics and prosthetic labs, cash-pay cosmetic surgery suites, certified IRS Form 990 filings for Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center ($303M hospital parcel), and a comprehensive comparison of local overhead and pricing against national ADA, ASPS, and AmSpa benchmarks.
Read Healthcare & Dental report → · Burbank $7.4B media ecosystem → · Prop 13 commercial breakdown →
Higher Education Governance · Institutional Real Estate · Mergers & Acquisitions
A forensic investigation into higher ed in Burbank: Woodbury University’s 22.4-acre hillside campus (AIN 2401-042-011), its historic July 2026 merger into the University of Redlands to form URLA, certified IRS Form 990 filings, 89.3% tuition dependency, $0 Prop 13 Welfare tax exemption, and New York Film Academy’s commercial Media District outpost.
Read Higher Education investigation → · Burbank $7.4B media ecosystem → · Prop 13 commercial breakdown →
Studio Real Estate & SEC Financial Audit · Investigative Report
A forensic audit of 3333 and 3401 W. Empire Ave: Hasbro’s 80,000 sq. ft. office sublease following a $1B eOne write-off, Sphere Studios’ $2.3B tech campus and 100-foot Big Dome, SEC Form 10-K financial disclosures, Hines’ $42.5M acquisition, and Worthe’s $80M Media Studios North roll.
Read Empire Avenue investigation → · Worthe $1.7B studio empire → · Burbank $2.7B support economy →
Global Trade & Industrial Supply Chains · Investigative Audit
A forensic audit of Saro Trading Company (Le Crochet By Saro, Inc.) at 3333 W Pacific Ave: the Kalenderian family ownership, overseas textile mills in India and China, retail distribution via Target, Wayfair, and Macy’s, Prop. 65 notices, and industrial neighbors along Pacific Avenue.
Read Saro Trading audit → · Inside Avion Burbank → · Burbank $2.7B studio support economy →
Commercial Real Estate & Environmental Risk · Investigative Audit
A forensic audit of the 60-acre campus at 3001 N Hollywood Way: Overton Moore & Invesco’s $72.5M land deal, architects Gensler and HPA, builder Millie & Severson, Choice Hotels’ $53.5M mortgage, Superfund environmental insurance on Lockheed Plant B-6, and CAM operations.
Read Avion Burbank audit → · Cinema lighting hardware audit → · Studio support economy →
Media Supply Chain & Cinema Hardware · Investigative Audit
How working union gaffers founded Kino Flo and LiteGear, how Wall Street buyout firm Court Square Capital consolidated them under Chauvet at 2840 N Hollywood Way, 98-year-old Mole-Richardson’s collapse under the LED revolution, and Matthews Studio Equipment’s 1.89-acre factory at 4520 W Valerio St.
Read cinema lighting audit → · Burbank $2.7B studio support economy → · Media supply chain map →
Land Use & Civic History · Investigative Audit
How a century-old fraternal order was relocated from Downtown Palm Avenue to North Hollywood Way by the AMC 16 redevelopment, how a 2.24-acre Public Storage facility was built in front of it on the same master parcel, and the economics of mini-storage lockouts servicing Hollywood’s production crews.
Read Elks & storage audit → · Prop. 13 commercial audit → · Commercial tax roll →
Regional Transit & Intercity Mobility · Crown City Guide
Mapping Pasadena’s six Metro A Line light rail stations, the 22-minute rail bridge to LA Union Station (Coast Starlight & Amtrak San Joaquins), the Metro 501 Express and Measure M BRT linking Pasadena to Glendale, Burbank, and North Hollywood, and the BUR vs. LAX aviation corridors.
Read Pasadena transit guide → · Compare with Burbank transit guide → · Explore interactive transit map →
Civic Economy Audit · Tri-Cities Research Investigation
An investigative audit of Pasadena’s economic foundation: NASA JPL’s $2.7B annual federal research budget, Caltech’s $4B endowment and 4,000+ patents, global engineering titans (Parsons, Tetra Tech, Jacobs, Idealab), ~$3.8B in tax-exempt institutional land, and the Tri-Cities economic alliance.
Read Pasadena innovation audit → · Compare with Burbank $7.4B media ecosystem →
Media Ecosystem · Corporate & Real Estate Investigation
Cross-referencing 1,000+ Dun & Bradstreet media establishments and LA County Assessor parcels with SEC and CMBS filings: Disney ($3.70B local sales) and its $266K/acre 1940 Prop. 13 land shield vs. Worthe/Stockbridge’s $4.38M/acre reassessed Warner Ranch Lot (16.4×), Estrella Media’s Standard General/HPS buyout, the 908-vendor supply chain ($643M), and local civic journalism.
Overview → · Part 1: Prop. 13 Audit → · Part 2: Worthe/Stockbridge $1.7B Roll → · Part 3: 1,217 Vendors vs. Upzoning → · Part 4: $2.7B Support Economy (3,160 Vendors) →
Corporate Structure & Supply Chain · Part 2
Mapping the $1.83B REIT (NYSE: OUT) behind Burbank’s bus shelters: its QRS/TRS tax architecture, SEC Exhibit 21.1 subsidiary tree, hardware & printing suppliers (MRI BoldVu, Daktronics, Watchfire, Circle Graphics, JCDecaux), and agency/programmatic distributors (Kinetic, Talon, Billups, Vistar, Place Exchange).
Read Part 2: Corporate & Supply Chain → · Read Part 1: 76 Burbank Shelters →
Street Furniture & Transit Investigation · Part 1
How a 2003 Viacom Outdoor license, a 2013 JCDecaux joint venture, and a $262M LA Metro bus ad contract gave one publicly traded REIT 49.9% of Burbank’s transit foot traffic — plus 10 zero-ridership “ghost” shelters operating as curbside billboards.
Read Outfront Media investigation → · Inspect all 285 stops →
Regional Transit & Intercity Mobility · Guide
Burbank is the only city in Southern California with two on-airport train stations, an intermodal downtown Metrolink/Amtrak terminal, direct Amtrak Thruway coaches to the Central Valley/Bay Area, and high-frequency flights to six NorCal airports. Here is every option for traveling north without driving.
Read transit guide → · Burbank 285-stop ridership dataset → · BurbankBus GTFS routes →
Civic Data Investigation · New Report
Cross-referencing 23 years of State Controller fiscal filings with 76 Census block groups and five City ArcGIS layers reveals a $439M CalPERS pension reversal, a 5.6× neighborhood shade gap tied to rent burden, a 73% ADU review backlog, and 10 bus stops carrying 34% of all transit boardings.
Read full report → · Explore all 8 open datasets & CSVs →
Surveillance Tech & Municipal Procurement · Investigative Audit
A forensic market and technical architecture audit of Motorola Solutions’ $1.5B acquisition spree (Avigilon, Vigilant, Pelco), Genetec’s municipal infrastructure monopoly, Axon’s buyout of Fusus, Flock Safety’s SaaS lease model, federal NDAA Section 889 bans, and how VMS platforms feed Tri-Cities police intelligence centers.
Read surveillance software audit → · Tri-Cities RTIC comparison → · Inside Burbank’s RTIC →
Regional Surveillance Grid · Tri-Cities Investigation
A forensic cross-city audit comparing Burbank’s RTIC, Glendale’s RT.I.C., and Pasadena’s Active Intelligence Center (AIC): shared Flock ALPR monopolies, Peregrine AI data fusion, Pasadena’s $661K ShotSpotter acoustic array and DFR drones, drug asset forfeiture financing, and the citizen oversight divide.
Read Tri-Cities surveillance audit → · Inside Burbank’s RTIC buildout → · Browse 23 public records →
Surveillance & Public Records · Investigation
Disclosed contracts, memos, and capital budgets reveal a 4-workstation video wall fusing 57 Flock ALPR cameras, Fusus live camera feeds, and a $125k Peregrine data analytics engine — with $1.5M in federal funding sought for the 2028 Olympics.
Read investigation → · Browse 23 source documents & downloads →
Crime CA DOJ’s annual file is the longest comparable series we have. NIBRS replaced SRS in 2025 — treat the join with care.
Elections Two related votes on how the council is elected, plus a hotel-tax measure, on the same November ballot.
Places Every row in HCD’s Annual Progress Report is a project the city reported. We mapped the ones with coordinates.