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Land, housing, and streets
Burbank has no Socrata portal. The working open data is the city’s ArcGIS organization plus state files (HCD APR, GTFS). Geometry stays out of the database; these maps are pre-aggregated.
Data as of Nov 11, 2026 from CA HCD APR (data.ca.gov) , City of Burbank GIS Parcels , City of Burbank GIS Pavement Condition and RideBurbankBus GTFS . Recomputed from official source records; see methodology.
Deductive Cadastre: Datalog Ontology Engine & Relational Calculus
Synthesizing secured parcel rolls, SPE corporate chains, Superfund plume boundaries, and SEC 10-K filings into a stratified Datalog engine with an interactive in-browser query console.
Investigation · Media Capital Corporate SpineThe Corporate Spine: 2300 W Empire Ave & 1- & 2-Mile Radii
6,422 parcels ($6.250B) within 1 mile and 20,670 parcels ($18.602B) within 2 miles: New York Life's $154M campus, Netflix Animation HQ, Cast & Crew, Prospect Ridge, Zelman's Empire Center, and a 61.0x Prop. 13 divide.
Investigation · Airport Industrial EpicenterThe Airport Industrial Epicenter: 3100 Thornton Ave & 1-Mile Gateway Radius
4,246 parcels ($5.146B valuation): Worthe Real Estate's Media Studios North campus ($254M roll), Invesco/Overton Moore's Avion Burbank ($317.5M roll), Zelman's Empire Center ($209.4M roll), Crane Co.'s Hydro-Aire plant, and a 29.7x Prop. 13 divide.
Investigation · Commercial Unlawful DetainerThe Six-Year Lockout: 3210 W Vanowen & Tri-Cities Commercial Evictions
Case 20NNCV01833: Hollywood Elite Gymnastics lockout, unmasking the Augustine family's $130M Burbank empire (52 parcels), Vernon Lee Gymnastics Form 990 audit, and post-COVID commercial lease defaults across Burbank, Glendale & Pasadena.
Investigation · Entertainment SeamThe Entertainment Seam: Universal City & Cahuenga Pass Gateway
373 parcels ($4.416B valuation): Comcast / NBCUniversal's 390-acre theme park and backlot ($2.4B roll), 10 Universal City Plaza ($493M), Hilton and Sheraton resorts ($227M), Metro B Line hub, and an $81.6M Measure ULA gap.
Investigation · Commercial CorridorThe Commercial Spine: Studio City’s Ventura Boulevard & Retail Finance
359 parcels ($1.085B valuation, 2.82M sq. ft.): Midwood's Sportsmen's Lodge ($105M roll), Regency Centers ($40M roll), Studio City Place ($2.4M Measure ULA tax), and a 15.0x Prop. 13 land divide.
Investigation · Hillside CadastreThe Hillside Cadastre: Studio City’s Sunshine Terrace, Brill Drive & Eureka Drive
252 parcels ($303.95M valuation): Kara DioGuardi’s 3-acre chateau ($275K Measure ULA tax), Mel Shavelson’s tennis estate, the Randy Meisner Eagles compound, Mike Tollin Productions, David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive landmark, Cliff May’s 1954 ranch, and an 88.6x Prop. 13 divide.
Investigation · Regional Freeway CorridorThe Fruitland Bottleneck: Studio City $12.3B Cadastre
6,077 parcels around the US 101 on-ramp: Comcast’s $2.4B backlot, The Garland’s $15M Prop. 13 roll vs. $45M debt, and LA City vs. County tax arbitrage.
Investigation · Media & LandInside Burbank’s $7.4B Media Ecosystem & Studio Land Roll
How Prop. 13 assessments, Worthe/Stockbridge’s $1B+ studio swap, REIT landlords, and 908 supply-chain vendors shape Burbank’s physical footprint.
Investigation · Tax Roll AuditProp. 13 Commercial Land Audit: The 21.8× Valuation Divide
Comparing 1975–79 corporate land bases ($3.57/sq. ft.) against 2018–26 reassessed commercial lots ($77.77/sq. ft.) across 150 top parcels.
Investigation · SPE Portfolio100 Wilshire Suite 2100: Worthe & Stockbridge’s $1.70B Roll
33 Burbank parcels (74.24 acres, 4.34M sq. ft.) across 17 SPE LLCs traced to a single Santa Monica mailing address.
Investigation · Supply Chain vs. Upzoning1,217 Media Vendors vs. Housing Element Opportunity Sites
Why 71.7% of the Empire/Airport industrial media workforce sits within 250m of an upzoned parcel.
Investigation · Part 2OUTFRONT Media: Corporate Structure, Suppliers & Distributors
The QRS/TRS REIT tax split, Exhibit 21.1 subsidiary tree, LED/vinyl suppliers, and agency/programmatic distributors behind Burbank’s shelters.
Investigation · Part 1Inside Outfront Media’s 76 Burbank Bus Shelters
How a 2003 Viacom Outdoor license and a 2013 JCDecaux joint venture gave one REIT 49.9% of Burbank’s bus stop foot traffic — plus 10 zero-rider “ghost” shelters.
Synthesis ReportBurbank by the Numbers: 6 GIS & Fiscal Findings
How tree canopy, rent burden, ADU approvals, transit ridership, public art, and 510 public & opportunity parcels line up across Burbank.
Map · 1,217 FirmsMedia supply chain vs. Opportunity Sites
Every D&B media, production, VFX, and broadcast vendor color-coded by distance to the 125 Housing Element Opportunity Sites.
MapHousing pipeline
Entitlements, permits, and completions the city reported to HCD.
MapYear built
Assessor year on the city parcel layer, hex-binned.
MapPavement
2025 pavement condition index by segment.
MapCrashes
CCRS points and a worst-intersection table.
Dataset · 150 ParcelsTop 150 commercial & studio parcel tax roll
Assessed land, improvements, and Proposition 13 Land Base Year (landbaseyr) across Burbank’s 150 highest-valued commercial parcels.
Media & production supply chain (Dun & Bradstreet)
All 1,217 motion-picture, TV, VFX, audio, and broadcast establishments with coordinates and Opportunity Site distances.
Dataset · 76 Block GroupsCensus demographics, canopy & vulnerability
Poverty, housing cost burden, unemployment, tree canopy %, and wildfire risk across all 26 Burbank Census tracts.
Dataset · 593 RecordsADU applications & active planning projects
338 ADU applications (approved & under review) and 255 active planning projects from Burbank Community Development GIS.
Dataset · 166 LocationsParks, facilities & public art
27 municipal parks (with amenity flags) and 139 Arts in Public Places installations across Burbank.
Dataset · 285 StopsTransit stop ridership & shelters
Daily boardings, street intersections, bus lines served, and shelter ownership across 285 stops.
Dataset · 510 ParcelsCity-owned land & Housing Element opportunity sites
385 City of Burbank municipal parcels and 125 Housing Element upzoning opportunity sites.
Dataset · 104 IncidentsStormwater illicit discharges log
Public Works environmental enforcement records of illicit stormwater discharges and connections.