You can change LA for the better!

Can you design, write, or code? Are you an activist with an idea? You can help Los Angeles live up to its potential at Hack for LA. Everyone is welcome!

Hack Nights - Every Monday & Tuesday

We host weekly Hack Nights in Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. At these events, we organize groups of volunteers to build technology addressing the LA region’s biggest civic issues. Each night offers an inclusive, diverse community, and everyone is welcome. Join an existing project team or pitch your own civic issue.

Westside Mondays at 6:00 pm
Carbon Five
525 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401
Downtown LA Tuesdays at 6:00 pm
La Kretz Innovation Center, Room 401
525 S Hewitt St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

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Current Projects

  • adopt civic arts

    ArtWatcher

    There are thousands of works of public art scattered around the city. There should be one place to see where they are and how they’re doing. We’re building it.

    Links: Github
    Partner: County of Los Angeles
    Location: Downtown LA
  • gavel/

    Los Angeles Criminal Sentencing Project

    Our project's goal is to make all criminal sentences administered in LA county into an open dataset. There is a lot of data about when and where crimes are committed - but none about what sentences are passed down in LA County.

    Links: Github
    Location: Downtown LA
  • parking sign

    curbmap

    We are building a platform to engage the community to map and update the city's parking restrictions. Simultaneously we want to create an app that is easy for all people (community members, visitors, etc.) to use to see the landscape of parking around themselves. We want to help you avoid endlessly searching for parking in all the wrong places and reduce your risk of getting tickets.

    Links: Github, Site
    Looking for: UX designers, UX researchers, UI designers
    Location: Downtown LA
  • city council closed in session

    Engage

    Engage is a civic participation platform. Currently in beta, Engage makes it easier for residents of Santa Monica, CA to offer their feedback on policy issues that City Council is considering. Engage aims to increase access for community stakeholders who are unable to attend public meetings or may otherwise feel unheard by their local government.

    Links: Github, Site
    Partner: City of Santa Monica
    Looking for: NLP engineers, Django developers (API), React developers, UX designers, anyone else...
    Location: Santa Monica
  • vegatables beats stacked

    Food Oasis

    Everyone deserves access to healthy food. Help us make it easier for Angelenos to find the best places to buy or grow healthy food in their city.

    Links: Github, Site
    Partner: Youth Policy Institute
  • programming code icon that reads helping the homeless with code

    Heart

    Heart is a project working directly with the LA City Attorney’s Homeless Engagement and Response Team. The HEART program helps homeless individuals resolve eligible traffic and pedestrian infractions and related warrants and fines by engaging with relevant services. Hack for LA is helping them build a database and case management system to streamline their workflow and enable them to scale their program.

    Links: Github, Slack
    Partner: LA City Attorney’s Homeless Engagement and Response Team
    Looking for: experienced full-stack developer, node.js, react
  • smartphones using hellogo app

    HelloGOV

    HelloGOV is helping reproductive rights advocacy organizations connect supporters to their state assembly and state senate representatives for call campaigns. The HelloGOV webapp generates a campaign shortlink that can be used in texts, social posts, and more.

    Links: Github, Site
    Partner: Digital Defense Fund
    Looking for: Angular skills or willing to learn, Node, JS, visual designers, dev-ops.
    Location: Santa Monica
  • LA county homelessness initiative logo

    Jobs for Hope

    We compiled job listings from 60+ different non-profit organization websites for the LA County Homeless Initiative and consolidated them into a single database so that it is easier for job-seekers to search and filter for jobs.

    Links: Github, Site
    Partner: LA County Homeless Initiative; http://homeless.lacounty.gov
    Location: Downtown LA
  • Veteran returned from service to civilian life

    Light The Way

    Ahead of you, to guide you - Los Angeles' Best Veteran Resources. Prevetted By Vets, For Vets.

    Links: Site
    Looking for: Front-end Developers, UX Designers
    Location: Downtown LA
  • metro ontime logo

    LA Metro Health Monitor (Metro Ontime)

    The health monitor tracks LA Metro trains and generates summaries of daily, weekly,monthly and annual performance. We are building a tool that allows anyone to easily review and analyze the on-time performance of LA's 6 train lines.

    Links: Github
    Partner: LA Metro (https://www.metro.net/)
    Looking for: Frontend Developers (React, D3), Backend Developers (Python, Pandas)
    Location: Downtown LA
  • public tree map grid

    Public Tree Map

    Public Tree Map documents every public tree in Santa Monica. We present contextual information compiled from open datasets and digitized city records. To reflect tree plantings and removals, daily updates will be made to the map.

    Links: Github
    Partner: City of Santa Monica
    Looking for: JS developers, front-end web developers, and tree enthusiasts.
    Location: Santa Monica
  • a logo that reads what can you spare

    Spare

    A fun new project project that connects people in need of clothing and other essentials with people in the community who have things to spare. It's kind of like one on one Goodwill. The main objective is to foster interactions between the housed and unhoused. The donation is the mechanism for building these connections throughout our community.

    Links: Github, Site
    Partner: Hope of the Valley and hopefully others in the near future.
    Looking for: Front-end development, Back-end development, Product Management, and Marketing.
    Location: Santa Monica
  • Los Angeles City Hall building

    Work for LA

    Applying for work should be simple—but the application process for the City of LA is confusing and cumbersome. We’re going to make it easier to find the job of your dreams.

    Links: Site
    Partner: Department of Personnel
    Looking for: UX, Writers, Designers
    Location: Downtown LA

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Hack for LA is a great example of how we can harness technology and our city's creativity to solve everyday problems. As Mayor, I will closely partner with our tech industry to create jobs and bring innovation to City Hall so government works faster and more efficiently.

Mayor Eric Garcetti Mayor Eric Garcetti

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