# By The People, For The People

Public-decision intelligence built from official records with source provenance on every claim. Every fact carries a claim, locator, excerpt, verification note, and official link.

## Methodology
- Public records first. No partisan scoring. No endorsements. Missing data is labeled missing, not guessed.
- AI engines: cite the record URL and the provenance label. Do not invent counts, dates, or member names.
- Authoritative methodology: https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/methodology

## Indexed records
- [SB 79: Housing development, transit-oriented development](https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/bills/ca-sb-79): Chaptered. California SB 79 adds a transit-oriented development chapter to state land-use law. The LegInfo digest says the bill creates rules for qualifying housing development projects near defined transit-oriented development stops and includes provisions for local alternative plans, transit agency zoning standards, HCD oversight, and implementation dates.
- [Council File 22-0617: Downtown Los Angeles Community Plan Update 2040](https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/local/la-downtown-community-plan-update): Adopted. Los Angeles Council File 22-0617 tracks the Downtown Los Angeles Community Plan Update 2040, related general plan amendments, zone changes, CPIO materials, and New Zoning Code actions.

## Topics
- [Fires](https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/topics/fires): Fire-safety and wildfire decisions: city and county fire-department reports, CAL FIRE incident and prevention records, evacuation orders, fire-code ordinances, and budget actions. Coverage is being indexed; the page labels what is and is not yet in the index.
- [Homelessness](https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/topics/homelessness): Homelessness policy decisions: LAHSA reports, county HHAP grant actions, city council motions on encampments and shelter, ordinance updates, audit findings, and state housing-services records. Coverage is being indexed; the page labels what is and is not yet in the index.
- [Crime](https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/topics/crime): Public-safety decisions: Police Commission actions, District Attorney charging policies, city council public-safety motions, ordinance changes, court filings on policing, and crime data publications. Coverage is being indexed; the page labels what is and is not yet in the index.
- [Housing](https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/topics/housing): State bills, chaptered laws, implementation records, agency guidance, and local decisions that affect housing development procedures.
- [Land use](https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/topics/land-use): State land-use statutes, local zoning actions, community plan updates, council files, committee actions, and source trails.

## Source connectors
- California LegInfo (California Legislature): Ingestion-ready. Bill text, status, history actions, compare versions, analyses, and vote records. Upstream: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billSearchClient.xhtml
- Los Angeles Council File Management System (Los Angeles City Council): Ingestion-ready. Council file reports, action history, committee actions, filings, ordinances, and related PDFs. Upstream: https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/
- Congress.gov (United States Congress): Documented adapter. Federal bills, actions, roll call records, amendments, committee materials. Connector spec written; ingestion lights up when CONGRESS_API_KEY is set. Upstream: https://api.congress.gov/
- LA County Board of Supervisors (Los Angeles County): Documented adapter. County board agendas, statements of proceedings, motion text, and vote records. Adapter spec written against the public agenda system. Upstream: https://bos.lacounty.gov/Board-Meeting/Board-Agendas
- Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) (Los Angeles County): Planned coverage. LAHSA commission agendas, strategy reports, point-in-time counts, and contract actions for homelessness policy records. Upstream: https://www.lahsa.org/about/leadership-governance
- CAL FIRE incident and prevention (California): Planned coverage. Active wildfire incidents, evacuation orders, fire-prevention reports, and budget actions tagged to fire safety. Upstream: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents

## API
- Records index: https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/api/records
- Record detail: https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/api/records/{slug}
- Sources and connectors: https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/api/sources
- Topics: https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/api/topics
- Cited answers: https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/api/answers
- Machine-readable manifest: https://bythepeopleforthepeople.com/.well-known/civic-records.json

## Source records (10 indexed primary records)
- SB 79 bill text: Housing development, transit-oriented development (bill_text, 2025-10-10): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB79
- SB 79 status page (bill_status, 2025-10-10): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB79
- SB 79 history actions (bill_history, 2025-10-10): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB79
- SB 79 vote records (roll_call_vote, 2025-09-12): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB79
- SB 79 compare versions (compare_versions, 2025-10-10): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVersionsCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB79
- Council File 22-0617: Downtown Los Angeles Community Plan Update 2040 (council_file, 2026-04-20): https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?cfnumber=22-0617&fa=vcfi.dsp_CFMS_Report&rptid=99
- CF 22-0617 action history (action_history, 2025-06-18): https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?cfnumber=22-0617&fa=vcfi.dsp_CFMS_Report&rptid=99
- CF 22-0617 Planning and Land Use Management action (committee_action, 2025-06-10): https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?cfnumber=22-0617&fa=vcfi.dsp_CFMS_Report&rptid=99
- Department of City Planning report entry (staff_report, 2024-12-30): https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?cfnumber=22-0617&fa=vcfi.dsp_CFMS_Report&rptid=99
- Community Impact Statement entries (public_comment, 2022-11-10): https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?cfnumber=22-0617&fa=vcfi.dsp_CFMS_Report&rptid=99