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How Bad Is Hollywood Pollution? See What New State Figures Say (Map)

State officials release figures on every zip code in the state showing which communities are most at risk from pollution. See how each Patch town ranks using the interactive map below.

How at risk are Hollywood residents from pollution compared to other areas in the state? According to the state officials, the answer is not so good for local residents.

Based on new state figures released this week, Hollywood's two zip codes are in the bottom half of California zip codes in terms of being at potential for health risks stemming from pollution of all sorts. The neighborhood's 90028 is in the bottom 21 to 25 percentile of all California zip codes, while 90038 fares worse in the 11 to 15 percentile.

Other parts of Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills area, however, are in better shape than the average California town. The area's 90068 and 90046 rank in the 51 to 55 percentile of all California zip codes.

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See a map of the data for every town in the state here.

The figures come from a new state report issued by the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) that compiles health risks based on 11 types of pollution and factors in seven categories of population and demographic factors, including poverty and education levels.

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The purpose of the report is to identify communities that are eligible for grants from the state's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, according to Sam Delson, an OEHHA spokesman. The law governing that fund mandates certain percentages be spent on disadvantaged communities, making it necessary to include economic factors in the state report.

The state has a map of those communities that are eligible on the report website.

Unfortunately for Hollywood residents, only towns in the lowest 10 percent qualify.

The map above shows scores from each of those categories as well as overall rankings for every zip code in California with a Patch publication. Simply click on any town to see the full report card for each zip code.

You can see a similar map showing every zip code in the state here, and see more details of the report on the state's website.


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