City assessment
How smart is Los Angeles?
Los Angeles scores 86% against the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework in 2026, ranked #5 of 386 by smart reach and #17 on the evidence alone, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Each criterion counts in full where the evidence shows it present, half where partial and nothing where absent, weighted by its category. 3 of 86 are not yet assessed and count as nothing until a finding is made either way. Last assessed 24 Oct 2026.
Smart reach rank
#5 / 386
Smart score
86%
Evidenced rank
#17 / 387
Criteria present
66 / 86
Evidence coverage
95.3%
Los Angeles's smart city score by area
10 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 2 not yet assessed
10 present · 2 partial · 0 absent
9 present · 4 partial · 0 absent
9 present · 1 partial · 1 absent
10 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 1 not yet assessed
8 present · 0 partial · 0 absent
10 present · 4 partial · 0 absent
Where Los Angeles is strong
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
Where the evidence shows gaps
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model · 4 partial
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · 2 partial
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity · 2 partial
- ▸Inclusion & Civic Participation · 2 partial
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy · 1 absent
Not yet assessed
3 of 86 criteria have no finding yet, either way. They count as nothing in the score until one is made, and they are not gaps.
- Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure1 of 4
- Open Data & Transparency1 of 4
- Public Safety & Emergency1 of 4
Evidence highlights
Digital Government Services · Digital identity / single sign-on
The LADBS Express Permit and ePlan RTI Portal has incorporated the City of Los Angeles Angeleno Account, allowing users to log in with this digital identity to access services.
https://permitla.lacitydbs.org/Login/login.htmlSmart Traffic & Electric Vehicles · Traffic / congestion open data
The City of Los Angeles operates an open data portal at data.lacity.org, and Caltrans provides an open data portal at gisdata-caltrans.opendata.arcgis.com for discovering and downloading data, including information related to traffic and transportation.
https://data.lacity.org/Energy & Smart Grid · Smart energy metering
Los Angeles, through the LADWP, installed 52,000 smart meters as part of the Smart Grid LA program and plans to begin deploying advanced metering infrastructure in 2025.
https://www.ladwp.com/amiClimate Action & Emissions · Climate action plan
Los Angeles has a 'Mayor's Climate Action Plan' and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has an 'LA100 Plan,' a 20-year long-term plan providing a roadmap for a clean energy future that dramatically reduces fossil fuel emissions.
https://lacity.gov/government/mayors-office/mayor-bass-advances-climate-action-plan-heat-resilience-investments-vulnerable-angelenosAbout this assessment
Los Angeles was assessed against the 86 criteria of the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework on 24 Oct 2026 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, or left not yet assessed, and every finding links to where it was found. Cities are re-assessed in runs, not continuously: the latest finished on 24 Oct 2026.