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Ezra Rawitsch

Writer and geographer. Maps, cities, and the politics of place.

About

I make maps, write about cities, and study how places work. I'm interested in housing, borders, and what it means to belong somewhere.

I work at The Business of Cities, a cities research and strategy firm, where I build data visualizations and urban benchmarking analysis for cities and their champions.

I studied on a Morehead-Cain scholarship at UNC Chapel Hill, and at KU Leuven and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. I've lived in five cities in three countries but: I Love L.A. My first book comes out in November.

Book

Visions of the Southland: A Year in Los Angeles County

University of Chicago Press

Edited by Wade Graham & William Deverell · Maps by Ezra Rawitsch

Twenty-four essays on Los Angeles County, one for each month, by writers including Gustavo Arellano, Keri Blakinger, Lynell George, Christopher Hawthorne, Carolina A. Miranda, Laura J. Nelson, Susan Straight, and David L. Ulin. The book traces the county's metabolism across a full year: its water, air, music, prisons, borders, transit, art, and economy. I researched and designed 30 maps in dialogue with authors, to bring a spatial dimension to the text.

November 2026

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