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<h1>Ventura <em>Boulevard</em> · chains</h1>
<div class="sub">duplicate-name analysis · who has the most footprints</div>
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<h2>Ventura is a <em>parking economy</em>.</h2>
<p>Group every business by name; sort by location count. The pattern that emerges is unmistakable: it's not coffee, it's not retail, it's not restaurants. The boulevard's most repeated brand is the parking lot.</p>
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<div class="stat"><span>parking brands</span><b id="b-pk">—</b><span class="sub">distinct operators with ≥2 lots</span></div>
<div class="stat"><span>parking footprints</span><b id="b-pktot">—</b><span class="sub">individual licensed locations</span></div>
<div class="stat"><span>top brand</span><b id="b-top">—</b><span class="sub" id="b-topname">—</span></div>
<div class="stat"><span>distinct chains total</span><b id="b-all">—</b><span class="sub">≥2-location names on corridor</span></div>
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<h3>The repeat offenders <em>every chain on the corridor (≥2 locations)</em></h3>
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<footer>From the LA City Business Tax Registrants — every entity that filed a license under the same name. Includes kiosks (KeyMe, Redbox), parking operators with multiple lots, and franchise chains.</footer>
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const PARK_RE = /(PARKING|VALET|ABM|LAZ|CURBSTAND|HODES|PROPARK|SP PLUS|ACCESS PARK|EXPERT VALET|UNITED VALET)/i;
fetch('/api/chains').then(r => r.json()).then(d => {
const rows = d.rows || [];
const parking = rows.filter(r => PARK_RE.test(r.name));
const totalParking = parking.reduce((s, r) => s + Number(r.n_locations), 0);
document.getElementById('b-pk').textContent = parking.length;
document.getElementById('b-pktot').textContent = totalParking;
document.getElementById('b-all').textContent = d.count;
const top = rows[0];
if (top) {
document.getElementById('b-top').textContent = top.n_locations;
document.getElementById('b-topname').textContent = top.name;
}
const max = Math.max(...rows.map(r => Number(r.n_locations)));
const bars = document.getElementById('bars');
bars.innerHTML = rows.map(r => {
const isPark = PARK_RE.test(r.name);
const w = (Number(r.n_locations) / max * 100).toFixed(1);
const cities = (r.cities || []).slice(0, 4).map(c => c.toLowerCase().replace(/\b\w/g, m => m.toUpperCase())).join(' · ');
const newsBadge = (r.news_count > 0)
? `<a href="/news.html" class="news-badge" title="${r.news_count} scraped news/blog post${r.news_count === 1 ? '' : 's'} across this chain's locations">📰 ${r.news_count}</a>`
: '';
return `<div class="bar-row${isPark ? ' parking' : ''}">
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<div class="nm">${escapeHtml(r.name)} ${newsBadge}</div>
<span class="cities">${escapeHtml(cities)}</span>
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<div class="meter"><i style="width:${w}%"></i></div>
<div class="ct">${r.n_locations}</div>
</div>`;
}).join('');
}).catch(e => {
document.getElementById('bars').innerHTML = '<p style="color:var(--ink-mute)">failed to load chains</p>';
});
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