Access Books is a nonprofit volunteer organization that gives books to disadvantaged children's libraries in Southern California. These are primarily public and charter school libraries in the inner city, where over 90% of the population lives in poverty and books are generally scarce. As one study showed, children in Beverly Hills have ready access to as many as 400 times more books than children living in the Compton and Watts areas of South Los Angeles. Underfunded libraries also tend to be in worse physical condition and less user-friendly than their affluent counterparts.