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Daily Brief · Sunday, June 21, 2026 · No. 16
311 requests up 6% vs a typical Saturday — 3,396 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 3,396 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 6% against a typical Saturday (median of the last 8 Saturdays: 3,210). We compare like weekdays with like — a raw week-over-week number would mostly measure the weekend dip, not the news.
The city's loudest asks: Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (681), Item Pickups (669), Information-Only (554).
Busiest ZIP: 90057 with 343 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 155 requests.
The ground moved 49 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.0 14 km ENE of Julian, CA.
In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $15,000,000 joint living and working quarters permit in ZIP 90010. Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $615,429,589.
By the numbers
311 yesterday: 3,396 · typical Saturday: 3,210 · Westwood: 155 · quakes 24h: 49 (max M2.0) · permit value 30d: $615,429,589Correction, September 18, 2026: the permit figure this edition labels “30-day window” / “permit value 30d” is the declared value of every permit on our record when it was written (issued since May 7, 2026) — not a 30-day total. The label was accurate in early June and drifted as the record grew. Editions from September 19 print a true 30-day figure with its dates. Archived text is left as published.