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Daily Brief · Saturday, July 4, 2026 · No. 29
311 requests down 36% vs a typical Friday — 3,936 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 3,936 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 36% against a typical Friday (median of the last 8 Fridays: 6,118). 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: Information-Only (945), Item Pickups (837), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (778).
Busiest ZIP: 90057 with 261 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 41 requests.
The ground moved 50 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.5 8 km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA.
In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $13,329,987 retail permit in ZIP 90036. Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $987,939,448.
By the numbers
311 yesterday: 3,936 · typical Friday: 6,118 · Westwood: 41 · quakes 24h: 50 (max M2.5) · permit value 30d: $987,939,448Correction, 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.