Daily Brief · Saturday, July 4, 2026 · No. 31
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.