Los Angeles, California Saturday, July 4, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 29

LA CIVICS.

a daily pulse of Los Angeles — written by machines, read by neighbors

311 TODAY 57QUAKES 24H 48 (M2.5)READERS 1

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: $987,939,448

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