Daily Brief · Sunday, July 5, 2026 · No. 32
311 requests down 41% vs a typical Saturday — 1,940 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 1,940 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 41% against a typical Saturday (median of the last 8 Saturdays: 3,311). 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 (497), Item Pickups (402), Information-Only (327).
Busiest ZIP: 90731 with 60 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 37 requests.
The ground moved 66 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.7 18 km WSW of Johannesburg, 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.