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Daily Brief · Monday, July 6, 2026 · No. 31
311 requests down 27% vs a typical Sunday — 2,798 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 2,798 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 27% against a typical Sunday (median of the last 8 Sundays: 3,842). 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: Item Pickups (931), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (800), Information-Only (270).
Busiest ZIP: 90032 with 80 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 35 requests.
The ground moved 59 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.8 18 km WSW of Westmorland, 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: 2,798 · typical Sunday: 3,842 · Westwood: 35 · quakes 24h: 59 (max M2.8) · 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.