Los Angeles, California Thursday, July 23, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 48

LA CIVICS.

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

311 TODAY 85QUAKES 24H 69 (M3.6)READERS 1

A typical Wednesday for 311 — 7,986 requests filed across LA

Angelenos filed 7,986 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 0% against a typical Wednesday (median of the last 8 Wednesdays: 8,024). 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 (2,103), Item Pickups (1,776), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,662).

Busiest ZIP: 90015 with 293 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 119 requests.

The ground moved 72 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M3.6 7 km S of Brawley, CA.

In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $12,500,000 apartment permit in ZIP 90029. Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $1,249,361,161.

By the numbers

311 yesterday: 7,986 · typical Wednesday: 8,024 · Westwood: 119 · quakes 24h: 72 (max M3.6) · permit value 30d: $1,249,361,161

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