Los Angeles, California Friday, July 24, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 49

LA CIVICS.

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

311 TODAY 65QUAKES, LATEST 24H 48 (M3.2)READERS 1

A typical Thursday for 311 — 7,438 requests filed across LA

Angelenos filed 7,438 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 3% against a typical Thursday (median of the last 8 Thursdays: 7,248). 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 (2,273), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,436), Item Pickups (1,429).

Busiest ZIP: 90015 with 169 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 98 requests.

The ground moved 41 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M3.2 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: 7,438 · typical Thursday: 7,248 · Westwood: 98 · quakes 24h: 41 (max M3.2) · permit value 30d: $1,249,361,161

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