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Daily Brief · Sunday, July 26, 2026 · No. 51
311 requests down 8% vs a typical Saturday — 2,947 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 2,947 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 8% against a typical Saturday (median of the last 8 Saturdays: 3,192). 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 (665), Information-Only (588), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (546).
Busiest ZIP: 90015 with 100 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 46 requests.
The ground moved 27 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.3 5 km W of Frazier Park, 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: 2,947 · typical Saturday: 3,192 · Westwood: 46 · quakes 24h: 27 (max M2.3) · permit value 30d: $1,249,361,161Correction, 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.