Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 26, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 51

LA CIVICS.

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

311 TODAY 52QUAKES, LATEST 24H 27 (M2.3)READERS 1

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: $1,249,361,161

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