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Daily Brief · Friday, July 31, 2026 · No. 56
A typical Thursday for 311 — 7,542 requests filed across LA
Angelenos filed 7,542 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 4% 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 (1,958), Item Pickups (1,518), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,409).
Busiest ZIP: 90057 with 277 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 79 requests.
The ground moved 32 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.3 3 km S of Lakewood, CA.
In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $375,000,000 community center operated by governmental agency permit in ZIP 90015. Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $1,722,632,006.
By the numbers
311 yesterday: 7,542 · typical Thursday: 7,248 · Westwood: 79 · quakes 24h: 32 (max M2.3) · permit value 30d: $1,722,632,006Correction, 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.