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Daily Brief · Monday, August 3, 2026 · No. 59
311 requests down 9% vs a typical Sunday — 3,513 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 3,513 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 9% against a typical Sunday (median of the last 8 Sundays: 3,842). 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 (1,184), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,005), Graffiti Removal (361).
Busiest ZIP: Sylmar (91342) with 104 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 56 requests.
The ground moved 40 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M3.1 23 km WSW of Westmorland, 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 Downtown LA (South Park) (90015). Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $1,722,632,006.
By the numbers
311 yesterday: 3,513 · typical Sunday: 3,842 · Westwood: 56 · quakes 24h: 40 (max M3.1) · 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.