Daily Brief · Wednesday, August 5, 2026 · No. 61
A typical Tuesday for 311 — 8,016 requests filed across LA
Angelenos filed 8,016 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 2% against a typical Tuesday (median of the last 8 Tuesdays: 8,188). 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: Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,871), Information-Only (1,871), Item Pickups (1,847).
Busiest ZIP: Downtown LA (South Park) (90015) with 248 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 186 requests.
The ground moved 26 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M1.4 21 km ESE of Anza, CA.
In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $46,507,997 apartment permit in Canoga Park / West Hills (91304). Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $1,864,483,639.