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Daily Brief · Thursday, August 6, 2026 · No. 62
A typical Wednesday for 311 — 8,245 requests filed across LA
Angelenos filed 8,245 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 3% against a typical Wednesday (median of the last 8 Wednesdays: 7,984). 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 (2,031), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (2,023), Item Pickups (1,649).
Busiest ZIP: Downtown LA (South Park) (90015) with 254 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 109 requests.
The ground moved 40 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.7 15 km WSW of Johannesburg, 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.
By the numbers
311 yesterday: 8,245 · typical Wednesday: 7,984 · Westwood: 109 · quakes 24h: 40 (max M2.7) · permit value 30d: $1,864,483,639Correction, 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.