Los Angeles, California Thursday, August 6, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 62

LA CIVICS.

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

311 TODAY 117QUAKES, LATEST 24H 48 (M2.7)READERS 1

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: $1,864,483,639

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