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Daily Brief · Friday, August 7, 2026 · No. 63
A typical Thursday for 311 — 7,105 requests filed across LA
Angelenos filed 7,105 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 2% 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 (1,727), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,658), Item Pickups (1,484).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 185 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 113 requests.
The ground moved 39 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.1 37 km WSW of Ludlow, 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.