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Daily Brief · Saturday, August 8, 2026 · No. 64
311 requests up 13% vs a typical Friday — 6,695 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 6,695 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 13% against a typical Friday (median of the last 8 Fridays: 5,938). 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 (1,826), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,178), Item Pickups (993).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 708 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 72 requests.
The ground moved 55 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.1 10 km SW of Niland, 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.