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Daily Brief · Monday, August 10, 2026 · No. 66
311 requests up 7% vs a typical Sunday — 3,993 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 3,993 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 7% against a typical Sunday (median of the last 8 Sundays: 3,738). 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: Item Pickups (1,116), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,020), Graffiti Removal (828).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 478 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 42 requests.
The ground moved 48 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.1 21 km ESE of Little Lake, 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.