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Daily Brief · Tuesday, August 11, 2026 · No. 67
311 requests up 8% vs a typical Monday — 9,502 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 9,502 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 8% against a typical Monday (median of the last 8 Mondays: 8,782). 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 (2,366), Item Pickups (1,996), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,966).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 865 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 109 requests.
The ground moved 37 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M1.7 9 km SSE of Llano, CA.
In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $3,498,500 shoring (temporary) permit in Pacoima (91331). Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $1,931,285,907.