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Daily Brief · Thursday, August 13, 2026 · No. 69
311 requests up 39% vs a typical Wednesday — 11,159 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 11,159 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 39% against a typical Wednesday (median of the last 8 Wednesdays: 8,025). 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: Graffiti Removal (6,665), Information-Only (1,244), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (997).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 766 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 408 requests.
The ground moved 47 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.6 10 km SW of Valencia, 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.