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Daily Brief · Saturday, August 15, 2026 · No. 71
311 requests up 5% vs a typical Friday — 6,263 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 6,263 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 5% 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 (1,743), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,146), Item Pickups (947).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 324 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 104 requests.
The ground moved 44 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.5 12 km SSW of Lompoc, 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.