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Daily Brief · Thursday, August 20, 2026 · No. 76
311 requests up 16% vs a typical Wednesday — 9,438 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 9,438 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 16% against a typical Wednesday (median of the last 8 Wednesdays: 8,154). 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 (2,125), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,796), Item Pickups (1,630).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 923 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 208 requests.
The ground moved 72 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.2 13 km SE of Anza, CA.
In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $116,250,000 apartment permit in Westchester (90045). Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $2,240,830,550.
By the numbers
311 yesterday: 9,438 · typical Wednesday: 8,154 · Westwood: 208 · quakes 24h: 72 (max M2.2) · permit value 30d: $2,240,830,550Correction, September 18, 2026: the permit figure this edition labels “30-day window” / “permit value 30d” is the declared value of every permit on our record when it was written (issued since May 7, 2026) — not a 30-day total. The label was accurate in early June and drifted as the record grew. Editions from September 19 print a true 30-day figure with its dates. Archived text is left as published.