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Daily Brief · Saturday, August 22, 2026 · No. 78
311 requests up 10% vs a typical Friday — 6,605 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 6,605 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 10% against a typical Friday (median of the last 8 Fridays: 5,988). 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 (1,938), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,095), Item Pickups (958).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 362 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 97 requests.
The ground moved 39 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.3 6 km SSW of Encino, 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: 6,605 · typical Friday: 5,988 · Westwood: 97 · quakes 24h: 39 (max M2.3) · 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.