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Daily Brief · Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · No. 82
A typical Tuesday for 311 — 8,084 requests filed across LA
Angelenos filed 8,084 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 2% against a typical Tuesday (median of the last 8 Tuesdays: 8,270). 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 (2,130), Item Pickups (1,778), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,706).
Busiest ZIP: Central-Alameda (90011) with 241 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 157 requests.
The ground moved 46 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M3.1 12 km WSW of Salton City, CA.
In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $1,966,896,355 airport building permit in Westchester (90045). Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $4,320,633,495.
By the numbers
311 yesterday: 8,084 · typical Tuesday: 8,270 · Westwood: 157 · quakes 24h: 46 (max M3.1) · permit value 30d: $4,320,633,495Correction, 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.