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Daily Brief · Thursday, September 3, 2026 · No. 90
311 requests up 43% vs a typical Wednesday — 11,664 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 11,664 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 43% 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. One caveat: 3,874 of those (33%) arrived through the city's “(none)” channel — a channel the city files through itself, not residents asking for help — at 1291× that channel's typical day, so the headline number is partly a paperwork batch, not resident demand.
The city's loudest asks: Sidewalk Repair Access Request Program (3,801), Information-Only (1,971), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,906).
Busiest ZIP: Jefferson Park (90018) with 310 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 235 requests.
The ground moved 34 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M3.2 6 km SE of Ontario, CA.
In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $60,000,000 joint living and working quarters permit in Downtown LA (Bunker Hill) (90071). Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $4,579,702,907.
By the numbers
311 yesterday: 11,664 · typical Wednesday: 8,154 · Westwood: 235 · quakes 24h: 34 (max M3.2) · permit value 30d: $4,579,702,907Correction, 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.