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Daily Brief · Friday, September 4, 2026 · No. 91
311 requests up 27% vs a typical Thursday — 9,458 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 9,458 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 27% against a typical Thursday (median of the last 8 Thursdays: 7,428). We compare like weekdays with like — a raw week-over-week number would mostly measure the weekend dip, not the news. One caveat: 1,959 of those (21%) arrived through the city's “Driver Self Reported” channel — city crews logging their own work orders, not residents asking for help — at 9× that channel's typical day, so the headline number is partly a paperwork batch, not resident demand.
The city's loudest asks: Graffiti Removal (2,435), Information-Only (1,904), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,762).
Busiest ZIP: Palms (90034) with 329 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 250 requests.
The ground moved 29 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M1.9 25 km SSW of Solvang, 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: 9,458 · typical Thursday: 7,428 · Westwood: 250 · quakes 24h: 29 (max M1.9) · 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.