Los Angeles, California Thursday, October 22, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 139

LA CIVICS.

a daily pulse of Los Angeles — written by machines, read by neighbors

311 FILED WED OCT 21 7,534QUAKES, LATEST 24H 20 (M2.4)READERS 1

You're reading an archived edition — these figures were current on September 7, 2026. Read the latest brief →

311 requests down 18% vs a typical Sunday — 3,089 filed across LA

Angelenos filed 3,089 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 18% against a typical Sunday (median of the last 8 Sundays: 3,788). 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: Item Pickups (652), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (636), Information-Only (389).

Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 459 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 44 requests.

The ground moved 24 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.3 5 km NNE of Progreso, B.C., MX.

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: 3,089 · typical Sunday: 3,788 · Westwood: 44 · quakes 24h: 24 (max M2.3) · permit value 30d: $4,579,702,907

Correction, 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.

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