Los Angeles, California Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 95

LA CIVICS.

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

311 TODAY 75QUAKES, LATEST 24H 40 (M1.9)READERS 1

311 requests down 50% vs a typical Monday — 4,405 filed across LA

Angelenos filed 4,405 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 50% against a typical Monday (median of the last 8 Mondays: 8,782). 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 (1,339), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,011), Homeless Encampment (510).

Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 494 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 81 requests.

The ground moved 40 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M1.9 8 km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX.

In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $62,684,296 apartment permit in Westchester (90045). Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $4,739,747,073.

By the numbers

311 yesterday: 4,405 · typical Monday: 8,782 · Westwood: 81 · quakes 24h: 40 (max M1.9) · permit value 30d: $4,739,747,073

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