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Daily Brief · Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · No. 95
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: $4,739,747,073Correction, 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.