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Daily Brief · Saturday, September 12, 2026 · No. 99
311 requests up 11% vs a typical Friday — 6,823 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 6,823 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 11% against a typical Friday (median of the last 8 Fridays: 6,152). 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: Information-Only (2,012), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,128), Item Pickups (1,002).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 305 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 115 requests.
The ground moved 113 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.7 5 km E of Lennox, CA.
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: 6,823 · typical Friday: 6,152 · Westwood: 115 · quakes 24h: 113 (max M2.7) · 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.