Los Angeles, California Monday, October 5, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 122

LA CIVICS.

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

311 FILED SUN OCT 4 3,748QUAKES, LATEST 24H 36 (M2.2)READERS 1

You're reading an archived edition — these figures were current on September 14, 2026. Read the latest brief →

311 requests up 25% vs a typical Sunday — 4,599 filed across LA

Angelenos filed 4,599 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 25% against a typical Sunday (median of the last 8 Sundays: 3,672). 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 (1,152), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,007), Homeless Encampment (606).

Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 576 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 68 requests.

The ground moved 32 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.2 27 km ESE of Avalon, 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: 4,599 · typical Sunday: 3,672 · Westwood: 68 · quakes 24h: 32 (max M2.2) · permit value 30d: $4,739,747,073

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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