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Daily Brief · Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · No. 102
311 requests up 12% vs a typical Monday — 9,624 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 9,624 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, up 12% against a typical Monday (median of the last 8 Mondays: 8,626). 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 (2,406), Item Pickups (2,038), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,809).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 957 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 154 requests.
The ground moved 26 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.1 4 km WSW of Anza, CA.
In the permit ledger (which the city publishes ~2 weeks in arrears), a recent standout: a $5,944,000 apartment permit in Mar Vista (90066). Total declared construction value in our 30-day window: $4,813,621,856.
By the numbers
311 yesterday: 9,624 · typical Monday: 8,626 · Westwood: 154 · quakes 24h: 26 (max M2.1) · permit value 30d: $4,813,621,856Correction, 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.