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Daily Brief · Thursday, September 17, 2026 · No. 104
311 requests down 7% vs a typical Wednesday — 8,424 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 8,424 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 7% against a typical Wednesday (median of the last 8 Wednesdays: 9,094). 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 (2,150), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,791), Item Pickups (1,634).
Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 319 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 137 requests.
The ground moved 34 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M1.9 25 km NNW of Searles Valley, 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: 8,424 · typical Wednesday: 9,094 · Westwood: 137 · quakes 24h: 34 (max M1.9) · 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.