Los Angeles, California Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 123

LA CIVICS.

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

311 FILED MON OCT 5 8,279QUAKES, LATEST 24H 52 (M3.5)READERS 1

311 requests down 8% vs a typical Monday — 8,279 filed across LA

Angelenos filed 8,279 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 8% against a typical Monday (median of the last 8 Mondays: 8,980). 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 (2,100), Item Pickups (1,758), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,718).

Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 438 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 149 requests.

The ground moved 52 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M3.5 31 km SW of Dana Point, CA.

In the permit ledger (which the city publishes weekly — on Tuesdays, through the previous Saturday), a recent standout: a $7,500,000 office business or professional permit in Downtown LA (City West) (90017). Declared construction value of all permits issued in the latest 30 days on record (Sep 4–Oct 3): $377,911,659.

By the numbers

311 yesterday: 8,279 · typical Monday: 8,980 · Westwood: 149 · quakes 24h: 52 (max M3.5) · permit value, latest 30 days on record (Sep 4–Oct 3): $377,911,659

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