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Daily Brief · Sunday, October 18, 2026 · No. 135
311 requests down 9% vs a typical Saturday — 3,069 filed across LA
Angelenos filed 3,069 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 9% against a typical Saturday (median of the last 8 Saturdays: 3,380). 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 (663), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (638), Information-Only (560).
Busiest ZIP: Sylmar (91342) with 93 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 43 requests.
The ground moved 30 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.3 8 km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA.
In the permit ledger (which the city publishes weekly — on Tuesdays, through the previous Saturday), a recent standout: a $10,000,000 special care home permit in Hancock Park / Koreatown (90004). Declared construction value of all permits issued in the latest 30 days on record (Sep 11–Oct 10): $414,654,938.