Los Angeles, California Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 138

LA CIVICS.

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Central LA · ZIP 90006 · live from official open data

Pico-Union

What Los Angeles residents are reporting and building in Pico-Union.

311 service requests

80
filed Monday, Oct 19 (latest complete day)
443
in the latest 7 days of data
15,750
in our database
Top request type (latest 7 days of data)Count
Illegal Dumping Item Pickup155
Information-Only74
Item Pickups56
Graffiti Removal34
Homeless Encampment34
Service Not Complete13
Landscape Maintenance11
Streetlight Repair Services10

Most recent requests

WhenRequest typeStatus
Oct 19Street Pavement IssuesNew
Oct 19Illegal Dumping Item PickupWorkorder Created
Oct 19Illegal Dumping Item PickupWorkorder Created
Oct 19Illegal Dumping Item PickupWorkorder Created
Oct 19Streetlight Repair ServicesWorkorder Created
Oct 19Service Not CompleteWorkorder Created
Oct 19Illegal Dumping Item PickupWorkorder Created
Oct 19Homeless EncampmentReported

Building permits

141
permits on record
$9.2M
total declared valuation
Biggest recent permitsIssuedValuation
ApartmentAug 14$5.0M
ApartmentAug 14$1.1M
Accessory Dwelling UnitSep 25$400.0K
Storage BuildingJul 28$214.8K
Accessory Dwelling UnitJun 24$200.0K
Private SchoolJun 25$190.0K
Accessory Dwelling UnitJun 16$185.0K
Medical OfficeSep 4$151.4K

Note: the city publishes permits in one weekly batch, on Tuesdays, covering permits issued through the previous Saturday.

Newly issued in ZIP 90006 — this week's city batch

The city's latest weekly permit batch landed Tuesday, October 20 (permits issued Oct 11–Oct 17). It carries 3 new permits in Pico-Union, $9.4K declared — every one of them below, biggest first. This is the same list the weekly email for ZIP 90006 carries.

IssuedAddressPermitDeclared value
Oct 14 2742 W 14TH ST Alteration / repair · 1 or 2 Family Dwelling
Dwelling - Single Family
$8.0K
Oct 14 1641 S BERENDO ST Alteration / repair · 1 or 2 Family Dwelling
Dwelling - Single Family
$1.4K
Oct 14 1120 S IROLO ST Alteration / repair
Apartment
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Source: LADBS building permits (data.lacity.org), the most recent weekly batch. Addresses as the city publishes them; "value" is the applicant's declared job valuation ("—" = none declared). No owner or contractor names — here or in the email, ever.

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