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Westwood, West LA, Palms, Mar Vista, Venice, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades, plus independent cities like Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and Culver City that appear at the edges of the city's feeds.
| Top request type (last 7 days) | Count |
|---|---|
| Graffiti Removal | 1,204 |
| Item Pickups | 1,085 |
| Illegal Dumping Item Pickup | 920 |
| Information-Only | 827 |
| Sidewalk Repair Access Request Program | 610 |
| Illegal Auto Repair or Construction, and Leaf Blower Violations | 292 |
| Service Not Complete | 252 |
| Homeless Encampment | 189 |
| Neighborhood | ZIP | 311 requests |
|---|---|---|
| Palms | 90034 | 3,537 |
| Mar Vista | 90066 | 2,883 |
| West LA / Sawtelle | 90025 | 2,580 |
| Venice | 90291 | 2,474 |
| Rancho Park / West LA | 90064 | 2,330 |
| Westchester | 90045 | 2,034 |
| Brentwood | 90049 | 1,615 |
| Westwood | 90024 | 1,510 |
| Pacific Palisades | 90272 | 958 |
| Marina del Rey | 90292 | 782 |
| Biggest recent permits | Neighborhood | Issued | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Building | Westchester | Aug 21 | $2.0B |
| Airport Building | Westchester | Jun 10 | $141.0M |
| Apartment | Westchester | Aug 10 | $116.2M |
| Airport Building | Westchester | May 22 | $20.5M |
| Apartment | West LA / Sawtelle | Aug 10 | $15.1M |
| Airport Building | Westchester | May 22 | $14.0M |
| Apartment | Westchester | May 8 | $5.8M |
| Airport Building | Westchester | Aug 26 | $5.0M |
Note: the city's permit feed publishes ~2 weeks behind real time; "valuation" is the applicant's self-declared estimate, not an audited cost.
Bel Air 90077 · Beverly Hills 90210 · Brentwood 90049 · Century City 90067 · Culver City 90230 · Culver City 90232 · Ladera Heights 90056 · Mar Vista 90066 · Marina del Rey 90292 · Pacific Palisades 90272 · Palms 90034 · Playa Vista 90094 · Playa del Rey 90293 · Rancho Park / West LA 90064 · Santa Monica (Downtown) 90401 · Santa Monica (North) 90402 · Santa Monica (Pico) 90404 · Santa Monica (Wilshire-Montana) 90403 · Venice 90291 · West LA / Sawtelle 90025 · Westchester 90045 · Westwood 90024
Method: "Westside" here is our informal grouping of the 22 ZIP codes listed above — not an official city boundary. Figures are what appears in the City of LA's official 311 and building-permit feeds for those ZIPs; independent cities inside the region run their own systems, so their activity shows up only at the edges.
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