Your neighbors are calling City Hall about what

Dallas on the wire — big hat, bigger story.

Look— the folks at Dallas City Hall are getting a whole lot of calls, and it ain't about busted water mains this time. The latest 311 service request data shows something pretty telling about what's on y'all's minds: "Code Concern - CCS" is way, way up there, racking up almost *30,000 requests*. We're talking 29,788 to be exact. That's nearly 23 times more than the next highest category, "Single Family Rental Needs Registration."

### What's Got Everyone Bothering City Hall?

So here's what happened: This "Code Concern" category covers a whole mess of stuff, everything from overgrown weeds in someone's front yard in Pleasant Grove to a dilapidated fence in Oak Cliff. It also includes things like illegal dumping, which is a constant battle in some parts of our city.

* **Code Concern - CCS:** 29,788 requests

* **Single Family Rental Needs Registration - CCS:** 1,304 requests

* **Consumer Protection Complaint - CCS:** 451 requests

What this tells me, *mi gente*, is that folks are paying close attention to their neighborhoods. They're seeing issues and they're picking up the phone, whether it’s about a messy yard that’s bringing down property values or something more serious. It shows a real desire for our Dallas neighborhoods to be well-maintained and safe.

This overwhelming number of code concerns indicates that while we talk a lot about big developments downtown and over by the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, the everyday stuff in our neighborhoods still matters most to residents. Keep an eye on how the city council addresses this volume in their next budget discussions; are they staffing up code enforcement? That's what we need to watch.

Dallas on the wire — big hat, bigger story.

Y'all, I break down what this really means for *your* neighborhood on the morning show — catch us live at mornings.live.