Okay so check it—your phone buzzing with calls and texts from your tía, your primo, your neighbor down the street on East 3rd? Yeah, City Hall's 311 service request data for LA confirms what we all already know. No mames, the streets are a mess.

### What’s Really Bugging Angelenos

Literally the biggest issue for Angelenos calling 311? It's all about stuff on the street, ya sabes. We're talking almost 9,000 requests for "Item Pickups" and another 7,372 for "Illegal Dumping Item Pickup." That's like, over 16,000 calls just about trash and junk piling up. It's not some Westside problem, either; this is all over, from El Sereno to South Central. People are tired of seeing mattresses and old furniture on their block.

And get this—right behind that, what's also high on the list? "Homeless Encampment" requests, coming in at 1,667. That's a grim reminder of the crisis we're facing, fam. It's not just numbers; these are real people struggling, and residents are calling because they see it every single day.

What's wild is that development activity, according to the data provided, is pretty low key right now. Just a few kitchen/bathroom remodels and a pool equipment room added back in March 2015. Like, we need housing, but we're getting pool sheds? Something ain't adding up. We gotta keep an eye on how the City Council plans to tackle these persistent street issues and the homelessness crisis. That's the real LA, fam — east of the 110.

Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk, East LA.

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