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### Your streetlights might be out but at least there's a new pool room

Oye, so you know how we all call 311 for everything, right? Like, literally everything from a sofa dumped on the sidewalk to a streetlight that’s been out since forever. Well, the latest 311 data just dropped, and it’s kinda wild how many folks are still waiting on stuff. The top request? "Item Pickups" with 9,156 calls. But right behind it, what's really getting me, is "Streetlight Repair Services" with 8,182 requests. That’s a *lot* of dark streets, fam.

And get this, "Illegal Dumping Item Pickup" is up there too, with 7,502 calls. No mames, people are just leaving their junk everywhere. Meanwhile, on the development side, what's getting approved? Someone’s adding a whole "pool equipment room" to their house, per a supplemental building permit from back in March 2015. So, like, some folks are getting new pool setups while half the city’s trying to get their streetlights fixed so they can, you know, see where they’re walking at night.

What this really means is that while the city's busy processing permits for luxury upgrades, the basic stuff for everyday Angelenos, especially on the Eastside, is still lagging. We gotta keep pushing City Hall to prioritize fixing the broken streetlights and cleaning up our streets. That’s the real LA, fam — east of the 110.

Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk.

You know Keith and the crew are gonna have some thoughts on this mañana — catch 'em live at mornings.live.