Okay so check it—your phone buzzing like crazy with 311 requests? You're not alone, fam. Turns out, Angelenos are hitting up that service line for a *lot* of stuff, and honestly, some of it just tells you where people are struggling the most in this city.

### What's Really Bugging Angelenos Right Now

The latest 311 data, like, literally shows what's on people's minds, ya sabes? The top two requests, by a *long* shot, are about item pickups and illegal dumping. We're talking almost 9,100 requests for "Item Pickups" and another 7,900 for "Illegal Dumping Item Pickup." No mames, that's a lot of stuff piling up! It's not just the random couch on a corner, it's also like, that mattress someone just left on a residential street. And you know, a lot of that happens east of the 110, where people actually live and work, not just, like, drive through on their way to the beach.

Also, it's wild how many "Information-Only" requests are in there – over 10,000 across two categories. It makes you wonder if the city's info is even easy to find for folks, or if people are just calling 311 because they don't know where else to go. And then, *of course*, "Homeless Encampment" requests are still super high, at 1,602. That's the real LA, fam — east of the 110. It’s a stark reminder of the bigger issues we're facing when people are literally calling about tents on their block.

* **Item Pickups:** 9,089 requests

* **Illegal Dumping:** 7,913 requests

* **Information-Only (combined):** 10,413 requests

* **Homeless Encampment:** 1,602 requests

What this tells me is that people are out here trying to keep their neighborhoods clean, but they need the city to step up on basic services. We gotta watch what City Hall does with these numbers, like, are they gonna put more resources into sanitation, or are they just gonna keep building more of those luxury high-rises nobody asked for?

Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk.

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