Here’s what your city asked for last week
Okay, so check it — you know how we all complain about things around the city, right? Like, ‘oye, this pothole on Alameda is gonna eat my tire’ or ‘why is that couch still on the corner of Soto and Olympic?’ Well, the 311 numbers are literally where all that gets reported, and the city’s got some new data out.
The Top Requests
No mames, fam, it’s all about pickups. The biggest thing Angelenos called about last week? "Item Pickups" with **8,728 requests**. Right behind that, "Illegal Dumping Item Pickup" had **7,479 calls**. That’s almost sixteen THOUSAND calls just for people wanting stuff picked up off the streets. Like, that's not just a little trash, ya sabes? That’s mattresses, old fridges, whatever people leave out.
* Item Pickups: 8,728 requests
* Illegal Dumping Item Pickup: 7,479 requests
* Graffiti Removal: 2,437 requests (plus another 2,371 for the same thing!)
* Homeless Encampment: 1,677 requests
And guess what? "Graffiti Removal" was up there too, with **2,437 requests** and then another **2,371** for the same thing, just categorized slightly different. You see it everywhere, from Boyle Heights to the beach. Also, "Homeless Encampment" requests hit **1,677**, which is just heavy, man. It shows you what people are seeing every single day on their blocks.
What’s Next
This data, straight from the city's 311 service requests, shows us exactly what's on Angelenos' minds. It means we gotta keep an eye on how the city budgets for sanitation and street services, because clearly, the demand is super high. That's the real LA, fam — east of the 110.
Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk.
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