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LA's drowning in trash and City Hall needs a plan

Okay so check it— your city is literally drowning in junk, no mames. Like, I’m talking actual mountains of trash, and the 311 data? It proves it.

**Your City's Messy Problem**

The latest 311 service request numbers are out, and it's not looking pretty, fam. People are calling in more about trash than almost anything else.

Here's the breakdown:

* **Item Pickups** had over 8,500 requests. That's, like, a *lot* of stuff left on the curb.

* **Illegal Dumping** added another 7,360 requests. And then another 1,663 later on, too. People are just leaving their mattresses and old couches wherever, ya sabes?

* **Graffiti Removal** was up there too, with close to 4,000 calls.

This isn't just about a little litter; this is a quality-of-life thing, you know? It’s about how our neighborhoods look and feel, especially east of the 110, where sometimes it feels like we get forgotten. City Hall needs to step it up, big time. We gotta see what they're gonna do to actually tackle this.

That's the real LA, fam — east of the 110.

Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk Morning Wire

Oye, Keith and the crew are always talking about this kinda stuff on the morning show — go listen at mornings.live.

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