Okay so check it— your City Hall, ya sabes, the people who are *supposed* to be making things happen? They're still getting swamped with the same issues, like, *literally* every day. I was looking at the recent 311 requests, and it's wild, fam.

### What LA Is Actually Asking For

The biggest thing Angelenos are hitting up the 311 line for? Item pickups, no mames. We're talking 8,753 requests for just *item pickups* and another 7,068 for *illegal dumping pickups*. That’s almost 16,000 requests for trash. And then right after that, like, almost 11,500 "information-only" calls. Makes you wonder if people are just trying to figure out *who* to call about all the stuff no one's picking up, right?

* Item Pickups: 8,753 requests

* Illegal Dumping Pickups: 7,068 requests

* Information-Only: 11,444 requests (combined two entries)

* Graffiti Removal: 4,925 requests (combined two entries)

* Homeless Encampment: 1,615 requests

It’s clear that people want their neighborhoods clean, but also they're looking for help with basic info. And the graffiti, oye, that's still a huge thing, too, with almost 5,000 calls. Meanwhile, development is just, like, little stuff—kitchen remodels, pool equipment rooms. Not exactly solving our housing crisis, is it?

What this means for us, the actual people living here, is that our city services are still playing catch-up on the basics. We're asking for clean streets and clear information. This isn't just numbers, it's about what life is like on the ground, especially east of the 110. Let's see if City Hall can actually pivot to tackling these core issues, you know, before the jacarandas bloom again.

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

Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk, Eastside Morning Wire.

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