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Your trash problem is now LA City Hall's biggest headache

Your trash problem is literally City Hall's biggest headache

Okay so check it— your phone's probably blowing up with notifications, but let me tell you what's really going on over at City Hall, like, what people are actually calling about. According to the latest 311 service request data, what’s keeping Angelenos up at night the most? Trash. Literally, "Item Pickups" had 8,644 requests, and "Illegal Dumping Item Pickup" had another 7,242. That’s like, over 15,000 calls just about stuff getting left where it shouldn’t be. No mames, that's a lot of mattresses and old sofas!

It kinda makes sense, right? You see it everywhere – from the alleys in Boyle Heights to, like, even sometimes over on the Westside when you’re driving down Venice. People are just trying to get their neighborhoods cleaned up, ya sabes? And then, "Graffiti Removal" is still up there with 3,068 requests. This isn't just a nuisance, it's about feeling good where you live. This data, it literally shows what people care about right now. We gotta see if the city's gonna throw more resources at this.

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

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