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### Your street might be cleaner than you think
Oye, so everyone always talks about how slow the city is, right? How you call 311 and it just goes into the void? Well, guess what's topping the list of what Angelenos are actually asking for help with, according to the latest 311 service request data? "Item Pickups." Like, people want stuff picked up off the street. And it’s not even close, fam.
**By the Numbers:**
* **8,938 requests** for general "Item Pickups." * **6,943 requests** for "Illegal Dumping Item Pickup." * **2,961 requests** for "Graffiti Removal."
That's almost 9,000 calls just for random stuff on the sidewalk, not even counting the literal trash people are dumping illegally. It tells you a lot about what Angelenos are seeing every day when they walk out the door, you know? And it’s not just the Westside complaining about palm fronds, either. This is literally city-wide. So next time you see something, just know thousands of your neighbors are seeing it too and actually calling it in.
This kinda stuff really shows you what's on people's minds, beyond all the big fancy proposals from City Hall. It's the day-to-day grit. Keep an eye on those numbers, because how fast the city responds to these tells you how much they really care about the blocks we all live on.
That's the real LA, fam — east of the 110.
Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk, Los Angeles
My co-hosts totally jump on these numbers every morning, you should check it out live at mornings.live.