Okay, so check it—
### Your street might get cleaner but what about everything else?
So, your 311 data just dropped, and it's literally all about the streets, ya sabes? Like, the top two requests are 'Item Pickups' and 'Illegal Dumping Item Pickup,' totaling over 18,000 requests. That's, like, a *lot* of stuff getting dumped or just left out, and folks are calling it in. We're talking 10,360 for regular pickups and another 8,240 specifically for illegal dumping. That's, like, almost 20,000 times people in Los Angeles picked up their phone and said, "Oye, there's trash here!"
### What we're actually asking for
It kinda makes you wonder, right? We’re all stressing about the big picture, but what really gets under our skin enough to call City Hall? It's the stuff right outside our door. Graffiti removal is up there too, with 3,264 calls. But then, way down the list, you have 'Homeless Encampment' requests at 1,874. It's not that people don't care, but the daily grind of seeing a couch on the sidewalk? That’s what’s really pushing buttons, according to the 311 data.
This is what Los Angeles is actually dealing with on a daily basis. Keep an eye on how the city prioritizes these service requests because it tells you what they actually care about, no mames.
Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk That’s the real LA, fam — east of the 110. Want to know what this means for your neighborhood? The morning crew breaks it down, catch 'em at mornings.live.