Your trash is literally piling up
Okay so check it— your phone calls to 311? They’re telling us a lot about what’s really going on in this city, ya sabes? Like, the top two issues people are calling about right now? It's literally trash, fam. Item Pickups and Illegal Dumping, no mames. We're talking 9,820 requests for regular pickups and another 8,390 for illegal dumping. That's from the city's own 311 service request data, just for *that one specific type* of illegal dumping, not counting the other 1,772 requests for it.
That’s like, a whole lot of couches and mattresses chilling on our sidewalks, especially east of the 110 where I see it every single day. And graffiti removal? That’s next up, with 3,568 and 3,451 requests. It tells you where the city's attention really needs to be, you know? Not just fancy new pools or kitchen remodels for people with money, which, oye, those permits are still rolling in from 2015.
What does this mean for us? It means our neighborhoods are literally screaming for basic services. Watch to see if the city actually allocates more budget to sanitation and cleanup crews, or if they just keep telling us to call 311 while the trash piles up.
Marisol Vega-Cisneros MiTL Sports Desk, Los Angeles My homies on the morning show totally get into this — catch the real talk live at mornings.live.