Your neighbors want junk gone, like *now*
Okay so check it—your phone, right? You probably use it to order a burger, or like, call your tía. But a *lot* of Angelenos are using it to hit up 311 for stuff they need picked up, and it's literally the top request by a mile.
### What’s Piling Up?
According to the latest 311 service request data, people are calling about "Item Pickups" almost 10,000 times – 9,753 requests, to be exact. And "Illegal Dumping Item Pickup"? That’s right up there too, with 8,304 requests. That's, like, almost 18,000 calls just for *stuff* on the street!
It really makes you wonder, no mames. We're talking about:
* Old mattresses on the curb * Couches just chilling on sidewalks * Piles of trash where they shouldn't be
Graffiti removal is still a big deal, clocking in at 3,808 and 3,682 requests. But all that dumped junk? It's literally double. It tells you what's on people's minds, what they see every day when they leave their house.
This isn't just numbers, fam. This is about our neighborhoods, the ones we live in, east of the 110, west of it, everywhere. People just want their streets clean, ya sabes? And they're calling the city to make it happen. We gotta see if City Hall actually steps up their game to match the demand.
Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk, Los Angeles.
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