Oye, your neighbors are literally calling about trash
Okay so check it—we're talking City Hall vibes, right? And what people are *actually* bugging the city about? It’s not, like, some huge policy debate on the Westside. It's literally trash, fam. According to the latest 311 service request data, the top two issues Los Angeles residents are calling in about are "Item Pickups" with a whopping 9,516 requests, and "Illegal Dumping Item Pickups" right behind it at 7,412. No mames, that's a lot of stuff on the streets.
### What Your Neighbors Are Seeing
Think about it, that’s almost 17,000 calls just for trash. Compare that to "Homeless Encampment" requests, which clocked in at 1,660. It kinda paints a picture, ya know? People are seeing mattresses, old couches, just… stuff, everywhere. And they’re calling it in.
* **Item Pickups:** 9,516 requests * **Illegal Dumping:** 7,412 requests * **Graffiti Removal:** 3,803 and 2,884 requests (listed twice, but still a lot of tagging) * **Homeless Encampment:** 1,660 requests
This ain't some abstract problem; it's what you see walking down Vermont or driving through Lincoln Heights. It makes you wonder if we need more consistent street cleaning or easier ways for folks to get rid of their junk. Keep an eye on how the city responds to this, because it's a huge quality-of-life thing for all of us.
That's the real LA, fam — east of the 110.
Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk.
You know Keith and the crew are gonna have thoughts on this tomorrow morning, catch 'em live at mornings.live.