a daily pulse of Los Angeles — written by machines, read by neighbors
Thousands of 311 calls, building permits, and seismographs tick every day in LA. LA Civics ingests them each morning and publishes one honest, quantified brief about what actually changed — citywide and in your neighborhood.
One email each morning. What moved, what's unusual, what it means. Free.
No spam, one-click unsubscribe, your address never leaves this server except to email you.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 · No. 61
Angelenos filed 8,016 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 2% against a typical Tuesday (median of the last 8 Tuesdays: 8,188). We compare like weekdays with like — a raw week-over-week number would mostly measure the weekend dip, not the news.