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Downtown's districts, Koreatown, Pico-Union, Mid-Wilshire and Westlake — the dense core where the city's 311 traffic runs heaviest.
| Top request type (last 7 days) | Count |
|---|---|
| Graffiti Removal | 1,505 |
| Information-Only | 1,472 |
| Illegal Dumping Item Pickup | 1,356 |
| Item Pickups | 898 |
| Homeless Encampment | 464 |
| Dockless Mobility Enforcement | 249 |
| Service Not Complete | 221 |
| Streetlight Repair Services | 89 |
| Neighborhood | ZIP | 311 requests |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown LA (South Park) | 90015 | 5,206 |
| Westlake / MacArthur Park | 90057 | 3,608 |
| Arlington Heights / Mid-City | 90019 | 2,733 |
| Hancock Park / Koreatown | 90004 | 2,705 |
| Jefferson Park | 90018 | 2,535 |
| West Adams | 90016 | 2,420 |
| Pico-Union | 90006 | 2,181 |
| Beverlywood / Pico-Robertson | 90035 | 1,648 |
| Downtown LA / Chinatown | 90012 | 1,514 |
| Downtown LA (Arts District) | 90021 | 1,423 |
| Biggest recent permits | Neighborhood | Issued | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Center operated by governmental agency | Downtown LA (South Park) | Jul 24 | $375.0M |
| Apartment | Beverly Grove | May 19 | $25.0M |
| Apartment | Westlake / MacArthur Park | May 27 | $15.0M |
| Joint Living and Working Quarters | Mid-Wilshire | May 27 | $15.0M |
| Retail | Fairfax / Mid-Wilshire | Jun 22 | $13.3M |
| Apartment | Koreatown | Jun 30 | $11.7M |
| Apartment | Downtown LA (City West) | May 20 | $9.4M |
| Clinic medical or dental | West Adams | Jul 27 | $8.5M |
Note: the city's permit feed publishes ~2 weeks behind real time; "valuation" is the applicant's self-declared estimate, not an audited cost.
Arlington Heights / Mid-City 90019 · Beverly Grove 90048 · Beverlywood / Pico-Robertson 90035 · Downtown LA (Arts District) 90021 · Downtown LA (Bunker Hill) 90071 · Downtown LA (City West) 90017 · Downtown LA (Fashion District) 90014 · Downtown LA (Historic Core) 90013 · Downtown LA (South Park) 90015 · Downtown LA / Chinatown 90012 · Fairfax / Mid-Wilshire 90036 · Hancock Park / Koreatown 90004 · Jefferson Park 90018 · Koreatown 90005 · Mid-Wilshire 90010 · Pico-Union 90006 · West Adams 90016 · Westlake / MacArthur Park 90057 · Wilshire Center 90020
Method: "Central LA" here is our informal grouping of the 19 ZIP codes listed above — not an official city boundary. Figures are what appears in the City of LA's official 311 and building-permit feeds for those ZIPs; independent cities inside the region run their own systems, so their activity shows up only at the edges.
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