LA is tracking everything and fixing less than you'd hope
LA is tracking everything and fixing less than you'd hope
The city got 7,493 calls about dead animals this year. In 22% of cases, crews arrived and found nothing. That's not a fluke — that's a pattern.
Across 311, business registration, and crime data, the same story keeps surfacing. The systems are running. The outcomes are murkier.
LA Called 311 About Dead Animals 7,493 Times This Year. In 22% of Cases, the Animal Was Gone When the City Showed Up.
City showed up. Animal already gone.
Angelenos called 311 about dead animals 7,493 times this year — about 83 calls a day. When crews arrived, 1,655 of those scenes were already cleared. No animal, no resolution, just a closed ticket.
That's not residents crying wolf. That's a dispatch system too slow to beat decomposition and scavengers. Someone still had to make the call, wait, and wonder.
MacArthur Park Filed 17,150 Graffiti Removal Requests in Q1 2026. The City Marked 94% of Them "Duplicate."
MacArthur Park's graffiti war, marked duplicate.
MacArthur Park filed 17,150 graffiti removal requests in Q1 2026 — more than the next six LA neighborhoods combined. The city's response: mark 94% of them "duplicate" and move on.
Duplicate doesn't mean the graffiti isn't there. It means the system decided one ticket was enough. Residents filing repeat requests aren't confused — they're watching the wall stay tagged.
LA's Business Registration Numbers Just Fell Off a Cliff
New businesses in LA are vanishing.
New business registrations in LA are down nearly 60% compared to this point last year. Last year: 11,802 registrations. This year: 4,820. Month-to-date is worse — 354 new registrations versus 941 last year.
Fewer new businesses means fewer jobs, fewer storefronts, fewer options in neighborhoods already short on both. This isn't a data blip — it's a signal about who thinks LA is worth betting on right now.
LA Property Crime Doubled in Early 2025 — And 2026 Data Is MIA
Property crime spiked, eased, then went dark.
Property crime nearly doubled from mid-2024 to early 2025 — from roughly 4,400 incidents a month to nearly 9,000. It's since dropped 31%, which sounds like progress until you notice 2026 data hasn't arrived.
A 31% drop from a near-record high still leaves you well above where you started. And when the city stops publishing current numbers, residents can't tell if the slide continued or reversed.
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