LA County Public Works Resources

  • LA County Public Works Resources
    • Public Works 24/7 report hotline (Traffic controls maintenance & repair, report graffiti, hazardous spill, street light outages, tree damages): 626-458-4357
    • Public Works dispatch (for emergencies, afterhours, or urgent request): 800-675-4357
    • For all constituent requests related to Public Works you can fill out an inquiry here: https://dpw.lacounty.gov/contact/. We also have an app called “The Works” that can be downloaded by iPhone and Android users.
    • Immediate waste management contact:
      • Phone: 8888DUMPING or 88883867464 (*Please note that this hotline has eleven numbers. Your call will be directed to the hotline.)
      • Text or Email: dumping@pw.lacounty.gov
    • Street sweeping online request form: Request: Street Sweeping (lacounty.gov)

Keeping Wiseburn Clean – links

With the change of seasons, you may have noticed an increase in the amount of trash/dumping in the Wiseburn neighborhood.
What can you do?  Inform your friends and neighbors of how to get help from our County and Utility service providers.
Here are 6 resources on keeping the community clean by requesting service and disposing properly and legally of large items, carts, graffiti, animals, and pests, please help avoid blight in the neighborhood:
  1. Bulk-item Pickup  Waste Management provides FREE unlimited items pickup twice per year all you have to do is schedule it 48 hours in advance of our Monday pickup day and have it on the curb by 6AM on Mondays
    • simple online form you don’t even need to know your account number – Request Bulk Pickup Form – Waste Management
      • Acceptable items include furniture, mattresses, rugs, appliances and electronic waste, such as TV’s, computers and VCR’s
        • Ten (10) 32 gallon resident-generated trash/yard waste bags allowed in lieu of one bulk pickup.
      • Non-acceptable items include construction debris, haz waste, auto parts, industrial discards, liquids and excessively large items.
  2. Illegal Dumping?  Report it to the Department of Public Works via the The Works app (often use this for items left on La Cienega – it works!)
  3. Abandoned shopping cart? – call California Shopping Cart Retrieval Corporation at (800) 252-4613, by email, or online.
  4. Graffiti  Call the Graffiti Hotline at 800 675-4357 (HELP) or Graffiti Report page
  5. Stray or confined animals including dead animal pickup and non emergency dog bites – Count of LA Animal Care – Service Request
  6. Mosquito, bee, or red fire ants? – LA County West Vector Control District – call (310) 915-7370 or Service Request – West Vector Control District