Disparities found in core city services, analysis shows

A Times analysis of more than 1.4 million service requests since 2010 shows that Los Angeles city responses vary widely based on where you live and the type of service provided. Go to www.latimes.com/city-services to learn more about your neighborhood’s response rates. Here are the rates for three core services:

Potholes

Pothole patching varied greatly across the city with residents in Hollywood Hills West waiting a median time of more than four weeks, compared to four and a half days in Chinatown.

Median wait time for pothole to be fixed

Jan. 2010-Dec. 2014

Bulky items

Residents living in the harbor area and East San Fernando Valley received poorer service than other parts of the city, with a higher percentage of requests picked up after the next collection day.

Percent of requests picked up after the next collection day

Jan. 2010-April 2015*

Graffiti

A pocket of neighborhoods in Central and South L.A. lags behind the rest of the city in median wait times for graffiti removal, which officials said is driven by a higher demand fo service.

Median wait time for graffiti to be removed

Jan. 2010-April 2015

Priya Krishnakumar Los Angeles Times *Griffith Park was excluded due to a low overall number of bulky item removal requests.