LOS ANGELES (AP) - An audit finds Los Angeles residents calling the city’s main service hotline have faced longer waits than residents of other large metropolitan areas - and the cost for each answered call is higher.
The Los Angeles Times reports (https://lat.ms/1gx6e0l ) during the last fiscal year Angelenos waited to reach a 311 operator an average of three minutes and 45 seconds - three and a half times the rate for callers in other big cities.
The city spent an average of $6.30 for each call answered, compared with $2.79 to $6.13 elsewhere.
Controller Ron Galperin, whose office prepared the audit, urged the city to shift control of the help line to the mayor’s office or another agency.
The 311 system is a clearinghouse for questions and service requests such as cleaning up graffiti or trash.
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Information from: Los Angeles Times, https://www.latimes.com
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