Polling Opinion, Santa Rosa City Council Meeting, June 28th

Dear City Council Members,

Thanks for setting up the polling for Measure P and Measure O.

There's some encouraging results.  In particular,

1) the sense that people are more favorable to city government

& feel positive about city services.

2) that information that the Measure P extension only requires

a majority vote and a large majority agreed with the 1/2 cent

alternative as well as the 1/4 cent.

I am concerned that the questions related to a possible

$30 million dollar housing bond were not polled thoroughly

enough for an accurate assessment.

There seems to be a great deal of support for housing

and action on homelessness.  The low numbers of support

in the one direct question about a potential housing bond

seem out of proportion with these other findings.

Here's the details:

Housing & Homelessness are seen as the biggest City

problems (p. 6).  Housing  polled as a higher concern

than gangs and youth violence (p. 8).

Instead of asking about bonds to build more housing, the

question (p. 26) is about "projects and programs, helping

to increase the supply of housing options...."

No questions were asked about insuring there is sufficient

housing stock.

A question about providing "services" to make housing

more affordable drew 70% favorable response (p.12).

Providing "services" to reduce homelessness drew a 60%

favorable response (p.13).

I hope you will do more detailed polling on this particular

question.

Thanks, as always,

Adrienne

Homeless Action! member

795-2890