FY 2025 - FY 2027
CITY OF SAN PABLO BUDGET SURVEY:
RESPONSES RECEIVED
Timelne: April 4 – 21, 2024
(1) What are the top three (3) most important issues you would like the City of San Pablo to prioritize in the City's new FY 2025-2027 Three-Year GF Budget? 04/04/24 (ANONYMOUS) Schools; Parks; Potholes
04/04/24 (ANONYMOUS) Public Safety; Illegal Dumping; Potholes 04/19/24 (ANONYMOUS) Crime; Unhoused Individuals; Trash & Debris 04/19/24 (ANONYMOUS) Paving residential streets & potholes; Streetlights; Clean-up 04/20/24 (ANONYMOUS) Paving Old Town; Youth Work; Community Events (i.e. Egg Hunt; Movies Under the Stars)
04/21/24 (ANONYMOUS) Stop increasing taxes and increasing the budget; Stop spending money the city doesn’t have; Stop increasing taxes and fees to cover those expenditures.
(2) What are the top three (3) City services necessary for the City to provide, and what services could the City stop doing?
04/04/24 (ANONYMOUS) Stop Bike Lanes; Traffic is bad; Jobs for Youth; Cheaper Transportation; Safe parks for kids
04/04/24 (ANONYMOUS) Street cleaning; illegal dumping mitigation; Services for youth and families; There are no services I can think of that the city should discontinue 04/19/24 (ANONYMOUS) Housing; Trash pickup; Cleanup trail by wildcat creek 04/19/24 (ANONYMOUS) Allow two (2) bulky items for curbside collection per year 04/20/24 (ANONYMOUS) Picking up illegal dumping; Providing city services in so many varied languages; Making sure we have housing sold in town that is up to code; Not sure that all City services I have is necessary
04/21/24 (ANONYMOUS) Making the roadways smooth for traffic flow; Cutting lanes off to plant trees to make the city pretty will cause cars to be on the road longer, and increase road rage, and stupid drivers
(3) What are your ideas for how the City can maintain a healthy and sustainable budget, while providing the services that our local San Pablo residents and businesses desire most?
04/04/24 (ANONYMOUS) Ask the people what we want; Bike lanes were not necessary; Would rather have my money go to parks
04/04/24 (ANONYMOUS) Moratorium on expansion of both existing City programs, and new ones 04/19/24 (ANONYMOUS) Hire & train quality personnel
04/19/24 (ANONYMOUS) More survey opportunities to provide input 04/20/24 (ANONYMOUS) Picking up illegal dumping; Providing city services in so many varied languages; Making sure we have housing sold in town that is up to code; Not sure that all City services I have is necessary
04/21/24 (ANONYMOUS) Stop supplying free services; Charge a nominal fee so services are self- sustainable
(4) Are you a resident of San Pablo?
04/04/24 (ANONYMOUS) YES
04/04/24 (ANONYMOUS) YES
04/19/24 (ANONYMOUS) YES
04/19/24 (ANONYMOUS) YES
04/20/24 (ANONYMOUS) YES
04/21/24 (ANONYMOUS) YES
(5) If Yes, how many years have you lived in San Pablo? 04/04/24 (ANONYMOUS) MORE THAN 10 YEARS
04/04/24 (ANONYMOUS) MORE THAN 10 YEARS
04/19/24 (ANONYMOUS) MORE THAN 10 YEARS
04/19/24 (ANONYMOUS) ONE TO FIVE YEARS
04/20/24 (ANONYMOUS) MORE THAN 10 YEARS
04/21/24 (ANONYMOUS) MORE THAN 10 YEARS
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