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3.62% 17
10.00% 47
12.98% 61
22.34% 105
50.64% 238
0.43% 2
Q1 How long have you lived in Santa Rosa?
Answered: 470 Skipped: 0
TOTAL 470
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Less than 1
year
1-5 years
6-10 years
11-20 years
More than 20
years
I don't live
in Santa Rosa
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Less than 1 year
1-5 years
6-10 years
11-20 years
More than 20 years
I don't live in Santa Rosa
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69.57% 327
30.43% 143
Q2 Do you work in Santa Rosa?
Answered: 470 Skipped: 0
TOTAL 470
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Yes
No
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Yes
No
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35.96% 169
42.34% 199
17.66% 83
4.04% 19
Q3 Do you or your family currently own, pay a mortgage, or rent yourresidence? Answered: 470 Skipped: 0
TOTAL 470
# OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE
1 Rent a room 3/10/2022 7:46 PM
2 Transitional SLE 3/9/2022 7:19 AM
3 Live in car 3/8/2022 8:19 PM
4 Live with family as I cannot afford current rent prices 3/8/2022 1:26 PM 5 Live with family 3/8/2022 11:43 AM
6 Living with a relative 3/8/2022 11:25 AM
7 We own a house out of state which we can't sell, and rent in Ca. 3/7/2022 9:45 PM 8 Own MH rent space 3/7/2022 3:46 PM
9 Live in our motorhome 3/7/2022 11:49 AM
10 We cohabitate with my parents. I have a family of 5, plus my parents. 3/7/2022 4:57 AM 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Own
Rent
Pay a mortgage
Other (please
specify)
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Own
Rent
Pay a mortgage
Other (please specify)
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11 My parents pay a mortgage and I rent 3/5/2022 1:59 PM 12 staying with family. family owns. 3/4/2022 10:21 PM
13 Live in JADU of family friend at no cost 3/4/2022 8:18 AM 14 Housing provided by job 2/26/2022 8:23 AM
15 Pay a mortgage, but as co-housing living residence 2/25/2022 7:17 AM 16 Looking 2/24/2022 9:32 PM
17 Homeless 2/24/2022 8:42 PM
18 Own my mobile home and pay space rent 2/24/2022 6:39 PM 19 pay mortgage, but unable to do so since the pandemic 2/24/2022 6:28 PM Housing Survey - Community Survey
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Q4 What type of housing do you currently live in?
Answered: 470 Skipped: 0
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Single-family
detached home
Townhome/row
home
Apartment
Duplex
Condominium
Senior housing
Mobile Home
Manufactured
Home
I am currently
unhoused
Acessory
Dwelling Unit
Other (please
describe)
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62.55% 294
5.53% 26
16.17% 76
4.68% 22
2.55% 12
1.49% 7
1.91% 9
0.64% 3
0.43% 2
0.64% 3
3.40% 16
TOTAL 470
# OTHER (PLEASE DESCRIBE) DATE
1 Room Rental 3/10/2022 8:37 AM
2 single family home with EDU 3/9/2022 8:53 AM
3 Transitional SLE 3/9/2022 7:19 AM
4 Rent a room/couch surfing 3/8/2022 1:46 PM
5 Triplex 3/8/2022 8:47 AM
6 I rent a room 3/7/2022 4:40 PM
7 P.U.D. 3/7/2022 4:32 PM
8 Motorhome 3/7/2022 11:49 AM
9 Roommate 3/7/2022 8:28 AM
10 Duplex behind main house 3/6/2022 12:16 PM
11 Trailer 3/5/2022 6:21 AM
12 Room share in a single family detached home 3/5/2022 12:35 AM 13 Income residential property 2/28/2022 8:44 AM
14 Part of TBRA program still in search of housing that will accept me, temporarily stay in a converted shed.
2/24/2022 10:01 PM
15 Homeless 2/24/2022 8:42 PM
16 Single family with adu 2/24/2022 7:25 PM
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Single-family detached home
Townhome/row home
Apartment
Duplex
Condominium
Senior housing
Mobile Home
Manufactured Home
I am currently unhoused
Acessory Dwelling Unit
Other (please describe)
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19.15% 90
36.17% 170
10.00% 47
34.68% 163
Q5 How would you rate the physical condition of your home? (check allthat apply) Answered: 470 Skipped: 0
TOTAL 470
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
It needs major
repairs (e.g...
It needs minor
maintenance...
I would like
to harden my...
My home is not
in need of...
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
It needs major repairs (e.g., new plumbing, new roof, new windows, etc.) It needs minor maintenance (e.g., peeling paint, chipped stucco, etc.) I would like to harden my home for wildfire, earthquake, or flood protection.
My home is not in need of rehabilitation.
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0.21% 1
81.91% 385
13.62% 64
4.26% 20
Q6 How many people per bedroom live in your home?
Answered: 470 Skipped: 0
TOTAL 470
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Less than 1
1-2
3-4
More than 4
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Less than 1
1-2
3-4
More than 4
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Q7 What type of housing would you like to see built in Santa Rosa? (checkall that apply):
Answered: 463 Skipped: 7
Single-family
home...
Single-family
home...
Single-family
home (large ...
Veteran Housing
Accessory
Dwelling Uni...
Junior
Accessory...
Townhome/row
home
Duplex
Apartment
Downtown
loft/flats
Condominium
Senior Housing
Student housing
Mobile Homes
Tiny Homes
Temporary/seaso
nal housing
Supportive
housing/Assi...
Farmworker
housing/Serv...
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70.41% 326
11.23% 52
23.11% 107
39.52% 183
43.63% 202
24.62% 114
35.42% 164
31.32% 145
35.85% 166
37.58% 174
25.92% 120
43.84% 203
30.02% 139
17.28% 80
37.37% 173
11.02% 51
33.26% 154
32.61% 151
22.46% 104
34.56% 160
14.04% 65
Total Respondents: 463
# OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE
1 more income base housing with all recommendations listed above 4/3/2022 12:32 AM 2 business on first levels residences above 3/28/2022 11:42 AM 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Community Land
Trusts/Coope...
Multi-generatio
nal housing
Other (please
specify)
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Single-family home (small/affordable)
Single-family home (larger/luxury)
Single-family home (large lot 1/3 – 1 acre lot)
Veteran Housing
Accessory Dwelling Units (Granny Units)
Junior Accessory Dwelling Units
Townhome/row home
Duplex
Apartment
Downtown loft/flats
Condominium
Senior Housing
Student housing
Mobile Homes
Tiny Homes
Temporary/seasonal housing
Supportive housing/Assisted living
Farmworker housing/Service worker housing
Community Land Trusts/Cooperative housing
Multi-generational housing
Other (please specify)
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3 Variety of housing is needed for a variety of community needs and a variety of different costs for a variety of different incomes
3/26/2022 11:41 AM
4 where feasible, modified containers for homeless 3/14/2022 11:00 PM 5 part of high density mixed-use 3/14/2022 5:30 PM
6 I want there to be more low-income house in Santa Rosa. Less parking lots. More housing. 3/11/2022 10:59 AM 7 low income housing 3/10/2022 10:50 AM
8 Permanent supportive housing 3/10/2022 8:37 AM
9 Quality matters. Parking matters. Trees and nature matter. These things cannot be compromised. The “apartments” currently being built are horrid and lack space, parking, nature, and trees. Horrid. The homeless problem will not go away without access and interventions yo behavioral health and recovery. They don’t want to play the capitalist game. Give them SPACE that is safe to park their mobile homes and call it good. This isn’t going away and it will only get worse when all of us tax payers leave and the money is gone because it’s all been mismanaged and you’ve ruined our city.
3/10/2022 5:14 AM
10 Affordable apartment homes for low to moderate incomes 3/10/2022 4:39 AM 11 Transitional SLE 3/9/2022 7:19 AM
12 Mixed use housing - commercial and residential 3/8/2022 8:06 PM 13 RV sites 3/8/2022 7:36 PM
14 It is more important to me to occupy existing vacant housing than to build new housing 3/8/2022 3:52 PM 15 Affordable for SSI/SSDI income 3/8/2022 1:46 PM
16 Housing that is actually affordable for people who are on a single income 3/8/2022 1:27 PM 17 We just need more housing 3/8/2022 12:04 PM
18 ADA friendly housing 3/8/2022 11:27 AM
19 Anything goddamn led affordable 3/8/2022 8:26 AM
20 Section 8 housing please I'm disabled and am trapped living in an abusive household because I can't afford to live on my own
3/7/2022 11:54 PM
21 AFFORDABLE Housing 3/7/2022 3:06 PM
22 West country not downtown 3/7/2022 2:53 PM
23 Affordable housing specifically for teachers/school employees 3/7/2022 4:57 AM 24 develop the golf course, affordable market-rate 3/6/2022 2:03 PM 25 Housing or a place for the homeless 3/6/2022 12:33 PM 26 Senior housing that a senior on SSI can afford, or spaces that are affordable for tiny homes. 3/6/2022 12:17 PM 27 Affordable apartments 3/6/2022 10:45 AM
28 Just get out of the way with excessive fees and rules; let the market built! 3/5/2022 10:47 PM 29 NO type of home should be built until the city can supply enough water for the current residents and for the future homes you want to approve. Stop building now, you do not have enough water for the people you have now.
3/5/2022 6:52 PM
30 Outdoor living camps 3/5/2022 10:29 AM
31 Low income Housing 3/5/2022 9:38 AM
32 Housing that does not discriminate Section 8 3/5/2022 12:37 AM 33 Groupings of small homes on large lots - presumably under a land trust or co-op model. Also, transitional living situations for people experiencing homelessness - especially sites/programs that are led or organized by the residents.
3/4/2022 10:26 PM
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34 Tent cities and other homeless-run and maintained legitimized outdoor DIY shack-like spaces like they do in Portland, OR.
3/4/2022 10:23 PM
35 Shared housing 3/4/2022 2:12 PM
36 All of the above 3/3/2022 6:11 PM
37 Affordable 3/3/2022 7:24 AM
38 Affordable multifamily housing, affordable single family ownership homes 3/2/2022 11:22 AM 39 Shelter first housing for the homeless 3/2/2022 8:15 AM 40 Accessible housing for disabled people. There isn't any completely accessible housing. 3/2/2022 12:50 AM 41 Downtown housing MUST include units for those with discretionary income so residents can support businesses.
2/28/2022 4:48 PM
42 Single family, medium 2/28/2022 11:22 AM
43 Mixed-use multi-family apartments close to transit hubs 2/28/2022 10:32 AM 44 With the current climate change looming and subsequent water shortages, I question to wisdom of building more and more housing in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa in particular.
Are we supposed to eliminate all plant life on our properties? Solve the water issue (use of treated wastewater, etc.) before you continue building
2/28/2022 8:49 AM
45 Affordable housing 2/27/2022 6:52 AM
46 housing that will allow ssi recpients to be able to be housed based on their income 2/26/2022 12:33 PM 47 4 plexes 2/25/2022 10:29 PM
48 Dont know the needs of the general population. My need is for single occupancy home. I prefer seperate unit rather than apt.
2/25/2022 7:43 PM
49 rentals based on income; accessible for elderly, disabled 2/25/2022 2:45 PM 50 NONE - we don't have enough water for more people. Stop building! 2/25/2022 2:37 PM 51 ADA acesaaible homes, can be any of the selected above, affordable housing for very to extremely low income, housing for homeless (either temp or permeant) where they can recover enough and not go back to homelessness ,
2/25/2022 10:57 AM
52 Santa Rosa desperately needs a variety of housing that serve people in different situations.
Large 4 and 5 bedrooms homes don't help our housing crisis. 2/25/2022 10:11 AM
53 None. In the midst of an ongoing drought with the water levels at their lowest in many years and no rain in sight plus a ban on watering and mandatory reductions in water consumption, why on earth would we increase demand without any way to increase the supply of water to accommodate the demand? Santa Rosa is setting up the residents for more water shortages and dwindling reservoirs which has recreational as well as environmental impacts. The Russian River basin ran dry last year when inflows from the eel river were cutoff and agricultural wells ran dry. The completely insane "impact" studies which say "more people means less water usage per person" as a justification is ridiculous. More people means more demands on a finite, dwindling supply that the city has no way to increase or offset and it is damaging our economy and the residents. This is about money and lining the pockets of developers. 2/25/2022 9:15 AM
54 casas con mas espacio las estan asiendo tan reducidas 2/25/2022 9:00 AM 55 Tiny homes with land ie not like a trailer park 2/25/2022 8:31 AM 56 Live / work spaces 2/25/2022 8:08 AM
57 All forms of shelter 2/25/2022 7:51 AM
58 Rates NEED TO DROP 2/25/2022 7:17 AM
59 Detached Small Single Story Family Homes (800-1000 square feet) on 1/4 acre lots 2/25/2022 7:01 AM 60 Housing similar to how hotels were in the past, single story, down a line one to 2 bedrooms each and separated by 4-5 ft. in between.
2/24/2022 10:04 PM
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61 none. Santa Rosa is sprawl 2/24/2022 8:42 PM
62 Change the zoning to allow multi-family and cooperative housing, especially in rural and semi- rural areas where there is space for that.
2/24/2022 8:32 PM
63 Small apartments in mixed use areas, eg. rezoned office, commercial and retail buildings 2/24/2022 7:09 PM 64 Low income 2/24/2022 6:40 PM
65 Anything that's not a big SFD. Charge a fee on homes larger than 1800 SF or whatever 2/24/2022 2:43 PM Housing Survey - Community Survey
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Q8 Are there populations that you believe are underserved in Santa Rosa?(check all that apply):
Answered: 439 Skipped: 31
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Seniors
Empty-nesters
Low-income
families
Low-income
seniors
First
responders
Homeless
People of color
LBTQQ+
communities
Individuals
with...
Young families
Farmworkers/Ser
vice workers
Educators
Health care
workers
Tradesman
(building/co...
People with
criminal...
Immigrants and
refugees
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42.82% 188
12.30% 54
70.16% 308
61.05% 268
15.03% 66
55.13% 242
34.17% 150
26.42% 116
44.19% 194
57.40% 252
40.32% 177
32.80% 144
20.05% 88
16.40% 72
24.83% 109
36.67% 161
Total Respondents: 439
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Seniors
Empty-nesters
Low-income families
Low-income seniors
First responders
Homeless
People of color
LBTQQ+ communities
Individuals with disabilities/special needs
Young families
Farmworkers/Service workers
Educators
Health care workers
Tradesman (building/construction workers)
People with criminal records
Immigrants and refugees
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Q9 What are the greatest barriers to providing housing in Santa Rosa?(check all that apply) Answered: 439 Skipped: 31
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Availability
of land
Building
permit fees
Building
permit...
Cost of
construction
Short term
rental use
Lack of
community...
Environmental
constraints
Community
opposition t...
Lack of
adequate...
Housing
developments...
Cost of land
Lack of
transit or b...
Lack of jobs
to support...
Other (please
specify)
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23.23% 102
35.08% 154
33.71% 148
64.69% 284
16.86% 74
10.25% 45
18.68% 82
43.51% 191
23.69% 104
11.62% 51
51.25% 225
17.08% 75
52.16% 229
22.10% 97
Total Respondents: 439
# OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE
1 Housing is so expensive and beyond the reality of so many people. 3/26/2022 11:46 AM 2 not enough creativity, land-use & zoning mistakes are continuing despite decades of failed suburban sprawl development
3/21/2022 2:16 PM
3 Landlords unwilling to accept section 8 3/15/2022 1:58 AM 4 I’m not familiar with reasons 3/14/2022 10:43 PM
5 Lack of focus on dense housing 3/13/2022 8:52 AM
6 Lack of affordable housing 3/10/2022 7:53 PM
7 new homes put stress on water supplies, should have water saving infrastructure 3/10/2022 10:55 AM 8 Real Estate prices are untenable 3/10/2022 6:36 AM
9 There is a beacon of services and handouts but little access and compliance with behavioral health. Homeless are relocating here in droves. Taxpayers are leaving. The answer yo housing is so complex. These people are largely rejecting societies standards and rules, they do not want to work and conform. They don’t believe in the American Dream anymore. The meth has destroyed it. And the hodgepodge of tacky apts and low quality of life is a stark comparison to SR of 20yrs ago that took pride in being an Arbor Day award winning rTree City, the trees are not even valued anymore… they are grazed for “fire danger” or like in downtown for corporate blank space and money saving. This town is sick with greed and drugs. Throwing a Hail Mary of apartments with no parking is a joke of a solution. Provide open safe open space for citizens to mobilize their nomad community and listen to the Taxpaters who are leaving CA in droves.
3/10/2022 5:34 AM
10 It is too expensive for hospitality, retail, and service workers 3/10/2022 4:44 AM 11 Cost of homes 3/9/2022 6:27 PM
12 Down payment 3/9/2022 1:15 PM
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Availability of land
Building permit fees
Building permit processing time
Cost of construction
Short term rental use
Lack of community amenities
Environmental constraints
Community opposition to new housing development projects Lack of adequate infrastructure (water, sewer, electricity, internet) Housing developments are located too far from jobs
Cost of land
Lack of transit or bike lanes
Lack of jobs to support existing cost of living
Other (please specify)
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13 Housing deposits are astronomical 3/9/2022 7:46 AM
14 Zoning Laws 3/8/2022 9:28 PM
15 Income doesnot provide enough $ to afford rentland inexpensibe places have unreasonable low income requirements. People in middle are crushed.
3/8/2022 8:26 PM
16 Lack of community support for low and middle income and high density housing 3/8/2022 8:09 PM 17 Housing that is kept unoccupied (including holiday lets, AirBnB) 3/8/2022 3:56 PM 18 Cost of housing after it is built 3/8/2022 1:31 PM
19 Housing cost are stupid expensive. This should have been option 1 3/8/2022 8:30 AM 20 Rent cost. Low wages. 3/7/2022 11:58 PM
21 NA 3/7/2022 8:22 PM
22 High cost of rent and deposits for rentals 3/7/2022 7:49 PM 23 Too much government interference. 3/7/2022 5:29 PM
24 Affordable 3/7/2022 4:21 PM
25 Income 3/7/2022 3:12 PM
26 Cost of housing makes it impossible to save money. 3/7/2022 1:56 PM 27 Costs of living 3/7/2022 1:54 PM
28 Rent is too high 3/7/2022 8:31 AM
29 Out of county investors and out of state renters 3/6/2022 10:42 PM 30 Zoning and land use policy 3/6/2022 2:15 PM
31 Not sure 3/6/2022 2:11 PM
32 Housings that a person living on SSI can afford 3/6/2022 12:20 PM 33 mostly community opposition 3/6/2022 11:13 AM
34 City official’s interest/ willingness 3/6/2022 10:50 AM 35 Nimby opposition and city, county, and developer unwillingness to challenge it 3/6/2022 9:40 AM 36 Requirements to build low-income housing; which will be occupied by mostly criminals. 3/5/2022 10:51 PM 37 Increased cost of living and increased cost of goods and services 3/5/2022 8:17 PM 38 There's not enough drinking water for the existing residents so no more homes should be built until you can figure out and supply water for us already here and future residents 3/5/2022 7:00 PM
39 Inflation and high rents 3/5/2022 2:05 PM
40 Property taxes are too high for most people, making sales harder/ Wildfires, cost of PG&E, threat of being stuck with only an electricity grid and no affordable alternatives 3/5/2022 10:47 AM
41 Lack of affordable housing in Santa Rosa. All new builds are higher cost luxury 3/5/2022 1:06 AM 42 Price 3/4/2022 11:55 PM
43 Lack of approval for alternative building technologies - e.g. composting toilets. 3/4/2022 10:32 PM 44 Seniors living alone in family style homes 3/4/2022 10:25 PM 45 The city and county suck 3/4/2022 6:00 PM
46 Developers only want to build luxury homes 3/4/2022 3:26 PM 47 Too many corporations are buying up houses and then renting them for way too much 3/4/2022 1:31 PM 48 Mortgage/lenders/interest rates 3/4/2022 1:23 PM
49 Lack of parking. 3/3/2022 6:23 PM
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50 pre-planning of future traffic congestion areas 3/3/2022 4:22 PM 51 development impact fees 3/3/2022 1:42 PM
52 required profit margins for private developers 3/3/2022 12:22 PM 53 W 3/2/2022 11:46 AM
54 City funding for affordable housing 3/2/2022 11:33 AM 55 Exploitation of the market. Plenty of empty lots to develop 3/2/2022 8:18 AM 56 We have recurring or ongoing droughts. There's not enough water for the people who already live here. That problem needs to be solved before more housing is built. 3/2/2022 7:05 AM
57 In the "lack of appetite infrastructure" category, roads and parking should be included. Santa Rosa is going through similar growth as San Jose experienced several decades ago. We could learn from that.
3/2/2022 6:25 AM
58 The cost of living, and the cost of rent is outrageous in Santa Rosa 3/2/2022 12:00 AM 59 The process time for permits and the building codes are so onerous that building an adu is truly cost prohibitive.
3/1/2022 8:41 PM
60 Lack of water . . . we have a water shortage with our existing population. The Councils' response that we can just save more water is simplistic and irresponsible. 3/1/2022 5:24 PM
61 City and County hoarding land 2/28/2022 11:27 AM
62 Car-centric infrastructure development. 2/28/2022 10:43 AM 63 City making poor decision that are flooding the area with homeless individuals that prefer to live a life of “freedom” involving being above the law, drug dealing, and destructing property that others work hard for.
2/27/2022 8:57 PM
64 Building at low densities 2/27/2022 2:22 PM
65 i have no idea 2/27/2022 11:00 AM
66 Water and infrastructure. My little neighborhood has no sidewalks, and we are asked to conserve water, but new development is inevitable.
2/27/2022 12:04 AM
67 Lack of good/sensitive designs and parking for high-density housing causing neighborhoods to push back.
2/26/2022 7:28 PM
68 all identified and unidentified barriers to provide housing to all in need 2/26/2022 12:38 PM 69 Lack of form based design to identify potential property for development throughout the city. 2/25/2022 10:39 PM 70 Water availability is a limiting actor 2/25/2022 7:55 PM 71 I dont know 2/25/2022 7:45 PM
72 I don't know. 2/25/2022 6:16 PM
73 Our mind set needs to change from "build more" to the reality that scarce water resources mean we should not build more.
2/25/2022 2:41 PM
74 I don't know. 2/25/2022 12:55 PM
75 Lack of afforable homes due to developers wanting to make back the money spent on contrustion, need to create insetives to bulid afforable housing. For question 8 underserved group young people/college students need affordable housing 2/25/2022 11:23 AM
76 High price of existing housing. 2/25/2022 11:03 AM
77 There is a lack of incentives for developers to build affordable housing that meets a variety of needs.
2/25/2022 10:18 AM
78 Amount of additional vehicles on the road that new housing would create. The traffic in Santa Rosa is already terrible.
2/25/2022 9:42 AM
79 casas viejas con tuberías dañadas y tasas del baño que tiran mucha agua llenos de 2/25/2022 9:07 AM Housing Survey - Community Survey
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cucarachas desde que uno entro ahi es una plaga que causa mucho trabajo de quitar 80 Horrible city planning that ruins the environment with ugly ‘affordable’ transit housing next to transit the occupants can’t afford and without parking so it will congest the neighborhood ie penny wise pound foolish thinking like allowing a shopping center to cut off RR SQ from Courthouse SQ (and ugly redesign of same, again pennywise/poundfoolish, designing ugly utilitarian to accommodate events and make money (that then leave for other venues—oops!) and not creating a beautiful, liveable environment for those already here; absolutely no concept of overpopulation, just house them all and make more polluting humans. 2/25/2022 8:53 AM
81 Cost of living 2/25/2022 8:11 AM
82 Air B&B & VRBO programs remove large tracts of dwellings from availability 2/25/2022 7:57 AM 83 Cost to owner/renter 2/25/2022 7:19 AM
84 Investors buying property but not living in the community raise rents, ruin neighborhoods 2/25/2022 7:19 AM 85 Developer greed 2/25/2022 7:04 AM
86 There are jobs, but they do not support the cost of living 2/24/2022 10:13 PM 87 Cost of housing of all types 2/24/2022 9:39 PM
88 Single family zoning 2/24/2022 9:35 PM
89 Lack of evacuation routes 2/24/2022 9:33 PM
90 The housing priorities of the City of Santa Rosa seems to be one of the biggest barriers as well as the City’s reputation for being “hard to do business with”- builders prefer to look elsewhere 2/24/2022 8:59 PM
91 For far too long developers have been allowed to build all or mostly "market rate" housing, much of which has gone to people moving into the area, not helping with housing needs of residents, especially low income workers, and other low income residents. 2/24/2022 7:16 PM
92 Rent is too high 2/24/2022 6:48 PM
93 city council bureaucracy 2/24/2022 6:47 PM
94 City crack down and high taxing on renting thru Airbnb - this is hitting seniors who needed that income hard. Shame on you city council!
2/24/2022 6:38 PM
95 Political push to place most low income housing into west side neighborhoods. 2/24/2022 6:37 PM 96 Traffic- roads not able to support population growth 2/24/2022 6:23 PM 97 Government bringing homeless and illegals to the county 2/24/2022 6:15 PM Housing Survey - Community Survey
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Q10 What are the greatest barriers to obtaining housing in Santa Rosa?(Check all that apply) Answered: 434 Skipped: 36
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Home selling
prices
Rents are too
high
Conditons of
neighborhood
Conditons of
home
Safety
concerns...
Safety
concerns...
High
traffic/noise
Lack of
availability
Lack of
adequate...
Lack of schools
Health
concerns (ai...
Other (please
specify)
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79.26% 344
82.95% 360
22.12% 96
16.36% 71
32.49% 141
27.65% 120
15.21% 66
61.52% 267
13.36% 58
0.69% 3
11.06% 48
10.37% 45
Total Respondents: 434
# OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE
1 In older neighborhoods, lack of parking - since more grown children remain living with their parents and more young people pile in with others - there are too many automobiles. 3/26/2022 11:46 AM
2 Landlords unwilling to accept section 8 3/15/2022 1:58 AM 3 water use stress to whole communtity. 3/10/2022 10:55 AM 4 Parting and open space/trees value of nature and small mom and pop stores in community 3/10/2022 5:34 AM 5 Crazy or aggressive homeless need behavior help 3/8/2022 8:26 PM 6 Landlords wanting renters to make 3 times the rent. 3/8/2022 11:32 AM 7 Government interference driving up costs 3/7/2022 5:29 PM 8 NIMBYs 3/7/2022 3:12 PM
9 Excess demand caused by business development and immigration policy, and a lack of supply cause by zoning and environmental restrictions
3/6/2022 2:15 PM
10 Finding a place where police can protect my property from criminals and vagrants. 3/5/2022 10:51 PM 11 Competing against corps and outsiders with more disposal income who turn homes into short term rentals
3/5/2022 8:17 PM
12 Not enough water for current residents and future residents. Until you can solve this problem all building needs to stop!
3/5/2022 7:00 PM
13 Homeless encampments near schools 3/5/2022 5:01 PM
14 Water shortage 3/5/2022 4:11 PM
15 Cannabis industry disturbing rural living and increasingly infringing on urban neighborhoods.
Unattractive leadership dynamics. Cost of power and imposed lack of affordable alternatives.
The monopoly is not a good look, folks.
3/5/2022 10:47 AM
16 The Santa Rosa housing authority is not as active or involved in helping their clients as much as other housing authorities. The public transit is woefully inadequate. 3/5/2022 9:45 AM
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Home selling prices
Rents are too high
Conditons of neighborhood
Conditons of home
Safety concerns related to crime
Safety concerns related to natural hazards (wilfire risk, earthquakes, flood) High traffic/noise
Lack of availability
Lack of adequate infrastructure (water, sewer, electricity, internet) Lack of schools
Health concerns (air quality, lack of open space, near Highway) Other (please specify)
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17 House flippers/ using housing as investments 3/5/2022 3:36 AM 18 Rent and deposits too high, no one what’s to rent to his voucher participants! 3/5/2022 1:06 AM 19 How are the homeless people ever supposed to find more permanent housing when sweeps keep destabilizing their tenuous-in-the-first-place outdoor living situation? I see things like:
homeless people get kicked off public land and next thing you know there's hostile landscaping to keep them from coming back. They get kicked out of a park and suddenly the park is up for redesign. Santa Rosa needs to do some serious introspection on how it approaches homelessness.
3/4/2022 10:33 PM
20 Need for safer & easier walking/biking access. 3/4/2022 10:32 PM 21 Lack of effective public transit 3/2/2022 8:18 AM
22 I think a major challenge is the fact that wealthy people are attracted to Sonoma County.
They're increasing the demand and pricing for the good and high quality housing. The challenge is they are competing for the same housing as single families and locally working families.
How can have a fair means to ensure sufficient housing, which is still adequate for families and lower income level people, won't be snatched up by the highest bidder? It's contrary to our basic economics, and I think this is the root of the problem which must be understood and solved.
3/2/2022 6:25 AM
23 Lack of number of homes 3/2/2022 1:21 AM
24 You closed el moliono over 2 million dollars but choose to give millions each year to homeless drug addicts
3/1/2022 8:16 PM
25 High rents 3/1/2022 5:24 PM
26 Lack of bike lanes or safe trail crossings to promote commuting or ADA passage without depending on a vehicle or a road
2/28/2022 7:29 PM
27 Safety concerns due to constant presence of addicted and mentally I’ll transients in downtown core area.
2/25/2022 10:39 PM
28 I'm sure there're more reasons. I am not aware of all the reasons. 2/25/2022 6:16 PM 29 Finding roommates/housemates 2/25/2022 6:10 PM
30 lack of ADA Accessible housing 2/25/2022 11:23 AM
31 lack of affordability and lack of variety to meet today's needs of working people. 2/25/2022 10:18 AM 32 Lack of an educated populace who can earn at meaningful jobs to pay the inevitable escalation of prices. I used to pay $125 a month for a two-bed home, but those days are gone along with 25 cent gas. Get real, people, you need to earn more.
2/25/2022 8:53 AM
33 Gangs 2/25/2022 8:11 AM
34 It is simply too expensive to build "affordable housing" in Santa Rosa without subsidies. 2/25/2022 8:11 AM 35 Affordability and rent controls. Perhaps "council housing" should be considered 2/25/2022 7:57 AM 36 we are subjected to the asphalt dust from Bodean plant. 2/25/2022 6:15 AM 37 Community opposition to lower income people 2/25/2022 4:36 AM 38 I am someone who has received the opportunity of possibly receiving help in the TBRA program, I have been approved since December, application fees for every place I would do exceptionally well in or located close to college I can not get, 30$, 40$, 50$'s a pop adds up real quick when you are trying to get into a place and you are trying to put your application in everywhere, to wind up not as the selected tenant. What a come up for real estate. 2/24/2022 10:13 PM
39 Presence of mold in buildings and it’s serious health risks not taken seriously 2/24/2022 9:39 PM 40 Too many “affordable housing/low income options; very little to no standard single family home neighborhoods being built
2/24/2022 8:59 PM
41 Affordable housing 2/24/2022 6:44 PM
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43 NIMBY 2/24/2022 6:37 PM
44 Fowling creeks and streets with trash and blatant lack of sensible leadership toward blight caused by homeless communities.
2/24/2022 6:37 PM
45 Homeless camps all over and high crime 2/24/2022 6:15 PM Housing Survey - Community Survey
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33.87% 147
18.43% 80
43.32% 188
53.00% 230
54.15% 235
3.92% 17
44.47% 193
0.69% 3
16.13% 70
Q11 What are best reasons for seeking housing in Santa Rosa? (check allthat apply) Answered: 434 Skipped: 36
Total Respondents: 434
# OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
City Character
Schools
Proximity to
jobs
Personal
connections
Proximity to
Parks and Op...
Religous
facilities
Proximity to
Bay Area
US government
resettled me...
Other (please
specify)
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
City Character
Schools
Proximity to jobs
Personal connections
Proximity to Parks and Open Space
Religous facilities
Proximity to Bay Area
US government resettled me here, no choice
Other (please specify)
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1 we are retired and attached to our house and our neighbors despite the crowded conditions and excessive vehicles.
3/26/2022 11:46 AM
2 city within Sonoma County 3/15/2022 1:58 AM
3 I lived here for 50 years 3/10/2022 7:53 PM
4 Get rid of Airbnb and the greed. Stop the flipping of homes and cash grabs from outside investors gobbling up the affordable homes available.
3/10/2022 5:34 AM
5 My children want to remain in SoCo but it’s not affordable 3/10/2022 4:44 AM 6 Grew up here 3/9/2022 8:55 PM
7 safe 3/9/2022 8:59 AM
8 Intercultural strenght 3/9/2022 7:22 AM
9 Great climate and trails 3/8/2022 8:26 PM
10 Size 3/8/2022 7:41 PM
11 Nothing 3/8/2022 10:47 AM
12 this is my home town and I cannot afford to live here, even with a decent income 3/8/2022 9:00 AM 13 I was born here 3/8/2022 8:30 AM
14 Lived here since a 3/7/2022 8:22 PM
15 City character which is fast fading 3/7/2022 6:11 PM 16 It’s my community since birth. 3/7/2022 5:20 PM
17 Alfred Hitchcock loved this burg! 3/7/2022 3:12 PM
18 None 3/7/2022 5:01 AM
19 This is a loaded question that demands qualification 3/6/2022 2:15 PM 20 Retired and returned to SR after 10 years, lived here 28 years before. 3/6/2022 12:20 PM 21 Wheater 3/5/2022 11:51 PM
22 I would leave if I didn't have several close family members living nearby. 3/5/2022 10:51 PM 23 Not enough water for current residents and future residents. Until you can solve this problem all building needs to stop!
3/5/2022 7:00 PM
24 The weather 3/5/2022 10:47 AM
25 Lower air pollution levels. 3/5/2022 9:45 AM
26 The AMAAAAZING car-free bike paths. These are a gem. Shout about them from the rooftops.
Build lots more. If I could afford to live here long-term, I would in a heartbeat. There's no way we can afford to buy a house in Santa Rosa! We've looked. 3/4/2022 10:33 PM
27 Some relatively good bike facilities - Joe Rodota Trail, SMART trail (when complete), and the proposed Great Redwood Trail. I don't drive, so this really matters to me! Also, the climate. 3/4/2022 10:32 PM
28 My wife works here 3/4/2022 6:00 PM
29 Custody orders that require living in Sonoma county 3/4/2022 3:26 PM 30 None…I’m looking to leave Sonoma County 3/4/2022 2:17 PM 31 My entire family lives here, but wasn’t for that I would move out of state 3/4/2022 1:31 PM 32 Climate/weather, resources 3/4/2022 9:24 AM
33 unfortunately the privileged have used this area to acquire 2nd homes to rent out at higher prices.
3/3/2022 4:22 PM
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35 Proximity to family 3/2/2022 1:21 AM
36 It use to be a nice city, now not much reason to stick around besides weather 3/1/2022 8:16 PM 37 Don't really understand the question 3/1/2022 5:24 PM 38 Unclear what you're trying to ascertain here. 2/28/2022 4:51 PM 39 Reasons are evaporating due to poor city/county management. 2/28/2022 11:27 AM 40 We're losing the "character" of the city already. Growing larger via expansion or density will simply accelerate that process. My preference is to maintain what character we have left so that this city remains a pleasant place to live. I grew up in Burbank, CA and it was once like we were 20 years ago. They blew right through where we are today and that city is no longer a desirable place to live. I fear Santa Rosa is on the same path. 2/28/2022 9:03 AM
41 Soon to be nothing with the mismanagement of homeless. Why spend a ton to live here when the city doesn’t care about your property?
2/27/2022 8:57 PM
42 I no longer think Santa Rosa is a desirable place to live, high crime, too many homeless. 2/27/2022 6:56 AM 43 there are no good reasons 2/26/2022 12:38 PM
44 Quality of restaurants, several good dedicated walking and bicycle paths, variety of stores, movie theaters, etc.
2/25/2022 10:39 PM
45 Climate and amenities 2/25/2022 7:55 PM
46 I was born here and have lived here most of my adult life except for time away for job assignments prior to retirement.
2/25/2022 6:02 PM
47 weather, access to services 2/25/2022 2:52 PM
48 None, the city looks horrible, homeless everywhere, litter, weeds, public urination and defecation, city streets not maintained.Poor city management! 2/25/2022 10:34 AM
49 There are jobs here that need to be filled but it is so expensive to live here that many folks just give up and move elsewhere.
2/25/2022 10:18 AM
50 climate. 2/25/2022 9:17 AM
51 mis padres 2/25/2022 9:07 AM
52 One reason I moved here 11 years ago was weather for bike riding and proximity to a Class 1 safe path without cars. I voted for SMART, aside from the necessary train, for the promise of a network of safe paths—meaning Class 1, no others are safe, as Europe seems to know— on which to exercise, recreate, and live a car-free life. It appears I will be dead before this is possible, and you are swamping the city with cheesy stacked boxes to house the teeming masses instead. Not a lot of reason to move here or stay. The natural beauty is being destryed.
2/25/2022 8:53 AM
53 Infrastructure for all needs can be made available if only it were affordable 2/25/2022 7:57 AM 54 Cost of living 2/25/2022 7:19 AM
55 Being in Sonoma County 2/25/2022 7:19 AM
56 Other areas (e.g. Marin) more expensive 2/25/2022 7:04 AM 57 Beauty of the County 2/25/2022 6:54 AM
58 Weather, ability to garden and grow our own food 2/25/2022 5:50 AM 59 Safety 2/25/2022 12:11 AM
60 It is beautiful, the community is very supportive, and mostly everything is within arms reach in terms of schooling, jobs, restaurants, parks, etc.
2/24/2022 10:13 PM
61 I just work here 2/24/2022 10:05 PM
62 Proximity to recreation, temperate climate, environmental awareness 2/24/2022 9:39 PM 63 Clean air, clean city, low crime, quiet, low light pollution - stars at night 2/24/2022 9:35 PM Housing Survey - Community Survey
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64 Central to what Sonoma County has to offer. It certainly has nothing to do with the city itself 2/24/2022 8:59 PM 65 Proximity to all kinds of services 2/24/2022 7:16 PM 66 Beautiful county, hope we can keep it that way 2/24/2022 6:44 PM 67 Weather and lovely wine country environment 2/24/2022 6:38 PM 68 Lived here over 50 years 2/24/2022 6:37 PM
69 Climate 2/24/2022 6:37 PM
70 Not much anymore ..people laugh at the mess we have here, many are moving leaving all the low income apartments bring more non working people here 2/24/2022 6:15 PM
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Q12 Have you experienced a change to your housing/economic situationdue to the COVID-19 Pandemic? (Check all that apply) Answered: 439 Skipped: 31
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Lost job after
March 2020
Reduced hours
after March...
Moved in with
family/friends
Began working
from home
Evicted/Foreclo
sure
No rent
increase for...
Rent lowered
in 2020
Rent increased
in 2020
Repurposed
portions of...
Had to sell
home
N/A
Other (please
specify)
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10.48% 46
13.90% 61
7.74% 34
23.69% 104
2.28% 10
5.92% 26
0.46% 2
14.35% 63
14.12% 62
1.14% 5
39.86% 175
13.21% 58
Total Respondents: 439
# OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE
1 retired....lack of affordable, senior housing. Long wait lists. 4/8/2022 12:52 AM 2 no - our house is paid for and we are retired (and did not contract COVID) 3/26/2022 11:46 AM 3 I have not experienced changes due to Covid-19 3/10/2022 6:36 AM 4 People moved in because they lost their place. 3/10/2022 5:34 AM 5 N/A 3/10/2022 4:44 AM
6 Inflation 3/9/2022 9:19 PM
7 One spouse unable to work due to distance learning then unexpected major illness 3/9/2022 7:40 PM 8 Landlord sold home and our family could not find/qualify for new home due to loss of jobs; lived in a hotel for 4.5 months
3/9/2022 2:11 PM
9 People working multi jobs were screwed because they worked full time at at least one of the jobs. I struggled thru pandemic and have lots aof credit card debt now. 3/8/2022 8:26 PM
10 Primary caretaker forced to retire, family income went down. 3/7/2022 11:58 PM 11 Had to cut hours and find affordable housing. 3/7/2022 5:20 PM 12 Neglected home repairs and upkeep, added to cost when begun (not even yet) 3/7/2022 5:07 PM 13 Laid off job, lost my housing 3/7/2022 3:12 PM
14 Reduced salary after March 2020 3/7/2022 2:28 PM
15 Had family move in due to job loss and illness. 3/7/2022 1:56 PM 16 Cost of living is higher and money is tight 3/6/2022 10:42 PM 17 Rent increased in 2022 after the state executive order lapsed 3/6/2022 2:15 PM 18 Bought my home in March 2020 3/5/2022 7:18 PM
19 Increased cost of living 3/5/2022 5:01 PM
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Lost job after March 2020
Reduced hours after March 2020
Moved in with family/friends
Began working from home
Evicted/Foreclosure
No rent increase for the year 2020
Rent lowered in 2020
Rent increased in 2020
Repurposed portions of house for work
Had to sell home
N/A
Other (please specify)
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20 Lost a business and some income, had to ask lender to defer a few payments. 3/5/2022 10:47 AM 21 Job loss, no income as I’m homeschooling now due to covid, section 8 now but facing discrimination due to it, will be homeless if we don’t find housing soon 3/5/2022 1:06 AM
22 Better pay for covid response work 3/4/2022 10:14 PM 23 I can’t pay my rent. 3/4/2022 3:26 PM
24 Owner sold house I was renting 3/4/2022 1:23 PM
25 Cost of living - PG&E bill is double from last year, food increases, gas increases. Social Security only went up $70 a month, while expenses went up $400 3/4/2022 11:27 AM
26 Moved to Santa Rosa from elsewhere in the Bay Area 3/3/2022 1:19 PM 27 Less income 3/2/2022 1:21 AM
28 Can't find anything affordable. Need to pay super high rent when some rentals are Section 6.
Need new appliances.
3/2/2022 12:57 AM
29 Can no longer afford to pay bills and rent. I have to push half off until next month, then switch the month after. It's no way to live and it's not worth it 3/2/2022 12:00 AM
30 My fire rebuild is still incomplete because builder abandoned the job 3/1/2022 10:35 PM 31 Had family move in 3/1/2022 6:31 PM
32 Had to move because rental house was sold. Rent went up $700 a month! 3/1/2022 5:46 PM 33 Spouse lost job 3/1/2022 9:02 AM
34 I provide affordable housing near downtown. The main structure is a SRO and covid has been a huge financial blow as I refused to rent rooms that vacated for fear of bringing covid into the house which would have emptied the place and the loss of the property. 2/28/2022 9:03 AM
35 rent increased double for 2022 because of no increase during covid 2/27/2022 11:00 AM 36 Homeless in my area, taking over parks, parking places sidewalks, bus stops 2/27/2022 6:56 AM 37 Renter moratorium, so could not sell home occupied by tenants 2/26/2022 7:33 PM 38 Retired 2/26/2022 7:28 PM
39 the landlord wants to evict me to make more money from his rental 2/26/2022 12:38 PM 40 loss of retirement income due to investment fraud (conviction of perp already happened.) 2/25/2022 6:16 PM 41 Landlords sold property 2/25/2022 6:10 PM
42 delivery costs for items during quarantine 2/25/2022 6:02 PM 43 took in family member who lost housing 2/25/2022 2:52 PM 44 We did not have a rent increase in 2020 or 21 but our rent was increase this year. Even though our financial situation has changed very little.
2/25/2022 10:18 AM
45 These changes go way deeper that these answers can explain 2/25/2022 8:44 AM 46 my company is currently working to go fully remote, but my current house has no permanent work space and we can't afford to sell or buy here in SR so will likely need to build space in the cold garage or pay for regular work space elsewhere.
2/25/2022 8:40 AM
47 Higher insurance & property tax 2/25/2022 7:32 AM
48 At 63 years old I couldn’t find another job until vaccinated. 2/25/2022 7:17 AM 49 Stimulus payments a big help. 2/25/2022 7:04 AM
50 Will be selling soon 2/25/2022 6:57 AM
51 Retired on lower fixed income 2/25/2022 5:50 AM
52 I was evicted in November of 2020 and was barely able to find a place that would take myself 2/24/2022 10:13 PM Housing Survey - Community Survey
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and my boyfriend in. We moved in July for 3 mo. to Lake County and it was so far out of the way, especially with my attending college, luckily we were able to come back and stay where we were before, as we try and find a place now, but it has been hard again due to application fees, credit score desires and such things
53 General increase of cost of everything 2/24/2022 9:39 PM 54 took in daughter and partner for 2 years 2/24/2022 9:33 PM 55 Loss of work thru much of 2020 (but re-established in 2021) Lost Airbnb income when moved office to home.
2/24/2022 6:38 PM
56 Closed small business. 2/24/2022 6:37 PM
57 Spent more time in apartment and hated it even more because of that so we finally moved back to rohnert park.
2/24/2022 6:20 PM
58 NA 2/23/2022 12:47 PM
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7.52% 33
5.47% 24
27.79% 122
10.71% 47
3.64% 16
12.53% 55
50.57% 222
Q13 Have you experienced a benefit of your housing/economic situationdue to the COVID-19 Pandemic? (Check all that apply) Answered: 439 Skipped: 31
Total Respondents: 439
# OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE
1 retired, now on a fixed income. 4/8/2022 12:52 AM
2 no 3/26/2022 11:46 AM
3 No 3/26/2022 9:15 AM
4 Luckily Covid didn't affect my housing situation much either way 3/24/2022 2:10 PM 5 Student loans on pause 3/23/2022 7:54 PM
6 Remote work became semi-permanent. Now hybrid. 3/16/2022 11:06 AM 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Better job
opportunities
Mortgage rate
reductions
Increased time
freedom/life...
Reduced
costs/living...
Eviction
moratorium
Remote work
became...
Other (please
specify)
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Better job opportunities
Mortgage rate reductions
Increased time freedom/life balance
Reduced costs/living expenses (gas, childcare)
Eviction moratorium
Remote work became permanent option
Other (please specify)
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7 None 3/15/2022 1:58 AM
8 no change 3/14/2022 11:05 PM
9 Partial remote work became an option 3/13/2022 8:52 AM 10 None 3/13/2022 8:04 AM
11 N/A 3/10/2022 7:56 PM
12 Less driving/commuting 3/10/2022 3:41 PM
13 no benefit 3/10/2022 10:55 AM
14 None 3/10/2022 8:21 AM
15 No real benefit from Covid-19 3/10/2022 6:36 AM
16 No change 3/10/2022 4:44 AM
17 No I feel like my life is worst now rent keeps getting higher and higher 3/10/2022 2:23 AM 18 None 3/9/2022 9:19 PM
19 None 3/9/2022 8:55 PM
20 Temporary mortgage moratorium 3/9/2022 7:40 PM
21 None 3/9/2022 3:44 PM
22 Nothing 3/9/2022 3:39 PM
23 None of these 3/9/2022 2:11 PM
24 None 3/9/2022 12:55 PM
25 Haven’t experienced any change 3/9/2022 7:46 AM
26 NA 3/9/2022 6:34 AM
27 None of the above apply 3/9/2022 6:29 AM
28 n/a 3/8/2022 9:50 PM
29 None 3/8/2022 9:28 PM
30 No 3/8/2022 9:20 PM
31 Nothing 3/8/2022 8:43 PM
32 Zero benefits 3/8/2022 8:26 PM
33 No 3/8/2022 8:09 PM
34 N/A 3/8/2022 7:41 PM
35 No benefit 3/8/2022 4:52 PM
36 None 3/8/2022 3:56 PM
37 There is no benefit to not being able to afford rent when to rent a room averages $1000+ per month and your SSDI income is $984
3/8/2022 1:47 PM
38 None. Literally none 3/8/2022 1:31 PM
39 No benefit 3/8/2022 12:04 PM
40 None 3/8/2022 11:55 AM
41 No benefit 3/8/2022 10:47 AM
42 none 3/8/2022 9:00 AM
43 None 3/8/2022 8:57 AM
44 None 3/8/2022 8:30 AM
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45 None it got much worse during the pandemic 3/8/2022 8:10 AM 46 none 3/8/2022 5:01 AM
47 Moved out for first time. Subsidized housing. I am permanently disabled living in poor neighborhood in studio apartment
3/8/2022 3:49 AM
48 No 3/8/2022 12:21 AM
49 No 3/7/2022 11:58 PM
50 Stress 3/7/2022 11:16 PM
51 No benefits 3/7/2022 8:52 PM
52 No benefit due to life-long disability 3/7/2022 7:49 PM 53 Na 3/7/2022 7:34 PM
54 None 3/7/2022 7:20 PM
55 N/A 3/7/2022 6:11 PM
56 No 3/7/2022 5:39 PM
57 NA 3/7/2022 5:29 PM
58 Rent increases were frozen due to fires but have then been discontinued. I wish there was a rent cap or less drastic rent increases. Maybe under 100 increase would be more tolerable 3/7/2022 5:20 PM
59 I got enough stimulus money to bump my savings up to a down payment amount. 3/7/2022 4:41 PM 60 A change in priorities 3/7/2022 3:12 PM
61 None 3/7/2022 1:56 PM
62 None 3/7/2022 1:54 PM
63 Groceries gas and rents all increased with no pay increases 3/7/2022 12:41 PM 64 No benefit. 3/7/2022 12:01 PM
65 None 3/7/2022 11:24 AM
66 None 3/7/2022 8:31 AM
67 None 3/7/2022 5:01 AM
68 N/A 3/6/2022 10:42 PM
69 No 3/6/2022 9:56 PM
70 N/A 3/6/2022 7:52 PM
71 No change due to pandemic 3/6/2022 6:33 PM
72 None 3/6/2022 2:52 PM
73 Temporary rent increase moratorium 3/6/2022 2:15 PM
74 Not affected 3/6/2022 12:36 PM
75 Nope 3/6/2022 12:20 PM
76 N/A 3/6/2022 11:03 AM
77 N/A 3/6/2022 10:50 AM
78 No 3/6/2022 9:30 AM
79 none 3/6/2022 9:25 AM
80 N/A 3/6/2022 9:14 AM
81 Low interest rate 3/5/2022 11:51 PM
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82 None 3/5/2022 11:04 PM
83 I’m a teacher in Santa Rosa. None of these apply. 3/5/2022 7:18 PM 84 Prices have jumped for everything, there is work out there for people that want to work but since they don't want to prices increase for all kind of services and products 3/5/2022 7:00 PM
85 none 3/5/2022 6:30 PM
86 No 3/5/2022 5:01 PM
87 Na 3/5/2022 4:36 PM
88 None 3/5/2022 3:35 PM
89 None of the above 3/5/2022 2:05 PM
90 Great environment for introverts! 3/5/2022 10:47 AM
91 Less driving 3/5/2022 10:15 AM
92 No benefits to me personally. 3/5/2022 9:45 AM
93 none. why does it make me pick an option if none are applicable? 3/5/2022 6:23 AM 94 None 3/4/2022 11:55 PM
95 In the first half of 2021, unemployment finally paid out after a YEAR of waiting. When it finally paid out, it paid better than my former job did. At the end of 2021, got a remote gig. Gig will stay remote forever.
3/4/2022 10:33 PM
96 Greater availability of remote work. 3/4/2022 10:32 PM 97 N/A 3/4/2022 10:25 PM
98 No 3/4/2022 6:00 PM
99 None 3/4/2022 3:59 PM
100 None 3/4/2022 3:23 PM
101 X None 3/4/2022 1:31 PM
102 No benefits due to pandemic 3/4/2022 1:23 PM
103 Bought a home after renting for years, COVID allowed us to concentrate on saving for purchasing a home.
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104 None 3/4/2022 11:32 AM
105 No 3/4/2022 11:27 AM
106 Unable to work. Worked on personal projects. 3/3/2022 6:23 PM 107 N/A 3/3/2022 4:22 PM
108 none 3/3/2022 12:22 PM
109 NO 3/3/2022 7:27 AM
110 None 3/2/2022 10:11 PM
111 none 3/2/2022 8:17 PM
112 none 3/2/2022 11:33 AM
113 NA 3/2/2022 8:57 AM
114 no 3/2/2022 7:05 AM
115 No change 3/2/2022 5:38 AM
116 No benefit 3/2/2022 3:51 AM
117 N/A who wrote this one? 3/2/2022 1:21 AM
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118 none 3/2/2022 12:57 AM
119 No. I'm still working two jobs, 13 hours a day, and still cannot afford to live here. 3/2/2022 12:00 AM 120 Stimulus checks 3/1/2022 10:35 PM
121 None 3/1/2022 10:26 PM
122 NA 3/1/2022 10:03 PM
123 Na 3/1/2022 9:18 PM
124 No benefit 3/1/2022 9:05 PM
125 No benefit 3/1/2022 8:54 PM
126 no 3/1/2022 8:41 PM
127 Nothing 3/1/2022 8:18 PM
128 N/a 3/1/2022 8:16 PM
129 Na 3/1/2022 7:47 PM
130 N/a 3/1/2022 6:31 PM
131 no benifit only more expenses, inflation 3/1/2022 6:18 PM 132 No benefits 3/1/2022 5:46 PM
133 no 3/1/2022 5:24 PM
134 None 3/1/2022 5:23 PM
135 None 3/1/2022 9:02 AM
136 no 2/28/2022 4:51 PM
137 Na 2/28/2022 2:23 PM
138 N/A 2/28/2022 11:34 AM
139 Where is the N/A 2/28/2022 11:27 AM
140 n/a 2/28/2022 10:41 AM
141 None of the above 2/28/2022 9:03 AM
142 N/A 2/27/2022 8:57 PM
143 NA 2/27/2022 2:22 PM
144 pay increased after covid but so has COST of living gas rent groceries 2/27/2022 11:00 AM 145 No 2/27/2022 6:56 AM
146 None 2/26/2022 7:59 PM
147 None! 2/26/2022 7:51 PM
148 Sold my residence at inflated price 2/26/2022 7:33 PM 149 Retired 2/26/2022 7:28 PM
150 No benefit -lock down was extended way too long resulting in psychological issues especially among children and elderly. None regards housing or work. 2/26/2022 7:09 PM
151 None. 2/26/2022 8:28 AM
152 Increased flexibility at work 2/26/2022 2:47 AM
153 None 2/25/2022 8:05 PM
154 No 2/25/2022 7:45 PM
155 no 2/25/2022 6:16 PM
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156 n/a 2/25/2022 6:02 PM
157 none 2/25/2022 2:52 PM
158 no benefit due to covid 2/25/2022 2:41 PM
159 no benefit 2/25/2022 1:56 PM
160 NO benefits 2/25/2022 1:54 PM
161 None 2/25/2022 1:36 PM
162 no change or benefit 2/25/2022 12:09 PM
163 none 2/25/2022 11:21 AM
164 No benefits 2/25/2022 11:14 AM
165 N/A 2/25/2022 11:09 AM
166 None, the cost of everything has gone up. It was very expensive buying COVID19 supplies for seniors. Our healthcare costs went up and the level of care offered decreased. 2/25/2022 10:34 AM
167 I really prefer working from home but unfortunately my employer wants everyone back in the office. I do get to work from home 2 days per week.
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168 I haven't experienced any benefits due to the pandemic. 2/25/2022 9:42 AM 169 na 2/25/2022 9:39 AM
170 none. 2/25/2022 9:17 AM
171 No benefits 2/25/2022 9:07 AM
172 no fuimos muy afectados perdimos todo y estuvimos 2 años durmiendo en la calle perdimos nuestros negocios
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173 None, already retired, glad to have a safe spot to hunker down 2/25/2022 8:53 AM 174 no 2/25/2022 8:42 AM
175 None of the above 2/25/2022 8:40 AM
176 No change, I already had a remote work arrangement. 2/25/2022 8:30 AM 177 No benefit 2/25/2022 8:28 AM
178 No, neighborhood crime has escalated 2/25/2022 8:11 AM 179 No. 2/25/2022 8:11 AM
180 No benefit 2/25/2022 7:57 AM
181 Increased sale price of house 2/25/2022 7:33 AM
182 Inflation gas & food 2/25/2022 7:32 AM
183 Suppose I don't eat out as much 2/25/2022 7:23 AM
184 No 2/25/2022 7:19 AM
185 None 2/25/2022 7:19 AM
186 None 2/25/2022 7:18 AM
187 Stimulus payments 2/25/2022 7:04 AM
188 No 2/25/2022 6:57 AM
189 None - we are retired 2/25/2022 6:54 AM
190 No 2/25/2022 6:47 AM
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192 No benefit 2/25/2022 6:13 AM
193 No 2/25/2022 4:36 AM
194 None of the above 2/25/2022 4:09 AM
195 None 2/24/2022 10:38 PM
196 None 2/24/2022 9:45 PM
197 None 2/24/2022 9:39 PM
198 none 2/24/2022 9:33 PM
199 No benefit 2/24/2022 9:28 PM
200 none 2/24/2022 9:21 PM
201 No 2/24/2022 8:59 PM
202 No 2/24/2022 8:47 PM
203 No 2/24/2022 8:23 PM
204 na 2/24/2022 7:49 PM
205 no benefits and now rent is increasing along with everything other cost for living while wages remain severely low
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206 Lucky to have gotten Section 8 housing, 2020 2/24/2022 7:35 PM 207 no 2/24/2022 7:16 PM
208 Nothing 2/24/2022 6:59 PM
209 Grateful for security of home ownership 2/24/2022 6:52 PM 210 None 2/24/2022 6:48 PM
211 N/A 2/24/2022 6:47 PM
212 No 2/24/2022 6:44 PM
213 None 2/24/2022 6:38 PM
214 No! Had to take early social security with a hefty penalty 2/24/2022 6:37 PM 215 Mortgage forbearance program helped my husband, a painting contractor. 2/24/2022 6:37 PM 216 No benefits to living in Santa Rosa before or after covid 2/24/2022 6:28 PM 217 none 2/24/2022 6:27 PM
218 None 2/24/2022 6:23 PM
219 Are you joking! Area has become a crap hole and no one seems to want to work 2/24/2022 6:15 PM 220 Na 2/24/2022 6:14 PM
221 N/A 2/24/2022 6:13 PM
222 None 2/24/2022 6:11 PM
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Q14 Which populations are underrepresented and should be a priority inthe City? [Rank the following] Answered: 410 Skipped: 60
Homeless
Seniors
Immigrants and
refugees
Individuals
with...
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Farmworkers/Ser
vice workers
Large
Families
Single-parent
households
Students
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Health care
workers
People of
Color
Educators
People with
Criminal...
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Top Priority High Priority Low Priority Not a Priori…
Other
First
responders
At-risk
homeowners
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38.79%
147
30.34%
115
16.09%
61 10.55%
40 4.22%
16 379
35.22%
137
45.50%
177
14.40%
56 3.34%
13 1.54%
6 389
14.17%
52 40.05%
147
25.34%
93 15.53%
57 4.90%
18 367
33.94%
130
44.65%
171
13.05%
50 4.44%
17 3.92%
15 383
20.97%
78 48.12%
179
18.82%
70 8.06%
30 4.03%
15 372
10.14%
36 30.14%
107
37.46%
133
16.90%
60 5.35%
19 355
29.07%
109
45.33%
170
14.67%
55 8.00%
30 2.93%
11 375
12.53%
45 44.85%
161
26.18%
94 11.14%
40 5.29%
19 359
20.60%
75 42.03%
153
25.00%
91 9.34%
34 3.02%
11 364
20.55%
75 42.47%
155
19.45%
71 11.23%
41 6.30%
23 365
21.27%
77 51.38%
186
17.13%
62 6.91%
25 3.31%
12 362
6.13%
22 22.01%
79 37.88%
136
29.81%
107
4.18%
15 359
15.60%
56 47.08%
169
23.96%
86 9.47%
34 3.90%
14 359
13.65%
49 40.11%
144
28.69%
103
12.53%
45 5.01%
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# OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE
1 with very little available in terms of housing, it's not just a specific group of people who need affordable housing. The limited supply of available housing has driven the rents and prices to unbelievable highs.
4/8/2022 12:57 AM
2 Honestly can not imagine how lower income people survive with the high cost of living. 3/26/2022 11:57 AM 3 Young adults (especially 25-34) - we are hemorrhaging our up-and-coming workforce due to high housing costs and stagnating wages for early career professionals (compared to the Greater Bay Area). It is a difficult equation for single young people to balance in building a meaningful life here. Meaningful action starts with student housing and continues with creating a dynamic and diversified economy.
3/12/2022 2:24 PM
4 Young families and anyone who is low-income. There are no protections against the rapidly rising cost of living which results in our ever-growing homeless population and leads to a cultural erosion whereby low income folks flee the region and those remaining are overwhelmingly white and from historically affluent families. 3/11/2022 11:22 AM
5 People suffering mental health issues need transitional housing with minimal oversight to remind residents to take their meds daily as a condition of qualifying for said transitional. Then once a bit stable with continued support and counseling hopefully can get a job find housing in the community. Hoping they will stay stable reducing the likelyhood of them becoming homeless stopping their meds and committing crimes. In theory of course 3/10/2022 8:09 PM
TOPPRIORITY HIGHPRIORITY LOWPRIORITY NOT APRIORITY OTHER TOTAL Homeless
Seniors
Immigrants and refugees
Individuals with disabilities/special
needs
Farmworkers/Service workers
Large Families
Single-parent households
Students
Health care workers
People of Color
Educators
People with Criminal Records
First responders
At-risk homeowners
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6 low income housing is needed, why is that not on this list ? 3/10/2022 10:59 AM 7 Second phase of life individuals - not quite seniors, not quite young couples. Maybe having to restart life after divorce, live event, etc. Rents are just too high to afford in this area. 3/10/2022 9:02 AM
8 We need affordable housing for all groups. We also need to address the homelessness crisis and the environmental impacts of cramming more people into the same amount of space, ie.:
traffic, water shortages, crime, urban sprawl and the constant need for ridiculously large single family dwellings that not many can afford. We need to build smarter! 3/10/2022 6:46 AM
9 I don’t see how you prioritize housing by population. All people deserve affordable housing. We need all populations for a healthy economic society. Start with the homeless and go from there. We need affordable housing that doesn’t cost more than 1/3 of a family income. 3/10/2022 4:52 AM
10 Low income families 3/10/2022 2:27 AM
11 Mitigating wildfires 3/9/2022 11:56 PM
12 New families, new marriages 3/9/2022 8:59 PM
13 First time home buyers - Top priority 3/9/2022 2:20 PM 14 Santa rosa at nite is a zombie apocalypse. Moving homeless somewhere will help business and clean up the city. These are insane, abused, depressed people of every age and color. The untouchables. Then there are huge number of people living in there cars like me. Look at parking lots at night and see those single people hanging out in their cars. They work but cant afford or dont qualify for the current programs. Even having safer parking lits where cars can camp would help. Hall the trash, bathrooms, the unsavory aspects of these street people will relieve people who are comfortable.
3/8/2022 8:40 PM
15 Every group 3/8/2022 1:50 PM
16 Not sure what at risk homeowners are 3/8/2022 12:07 PM 17 Everyone needs housing to match their salaries. Not going happen. Greedy builders 3/8/2022 10:54 AM 18 This survey mentions a few essential jobs that can be lower paying, however there are many essential services provided in a city to make it function. Why just these? It feels unfair and I am a healthcare worker (which BTW is not necessary always a low paying job). 3/8/2022 8:59 AM
19 As a disabled adult I waited over 10 years on the housing list and finally was able to find subsidized housing. I am thankful but I need 24 hour assistance and my studio apartment is very small for myself and a caregiver to be present. I don’t think I will have an opportunity to move to a one bedroom anytime soon.
3/8/2022 3:57 AM
20 LGBT people! 3/8/2022 12:03 AM
21 Get government out of the way. 3/7/2022 5:32 PM
22 Need corp jobs that pay well. Not encouraging people to move here with no means to buy a house. Cheaper states to move. Quit giving taxpayer money away. Rebuild roads, clean streets, maintain parks, build those cheap houses in West country 3/7/2022 3:02 PM
23 People who have no traditional families/multi-generational families need help in finding affordable homes to purchase. The increased cost of housing has made it impossible for these individuals to save money to purchase homes.
3/7/2022 2:02 PM
24 Families are top priority 3/7/2022 1:43 PM
25 The people who are single with no kids and no support system need help out here too. All the benefits available to us right now are for single family homes, the homeless, seniors. There’s nothing in place for those people 18-25 that don’t go to school and work two full time jobs but still can’t seem to afford a studio apartment.
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26 Depends on situation 3/6/2022 10:48 PM
27 All low income families regardless of profession 3/6/2022 10:00 PM 28 Shouldn’t we all be high priority? We all deserve the best no matter what walk of life you come from.
3/6/2022 8:50 PM
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live in the community they serve.
30 LOCALS and law-abiding Americans w/some form of income greater than general assistance.
If you try to help everyone without favoring the deserving, you'll only waste resources and benefit the undeserving. So, you help house people with a regional tie, or you create more homelessness and housing insecurity. Make businesses that hire foreigners and transplants pay for their housing. Normal housing is first-come, first-served and based on MONEY, so if you create extra classes of people to favor, you're introducing discrimination. Seniors are a protected class. Disabled are a protected class. Single-parents could use help, if they are legal or American. Healthcare workers and first responders make a lot of money. Large families should already have it or stop having children. Rebuilding the JC dorm that was torn down isn't a bad idea. Teacher housing should probably be a part of their salary budget, no special favors. 3/6/2022 2:43 PM
31 There needs to be housing for them and most likely mental health help for the ones that want. 3/6/2022 12:26 PM 32 I’m so tired of the city wasting time talking about rent control or making it harder to have a STR. We need to focus on cutting the red tape and encouraging ADUs, rehabbing the vacant motel on SR Ave to provide micro units for individuals experiencing homelessness and increasing the building of smaller, more reasonable homes - preferably duplexes of homes with ADUs that allow homeowners to get help with the high cost of living in Sonoma County. We could turn part of the SR Plaza into small, affordable housing units, too - like they’re doing in other parts of the country. The only thing that will drive down costs is increased supply! Everything else is just lip service.
3/6/2022 9:39 AM
33 Are you idiots high! You seriously think it is a good idea to bring in MORE criminals? 3/5/2022 10:54 PM 34 First time home buyers 3/5/2022 8:29 PM
35 Stop allowing house flipping 3/5/2022 5:33 PM
36 Extremely low income households 3/5/2022 3:13 PM
37 First time buyers Those trying to downsize 3/5/2022 10:54 AM 38 THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH! 70% OF THE ECONOMY IS CONSUMER SPENDING SO HOW IS THE ECONOMY SUPPOSED TO THRIVE WHEN PEOPLE ARE SPENDING 50% OF THEIR INCOME ON A BEDROOM SO SOME 60 YEAR OLD MAN CAN GET RICHER???
THIS EMPIRE IS DYING
3/5/2022 6:26 AM
39 Low income family’s with housing vouchers should be a high priority to prevent homelessness. 3/5/2022 1:20 AM 40 People who bike/walk/transit/etc. Transportation infrastructure absolutely needs to be considered as a subcategory of housing. For example, there would be more so much more room for housing if we got rid of car parking requirements in the rest of the city like we did in parts of downtown.
3/4/2022 10:48 PM
41 Single parents are totally left out of housing help! Yet custody courts order us to stay in the country even when we can’t afford it.
3/4/2022 3:35 PM
42 How about families that are working two or more jobs just to make ends meet. My daughter and her husband have lived here their entire life, landlord is selling the house and there’s absolutely nothing available that they can afford. There should be no more Airbnb‘s allowed, and there should be priority given for anybody who is a native Sonoma county resident. 3/4/2022 1:36 PM
43 Service Industry Workers - top priority 3/4/2022 12:43 PM 44 People at risk of entering homelessness 3/4/2022 8:27 AM 45 Some of these I don't have any idea. 3/3/2022 6:40 PM 46 Santa Rosa's housing supply is deficient across all markets. Asking to prioritize/rank which should be prioritized is kind of cruel. We need to think big. 3/3/2022 1:26 PM
47 Affordable!!!! Affordable helps everyone. 3/2/2022 8:21 AM 48 Lower barriers to families sharing a house. 3/2/2022 7:12 AM 49 Veterans, first-time home owners 3/2/2022 6:45 AM
50 Housing should be affordable for all so it is hard to vote for one group over another. It just costs too much to live here.
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51 You shouldn't pick and choose who should be here. Everyone is welcome 3/2/2022 1:25 AM 52 The ones who are really under represented are young families who are trying to start their lives.
It's impossible to even think about starting a family when you are living paycheck to barely next paycheck and can barley afford to rent an apartment. Buying a house is not even a long term goal in Santa Rosa unless you make a six figure income. Santa Rosa is a terrible place to start a family. The only affordable rentals are in crime ridden neighborhoods surrounded by homeless people. And forget about ever buying anything. It's ridiculous. 3/2/2022 12:10 AM
53 We need a mix of housing. 3/1/2022 8:22 PM
54 Are you getting money from the state for homeless, criminals and minorities? Why else would you ask that!! Example (Scott Peterson would be a great neighbor once he gets parole, he keeps asking about taking my pregnant wife fishing) you got to be fucking kidding me 3/1/2022 8:21 PM
55 Trade workers or unuon workers should have a plan in place or priority for housing 3/1/2022 5:27 PM 56 Homeless are over represented with regards to offering shelter and housing, which they too often decline. They are under represented with regards to drug and mental health treatment.
These need to be high priorities.
3/1/2022 4:47 PM
57 LGBTQ+ 2/28/2022 7:38 PM
58 Answered previously. 2/28/2022 5:01 PM
59 Good housing policy does not entail prioritizing some groups over others. Dense, mixed-use, walkable, and bikable cities benefit everyone. More construction and less zoning restrictions lower housing costs for everyone. Because of how this question is presented, you'll get answers valuing some groups over others, but this is not necessary or productive. 2/28/2022 10:57 AM
60 Specifically seniors on inadequate fixed incomes and students on limited budgets. 2/28/2022 9:14 AM 61 Young singles and couples who have just graduated from school and are starting jobs/careers.
They need smaller units and many would love to live in downtown, walkable areas. They are largely priced out of rentals and ownership units.
2/27/2022 2:25 PM
62 Homeless are a priority but most don’t want housing and would rather camp with no rules. This population needs a designated place to camp away from city but with access to bus service.
With case management, toilets and garbage facilities.
2/27/2022 7:05 AM
63 This is not a good scale, as you have to choose something as being either high or low; there should be a "neutral" or ambivalent category. Many items I marked high are really more appropriately marked neutral. With this scale you wind up with too many high priorities, because you don't want to mark them as low.
2/26/2022 7:47 PM
64 Too bad you don't list low-income families. 2/26/2022 7:36 PM 65 Open mental facilities to which many/most homeless should be cared for against their will if necessary. Stop the federal, state , and local push to provide services to homeless. If they are not mentally impaired they should work or go without period. 2/26/2022 7:27 PM
66 I don't have the statistics with which to determine the answer to this question. I leave it to those who have done the research.
2/25/2022 6:21 PM
67 Again, please consider changing your mind set from "we must build more" to "we should not be encouraging more people to move to a place which does not have sufficient water to support an increase in population". This idea is admittedly difficult to accept and seems harsh. But it is reality.
2/25/2022 2:51 PM
68 The City needs to make housing a high priority to ALL members of the community. Other than the ultra-rich and well-placed, we are all suffering here. Housing prices are through the roof, as well as rents! While more affordable housing is needed, something must be done about the exorbitant prices of existing homes/rentals in our community. It’s become all about gouging those who simply want to live and work here.
2/25/2022 11:30 AM
69 low income ...............! 2/25/2022 10:29 AM
70 Low income 2/25/2022 9:29 AM
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72 para poder calificar a uno de estos programas solo les hace falta pedir el dia que uno va a morir hay gente que no ayuda y tiene preferencia hay lugares de bajos ingreso que están viviendo ahí te piden información que a veces a uno le pagan en efectivo y afuerzas quieren talones de cheques cuando uno le dan 9w
2/25/2022 9:14 AM
73 Not enough info to make a judgement, and too many personal prejudices against people who don’t pull their weight to be fair. Sick of Catholic Charities, which our neighborhood calls ‘the homeless industrial complex.’
2/25/2022 9:05 AM
74 People who don’t have money. Pay people more. Can’t answer because I don’t know. 2/25/2022 9:03 AM 75 I don’t believe race should be a factor in offering housing assistance. Race and skin color should be irrelevant. Veteran status, disability, and elderly status should be the top considerations. I also do not want to subsidize large families. 2/25/2022 8:59 AM
76 Those that became recently homeless through the loss of their apt. or homes. I would think they’d be the easiest to transition back into housing successfully. 2/25/2022 8:38 AM
77 We provide enough help and assistance for the homeless community we need to help professionals at entry level to get on the housing ladder, the high cost of houses keeps them renting and unable to buy
2/25/2022 8:34 AM
78 As a landlord of three very well maintained small single family homes in Santa Rosa who rarely raises rents thus our rents are now at 50 percent of "market value" (ie. 1000 sq/ft homes averaging $1367/month) we are concerned that the IRS if they audit us will penalize us. We also feel that the City should start a program to incentivize other landlords to offer below market rent housing as we do via property tax credits or similar. Too many landlords charge what the market will bear even if the homes carry no mortgage. 2/25/2022 8:19 AM
79 We should not be choosing demographics for priorities. We should be expanding opportunity for everyone in a community to exist at all levels. Priority should go to those who need the help the most, but ultimately we need a diverse community that can accommodate all levels of residents.
2/25/2022 8:05 AM
80 Veterans 2/25/2022 7:11 AM
81 Low income is high priority or we need to insure that people are paid a living wage 2/25/2022 6:23 AM 82 All groups above need affordable housing. 2/24/2022 10:47 PM 83 Everyone is a high priority in are community and to clarify classification of individuals to determine priority might not be the correct way to go about determining priorities. I do not feel as a community we should specify to colored, homeless, single-parent, student, senior and so forth. It should truly be based solely on a matter of need and not a balance based upon the above factors. To say any one is a higher priority then the other would be absolutely incorrect.
We can not fix such issues in terms of housing when characteristic factors such as above are offered for opinion, nom of the above matters. What matters solely is which part of the community comes to the city and it's organizations for help. The city already knows such data, through their organizations and people seeking and receiving help. The community conversing what they think will not reflect an accurate picture here. Data in this area is available, or most definitely should be to determine who is actively and desperately needing help. I wish not to go into detail, but as an example if you have 5 homeless people going to a shelter, and only 2 of them receive housing because the other 3 passed away, then it is most critical the homeless receive help. They are homeless. The same applies to a senior or veteran coming to a shelter.
If there are 5 seniors that show up, and they all receive help, but 4 of them pass away within a year of receiving help, then, well that can be looked at in two ways, a waste of the resources, or a quick turnaround for that dwelling helping several seniors out due to this trend. Again it can be derived from who is going to these organizations for help, who is most consistent, if it is impacting more than one person as in single parent or multi family and of course those would be highest priority. At the same time, as a community finds out help is available for each specific characteristic value as placed above, it may trend to just go to the city for help instead of work and do what one has to do as a parent or adult. This would actually apply to all characteristics categorized above in the work trend. We have seen it with the unemployment, less people wanted to work, it was easier to receive lump sums from the state, which will highly effect the economy, we are noticing this now, in product price across the cities, as well as how many applied for rental assistance in the county as well. It is very hard to determine who is priority. I know for instance from the applications for rental assistance a priority of need can be obtained out of the date for those applications. What needs to be factored solely is 2/24/2022 10:38 PM
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household size, and in terms of individual assistance, who typically is having housing issues, if it is a specific trend or does it average out across the board. Information of what is a available in terms of assistance, a lot of the time, the ones informed are not the ones who need the assistance, everyone else knows about it first. The spread of information to reach the correct demographic is challenging as well, but possible. 84 Need a holistic approach. More housing without targeting 2/24/2022 9:26 PM 85 Traditional single families- a “normal” neighborhood like Coffey Park for example. 2/24/2022 9:11 PM 86 People who have historically been prevented from opportunities (people of color, immigrants, and protected categories) in housing and therefore passing on generational wealth should be top priority along with those who cannot provide for themselves such as dependent special needs and low income seniors. Our homeless are a societal topic that needs a broader address, not specific to housing but in order to keep society safe we need address their housing needs.
2/24/2022 7:54 PM
87 I believe all need help with housing to provide stability and long term sustainability for our community. I only gave lower priority to groups I feel often are the beneficiaries of most of the current subsidies already. No one group is really more important than another. Now, an at risk senior and previously single parent, I know first hand these challenges that have unfortunately been a part of this city for a long time.
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88 Housing should be open and affordable to all residents. 2/24/2022 6:49 PM 89 Retirees who want to stay here but need tiny house options 2/24/2022 6:48 PM 90 Middle class average size working families should be highest priority 2/24/2022 6:33 PM 91 The city cares nothing about the hard working middle class that are barely paying their way. All Attention is given to all fringe groups offering them free everything. The middle class is moving away, they can’t afford to take care of everyone any longer. 2/24/2022 6:23 PM
92 People who are at risk of losing their rental housing - they are weeks away from becoming homeless
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Q15 Please tell us how important each of the following concerns is to you,or the people you represent in your organization.
Answered: 410 Skipped: 60
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livability o...
Ensuring the
ability to a...
Ensuring that
the housing...
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Very Import… Somewhat I… Not Import… Don’t Know
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affordable...
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programs to...
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should take...
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53.17%
218
35.12%
144
10.49%
43 1.22%
5 410
1.60 55.85%
229
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142
7.80%
32 1.71%
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1.55 66.83%
274
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1.44 57.56%
236
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40 3.66%
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1.68 VERYIMPORTANT SOMEWHATIMPORTANT NOTIMPORTANT DON’TKNOW TOTAL WEIGHTEDAVERAGE Enhance the livability of neighborhoods. For
example, provide new sidewalks, traffic-calming
measures, bike lanes and street lighting and
encourage mixed-use (commercial/office and
residential) projects that enhance these features.
Ensuring the ability to age in place or creating
more support for seniors to stay within existing
homes.
Ensuring that the housing market in Santa Rosa
provides a diverse range of housing types,
including single-family homes, townhouses,
duplexes, and apartments to meet the varied
needs of residents.
Establish special needs housing for seniors, large
families, farmworkers/service workers, and
persons with disabilities, including shelters and
transitional housing for the homeless.
Integrate affordable housing throughout the
community to create mixed-income
neighborhoods.
Establish programs to help at-risk homeowners
keep their homes.
New housing should take into consideration public
health and socioeconomic situations that have
arisen or have come to light as a result of the
COVID-19 Pandemic.
Providing the ability to build or redevelop
additional units on your property or within your
neighborhood.
Overcrowding of housing due to high cost or lack
of availability of housing.
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Q16 What other issues should the City of Santa Rosa take into account toaddress that were not discussed in this survey (Optional)? Answered: 234 Skipped: 236
# RESPONSES DATE
1 decrease permit wait time. 4/8/2022 12:57 AM
2 garbage and recycling, planting more trees and needing mass transit 3/28/2022 11:46 AM 3 We live in a Historical District - an effort established to protect the older charm of an older housing area. The new law (January 2020) for ADU should be done under the same rules as any other remodel/change to the primary house. Also we have a parking an issue and adding an ADU to a property with insufficient housing - it wrong. The street gutters are filthy. Parking becomes source of agitation between neighbors. The city of Santa Rosa needs to reach out to the surrounding neighborhoods of their downtown and TALK to them. Also downtown Santa Rosa has gone from being vibrant to a very undesirable place. It is so very sad. We are not maintaining our downtown and we are not maintaining their surrounding, historical neighborhoods. It is so very sad to see this overall decline since we bought our house in 1991.
Santa Rosa Forward wants to increase housing by 36,000? Why? Young people are moving away in large numbers. Best to think about why this city has gone downhill than to think about the year 2050. It is very sad for those of us who remember a more vibrant city/community. 3/26/2022 11:57 AM
4 We need neighborhood main streets i.e. basic services in every neighborhood and places for people to be- live, work, play close by. Also, transit should be simple, efficient, cheap, clean, safe, and make those that take it feel important because they are. 3/21/2022 2:19 PM
5 Safety 3/18/2022 7:35 AM
6 n/a 3/17/2022 11:56 AM
7 Encourage higher density and mixed-use development downtown/ area near transit access. 3/13/2022 8:57 AM 8 I think the city needs to pave all the streets in the Tubbs fire impacted region and take out all the remaining dead trees on city property. This will improve the city and must be a priority 3/13/2022 8:07 AM
9 Ask more neighborhood-specific questions. How do housing and infrastructure needs differ across Santa Rosa? Question 8 says "LBTQQ+" - please correctly identify the LGBTQ+ community, and retain consistency between populations listed in Questions 8 and 14. This survey is a little too long. Optional questions and eliminating redundancy will help make it more accessible and increase participation.
3/12/2022 2:24 PM
10 Shelters and transitional housing for homeless populations are not a good use of funds when there is no permanent housing to transition folks to. The congregate shelter model is outdated and any review of local shelter data reveals consistent underutilization. Meanwhile, our homeless population is growing exponentially. Permanent, low-income, and supportive housing programs need a significant expansion. It's not pragmatic to expect that constantly dismantling homeless encampments will solve the issue. These folks have no where to go and the data clearly reveal that the overwhelming majority were residents of Sonoma County prior to the onset of homelessness. Making their lives miserable and uncomfortable will not lead them to other locales - that's obviously not how it works or we would have seen reductions in the PIT by now. We have some existing infrastructure to promote walking and biking, but the existing paths are underutilized because community members don't feel safe riding through encampments. I was born and raised in Santa Rosa and have seen its decline over the past 30 years.
3/11/2022 11:22 AM
11 Continue to provide if not low-income housing, services for the homeless population. We are butting up against the same old NIMBY crap every city always faces, and we can do better for the entire community of Santa Rosa.
3/11/2022 11:02 AM
12 The wait list for Section 8 and the city of Santa Rosa low income housing voucher programs.
Have been on the list for 12+ years and last I checked I was number 7,8?? on the wait list & 3/10/2022 8:09 PM
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my youngest kid is going to be 18 soon. Tsk tsk
13 Water scarcity outweighs covid impact issues. New home/apts need to be built with water recycling and water saving measures built in.
3/10/2022 10:59 AM
14 There needs to be policy/law protecting first time home buyers in Sonoma county against investors. Many of who would be first time home buyers are not able to because of investors grossly outbidding and driving up home prices. Many you families and locals in SR just can’t compete.
3/10/2022 9:43 AM
15 Santa Rosa is a lovely place to live, with a great culture and environment. It is too bad that many "later in life" individuals find it hard to survive here, not a senior, not too incomes. That middle ground, very hard to find housing.
3/10/2022 9:02 AM
16 Water shortages!!! Make composting toilets mandatory!! Stop flushing potable water! Solar powered homes, low profile wind turbines to generate clean power! Parking and traffic from increased density! Green spaces. Building height limits, no high rises!! 3/10/2022 6:46 AM
17 Housing for those earning minimum wage 3/10/2022 4:52 AM 18 Reduce crime around the high risk neighborhood I dont see many police officers drive around my area and their is always drug dealers around here
3/10/2022 2:27 AM
19 Sometimes people can’t afford an area and they need to move. We need to make our neighborhoods safer and add value and benefits for our citizens. I can’t afford Marin, where I grew up, so I came to Sonoma county. People should do what’s best for them. Spending a lot of money to help people that can’t afford to live here will not benefit the community. We need to elevate with reduced crime and better job opportunities. It’s good to help people but not at the risk of lowering the quality of life for the majority. I’m already thinking of selling and moving because Santa Rosa has really gone downhill in the last 5 years. So sad. 3/9/2022 11:56 PM
20 Ninguna 3/9/2022 9:29 PM
21 Traffic out of control. Lawless lacking self ccontrol 3/9/2022 9:23 PM 22 We do not have wages to live here , unless you have two or three degrees. The living wage here is not doable !!
3/9/2022 8:59 PM
23 A mortgage takes up a ridiculous percentage of a family’s monthly income in Santa Rosa.
Encourage and support mortgage payment reductions to be more in line with one third of household income. We need to be here.
3/9/2022 7:44 PM
24 Downtown needs to have free parking for 2 hours. Also guns/gunshots are a big problem. 3/9/2022 3:48 PM 25 Affordable housing 3/9/2022 3:41 PM
26 Middle income residents who do not qualify for assistance programs but are struggling to afford to stay here need to be identified as a top priority demographic in our community. First time home buyers and families with young children cannot afford anything here, especially in the safer neighborhoods.
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27 Increased public transportation. 3/9/2022 6:38 AM
28 Emergency shelter 3/9/2022 6:33 AM
29 Vacation rentals, need for more habitat for humanity affordable homes 3/8/2022 11:54 PM 30 We need Rent control 3/8/2022 9:30 PM
31 Just one cuestión What is the problem to finish with the freeway more than 20 yrs build it? That make lot of traffic in the city
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32 Access to affordable housing is problem accross all lines. Those who work or on assistance cant afford rent let alone buying home. Build lots of small units that people can afford without living in a shi lt whole. Santa rosa is a bit of a shit hole. Downtown square is a war zone of zombies. Protect the business, existing homeowners, and get people off the street. 3/8/2022 8:40 PM
33 All cash offers on homes for sale are going to impact our housing market soon, so average families will no longer be able to compete. The most vocal people in our community seem to be against an change in housing policy - we need to educate our community about these issues and why it is important to help everyone access housing. 3/8/2022 8:14 PM
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34 Overall affordable housing to allow for a healthy community. 3/8/2022 7:46 PM 35 Housing is too damn expensive. It should be prohibitively expensive to own housing that is unoccupied (including holiday lets) with funds diverted to housing assistance programs, and we need rent control on all properties, and rent caps. The idea of housing as a financial investment has got to go. Housing is a necessity, and the massive cost of housing leads to homelessness and immense pressure in people's everyday lives. 3/8/2022 3:58 PM
36 Lower income areas and there neighborhoods. Lighting, mail, safety and ect. 3/8/2022 12:21 PM 37 Stop over crowding housing in the southwest area( Roseland area) it’s already packed with high crime. How about some of this crowding be moved to other end of town. It’s nothing short of a crime, what the city is allowing to happen. In an emergency people will never be able to get out!!
3/8/2022 10:54 AM
38 Homeless is a top priority to help the entire community. We must find a solution for this growing crises. It impacts everything else.
3/8/2022 9:07 AM
39 Facilidad y educación para comprar casas nuevas para personas y familias de bajos ingresos y trabajadores agrícolas.
3/8/2022 9:04 AM
40 Community opposition. It's ridiculous. I've been to these neighborhood meetings gs and the NIMBYism is unbievable.
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41 Keeping foreign invests out of out housing market 3/8/2022 8:32 AM 42 Overall the city needs to build denser housing. We are a city, not a town, our housing policy should reflect that. Currently housing is out of reach for so many and the type of housing in abundance are large single family homes. These are often repurposed to have 2-3 families living in shared space. We need to actually build apartment buildings upward in this city. A huge percentage of the city rents their housing, setting fair rental prices and practices and eliminating eviction and stopping landlords from selling their property without the consent of those who actually live there. I would suggest a minimum wage for the city tied to average rental prices as the wages earned in the city do no lt reflect the cost of living in the city. 3/8/2022 8:23 AM
43 Land Trust opportunities for people to buy homes but not the land so it is preserved for other low income buyers
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44 housing proximity to fire hazard 3/8/2022 5:04 AM
45 Rent control!! I can't afford to escape a rotting house! 3/8/2022 12:03 AM 46 Rentas accesibles para todos 3/7/2022 11:39 PM
47 Homelessness 3/7/2022 11:04 PM
48 Rent increases for seniors with disabilities on SSI. 3/7/2022 8:25 PM 49 Seniors need property tax relief 3/7/2022 8:16 PM
50 Support services must be offered to all—homeless, people loosing their homes, veterans, the disabled and our support workers. Without personal support, all physical housing help can’t help in the long run. Therefore, re-organization of our priorities by providing support to all—a massive hiring of support people as a support system to all to help navigate the systems that are in place.
3/7/2022 8:01 PM
51 Building permit fees and opposition to housing in general, but especially affordable housing complexes.
3/7/2022 7:31 PM
52 The Journey's End property is only scheduled to provide 1/3 low income units in its development. It should be all low or very low income, all senior development. 3/7/2022 6:17 PM
53 Investors are pricing average buyers out of the market. 3/7/2022 6:10 PM 54 Get government out of the way. 3/7/2022 5:32 PM
55 I’m a single parent to a toddler and wish to see more options for all age mobile homes as I cannot afford a small house or condo.
3/7/2022 5:23 PM
56 Situate locations where homeless villages are established, run and managed by nonprofits to enable those who participate to return to the mainstream and get their lives in order. Create 3/7/2022 5:16 PM
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live-in recovery centers for those addicted to substances. Create live-in mental health centers with adequate care even if long term. Assure that both the above are run humanely and that they preserve clients' dignity.
57 I'm concerned about the proliferation of wineries and other businesses that use tremendous amounts of water. We must weigh whether if we continue to build, everyone has access to clean water.
3/7/2022 4:42 PM
58 Housing purchased by corporations. Please stop residential housing from being sold to corporations - this drives up housing prices for us all. 1 in 7 single family homes in the US is owned by a corporation/hedge fund.
3/7/2022 4:21 PM
59 Make it affordable, thank you. 3/7/2022 3:17 PM
60 Hire Republicans and stop hiring individuals that go along with the status quo. 3/7/2022 3:02 PM 61 Code enforcement has been non existent lately so more people even in nicer neighborhoods are doing as they please and speeding, parking in erratic ways, blocking driveways, etc 3/7/2022 2:04 PM
62 Rent and mortgages are too high. 3/7/2022 1:43 PM
63 There is a lack of jobs in the area that pay enough to live on. It is extremely difficult if not impossible to find affordable housing for young adults, low income families, etc. It seems the only people that can afford housing in Santa Rosa are the upper middle class. Homelessness is a huge issue and clearly there is a lack of community resources for homeless folks, many struggling with mental health and drug dependency, but in reality, majority of young adults and families (especially low income and single parent) are living paycheck to paycheck and are one bad month away from being pushed out of their neighborhood and city due to expensive cost of living. You’re going to end up with Santa Rosa being a city full of expensive homes for sale and all who can afford those homes, already have homes. 3/7/2022 11:29 AM
64 very important, processing times for permits are too long, let people build ADU and process this fast, permit fees are too expensive.
3/7/2022 9:27 AM
65 Affordable housing for teachers. There is already a teacher shortage. And with the high cost of living in Sonoma County we need incentives to retain teachers. Affordable housing would be a great incentive.
3/7/2022 6:14 AM
66 Environmental sustainability must be addressed in new/refurbished housing. I would like to see low cost, but also sustainable, low carbon or carbon neutral options. Build in conjunction with existing and new public transport and bike infrastructure. And please make housing walkable for both transportation and pleasant communities. No more strip malls and McMansions. 3/6/2022 10:00 PM
67 Locations of new homes being built 3/6/2022 9:48 PM
68 Quit narrowing the arterial streets to accommodate bike Lanes and then proposing new housing that will simply make it more dangerous and more congested. Encourage developments in areas that can accommodate more congestion. Also quit eliminating Green Space and attacking recreational facilities 4 alternative uses. Fix the infrastructure which includes internet, Water and Power!
3/6/2022 7:58 PM
69 If homeless don’t want to go into shelters, should have to go somewhere . A lot of crime and drug usage within the community
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70 California doesn’t have a housing problem as long as significant housing stock remains vacant.
3/6/2022 2:56 PM
71 Question #15 is too broad for meaningful answers. There is too much homelessness and crime, so basic shelter and law enforcement are 'livability'. More ADUs, row-houses, condos & tall affordable market-rate apartments. Bulldoze NIMBYs. 3/6/2022 2:43 PM
72 Homelessness - Crime - inflation 3/6/2022 2:31 PM
73 Not sure 3/6/2022 2:14 PM
74 Madres solteras 3/6/2022 12:59 PM
75 Clean up the filthy streets. Follow Rohnert Park and find an area for the homeless to get then off the street and clean the trash
3/6/2022 12:41 PM
76 Making sidewalks SAFE and not trip hazards. I live near downtown and walk a lot. I have 3/6/2022 12:26 PM Housing Survey - Community Survey
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tripped multiple times on these sidewalks. Luckily I have not gotten injured....yet. 77 Location of low income housing. Low income housing should be equally spread around Santa Rosa, not limited to already low income areas. Stop listening to wealthy NIMBYs. 3/6/2022 10:59 AM
78 Rent control could help to address what has become a predatory landlord class. 3/6/2022 9:43 AM 79 The number of people experiencing homelessness is out of control. This is terrible for those people and for the businesses/private individuals having to live/work next to them. It’s a health concern, a safety issue with fires, and a massive drag on our economy. We need to provide shelter and insist the assistance be taken.
3/6/2022 9:39 AM
80 stop building on the west side until infrastructure ( roads) can be improved. Build some on the east side!!!!!!!
3/6/2022 9:27 AM
81 Stop increasing the rents 3/6/2022 9:02 AM
82 Make housing affordable for young families. I have two kids under 3 and would like a bigger place for them to run around. Not a tiny one bedroom apartment. It’s not fun and it’s sad. 3/5/2022 11:59 PM
83 Fix roads, and not allowed homeless to start building their own space on side walks, roads etc.
City needs to work harder to relocate homeless people.
3/5/2022 11:57 PM
84 Stop trying to help special classes of people. Remove building fees, eliminate environmental and affordable housing initiatives from new developments, and let the market rush in to build more housing.
3/5/2022 10:54 PM
85 Offer affordable/free housing for unhoused downtown 3/5/2022 9:10 PM 86 Would like to see priority given to residents and limits on housing purchased and used as vacation/2nd residences and short term rentals.
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87 Make sure RESIDENTS CAN EVACUATE WITHOUT TOTAL GRIDLOCK. 3/5/2022 8:27 PM 88 Pay more money so people can pay rent 3/5/2022 7:59 PM 89 Not enough water for current residents and future residents. Until you can solve this problem all building needs to stop!
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90 Air BNB housing. Stop people from short term rentals 3/5/2022 5:33 PM 91 Pay. If we were paid enough to live here we could afford to buy/rent 3/5/2022 2:20 PM 92 How inflation and wildfires have created a housing market that is prohibitive for young people to enter - wages don’t match inflation rates and leave many millennials as forever renters.
Owning a home just isn’t an option for many of us and reduces our chances of being able to invest in our futures.
3/5/2022 2:11 PM
93 Water shortage. 3/5/2022 10:58 AM
94 Reduce red tape and maintain zealous oversight on how public funds are used so these issues can be addressed without need for increased taxes or fees. 3/5/2022 10:54 AM
95 The Santa Rosa housing authority needs to be updated. The public transit needs to be upgraded.
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96 nobody can afford to live! a 1-bedroom apartment is $1800 and jobs pay $16! who wants to work over 100 hours a month just for their landlord to take it all away!?!? we need communism! f*ck capitalism! the unemployed rich have been stealing from the employed poor for long enough!
3/5/2022 6:26 AM
97 Tax or fees on absentee landlords with vacant properties and fees or taxes on flippers or those using housing to make profits who are driving up costs
3/5/2022 3:39 AM
98 The overall state of the community & out of date ordinances that don’t support or promote the overall well being of the community. We say we support the community and not franchises yet we make it very difficult for the community to open business & thrive & flourish for the betterment of SR. The overall feel of SR is not what it use to be & we need to be open to new ways of thinking when it comes to the future of our one beautiful thriving town. Thank you 3/5/2022 3:37 AM
99 Racism 3/4/2022 11:58 PM
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100 The price of rent and how landlords can charge so much without updating anything about their property.
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101 , and
you absolutely need to go beyond the old "homeless shelter" paradigm. There are homeless people who you will NEVER get into a shelter. Shelters have strict rules and they are densely packed. This would be hard on people who are in top mental condition, and people who are experiencing homelessness are more likely to be struggling with mental health issues. How would you feel about living on top of 15 other people in a 3-bedroom house during a pandemic? 6pm curfew and you have to be out between 7:30am and 8am and will have no access to your belongings if you were even allowed to leave anything. Just for example. I could give you pages more. You need to have a way to meet them where they're at. And for some people, that's going to mean they need an outdoor alternative to shelters (or private studio). They need a sense of control over their own space, who doesn't? And that's not something you typically find in a shelter, unless you're planning to have the homeless people in charge of the shelter themselves or something. ===== Street lighting should be the sort of light that doesn't keep people up at night after exposure. I believe yellow/orange light is recommended. ===== Programs to keep at-risk homeowners in their homes should be limited to low- and middle- income homeowners in non-mansions.
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102 - Reduce dependence on cars (wide roads, parking lots, & garages take up an enormous amount of real estate). - Focus on homeless-led efforts to establish transitional and supportive housing, approved encampments, etc. People who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness probably have a pretty good notion of what they and their peers want and need.
One thing I've seen help elsewhere is to stop moving people around with "encampment cleanups" and provide resources (e.g. space to camp with clean water, toilets, trash service) that will help people experiencing homelessness to survive, thrive, and (if they choose) get permanent housing. - Incentivize smaller housing and regionally-appropriate building technologies (e.g. composting toilets to save water in drought conditions; earth & straw buildings for fire-resistance). Disincentivize large single-family homes and construction in fire- prone areas.
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103 When proposing to build new development ensue that the existing roads can support the additional traffic. If there was a way to incentivize seniors to move from their single family homes opening up opportunities for new couples/families to move in that may reveal we actually do have enough housing. When building development within an existing neighborhood figure out a way to better integrate the new homes with the existing 3/4/2022 10:35 PM
104 NA 3/4/2022 6:03 PM
105 Waiting list for affordable housing is too long, especially for single parents. I’m tired of the homeless and everyone else getting priority. I can’t survive yet css as my leave or I will lose custody.
3/4/2022 3:35 PM
106 Homelessness will continue to increase and extend out to middle class families if the ridiculously high mortgage and rent prices are not addressed. 3/4/2022 3:26 PM
107 More housing for seniors that have low/very low income. With rent determined by one third income.
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108 To me the biggest issue right now is the amount of housing that’s currently being created when we don’t have the infrastructure to handle it. Our roads are so overcrowded and congested as it is. And many are in a state of disrepair.
3/4/2022 2:21 PM
109 Stop all Airbnbs, there is no rentals on the market, put rent control in place, my daughter is looking for a house and there was a 700 square-foot house for $4000 a month! That should be illegal, I do not understand how landlords are taking advantage of people in this city. Also do not allow corporations to buy single-family homes because all they do is turn around and either rent them for astronomical prices or turn them into Airbnb‘s. 3/4/2022 1:36 PM
110 Medium income families unable to get affordable housing due to lack and restrictions in Burbank low income houses
3/4/2022 1:27 PM
111 Parks and open space in neighborhoods - maintain what we have and create more as housing developments increase.
3/4/2022 12:43 PM
112 We need to stop building expensive large homes and focus on developing many small cheap housing units. Redefine affordable housing to include being able to exist on social security. 3/4/2022 11:37 AM
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Create mobile home parks and tiny villages. Subsidize more housing. I was on the wait list for housing voucher for over two years! Ended up homeless and almost killed myself because I can’t afford to exist.
113 Water, water, water. It’s preposterous to demand residents conserve water while building new housing without the resources to support them. The transient population is a different population from the homeless. Homeless need and would accept/benefit from housing. The drug and mental health issues associated with the transient community cannot be resolved with housing. It’s not safe for people who are willing and able to function in a society to be constantly impeded by transients (not homeless).
3/4/2022 9:29 AM
114 When ever a building for apartment housing or mix business and apartment there is a lack of understanding of much needed transportation and parking not accounted for. Don't assume they won't require a vehicle.
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115 La delincuencia 3/3/2022 5:32 PM
116 Re the above statement, of course "New housing should take into consideration public health and socioeconomic situations that have arisen or have come to light as a result of the COVID- 19 Pandemic" in that more housing is needed to reduce crowding. Yet this statement is worded in a way that it implies new housing could negatively impact COVID, which it of course can't.
The question should be rephrased to say "The lack of new housing should take into consideration public health and socioeconomic situations that have arisen or have come to light as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic."
3/3/2022 1:26 PM
117 Service infrastructure of all types--groceries, schools, etc.--should be close to new developments for walking and bicycling, and mass transit 3/3/2022 12:26 PM
118 Que a las personas que no tengan hogar y que tengan sus hijos sean la prioridad para dar una vivienda de bajos ingresos saltar la "lista de espera" si la familia está en total estado de calle como lo estoy ahora con mis 3 hijos y por el estado económico que piden ma de 3 veces la renta y que tenemos un saldo bajo que no ganamos mucho y no calificamos para una vivienda de costo normal ya que también se hace difícil por que somos madres solteras. 3/3/2022 12:42 AM
119 The major issue is the high cost of housing in relation to wages. So many people are paying 50% or more of their income for rent. Or they are living in overcrowded dwellings. There is a lack of affordable housing as well as a lack of programs to assist folks trying to purchase housing.
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120 Water needs 3/2/2022 9:15 PM
121 Idk 3/2/2022 7:23 PM
122 I have 4 jobs two child I can affor to pay a aparment because is to expensive 😔😔😔😔 3/2/2022 11:49 AM 123 availability of home ownership programs for low income families, availability of rental assistance for low income families, home ownership for first time home buyers. It is extremely hard for people to stay in Santa Rosa due to high rents and not being able to afford buying a home in their hometown of Santa Rosa.
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124 Public transportation 3/2/2022 8:21 AM
125 Water. We're constantly told we're in a drought, the lakes are going dry, and we need to conserve. How can we be building more housing if we don't have enough water for current residents? I'd like to hear about new reservoirs first. We have to let water out of lakes if we get early rains. Why are we not conserving that water in additional storage spaces? 3/2/2022 7:12 AM
126 There should be enforcement of health and sanitation codes on homeless encampments. All laws regarding public intoxication, public disturbance, etc. should be applied to the homeless.
Any property owners (public or private) allowing a homeless encampment to exist on their property should required to provide basic facilities to ensure health and sanitation codes are met. Anyone not complying should be subject to fines and jail time. 3/2/2022 6:45 AM
127 Increase in Crime, theft, drug trafficking. 3/2/2022 5:54 AM 128 Parking is an issue as well. You have many people cramming into a house that was not intended for that many people and brings in additional vehicles. That will not go away and needs to be addressed and additional parking needs to be planned in. 3/2/2022 3:57 AM
129 The few newer apartment buildings are smaller for higher rent, per square foot. We pay for 3/2/2022 1:04 AM Housing Survey - Community Survey
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extra trash collection that we don't need. We also pay for water that we don't use. Everyone is lumped together for usage, even though many of us want to be responsible users. We have individual meters, why should I pay for someone else's water and extra garbage collection? 130 When you say "integrated income levels" what you really mean is that you want to put section 8 housing in nice neighborhoods. This doesn't help the middle class population at all because we make just enough to not qualify for section 8, but not enough to be able to afford to pay our rent and bills on time. We are left in the middle, and do not qualify for any help or assistance at all. It's not fair.
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131 Protecting green space, using in-fill strategies and not sprawl 3/1/2022 10:39 PM 132 Over saturation of low income housing and homeless service in certain areas. 3/1/2022 10:32 PM 133 The questions were largely an overreach. Asking if my home needs major or minor repairs and then jumping to home hardening is way to obscure.
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134 Remove homeless help from every fucking question 3/1/2022 8:21 PM 135 Get rid of vacation rentals 3/1/2022 8:06 PM
136 Increase density in the downtown core. Make it CEQA exempt and just build it. 3/1/2022 8:00 PM 137 Traffic, safe water supply, lowering crime rate, limitation of roosters in city limits 3/1/2022 7:53 PM 138 provide an adequate water supply that doesn't have to rely on conservation during drought conditions to supply the housing that is created.
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139 Short term rentals 3/1/2022 5:48 PM
140 Water shortages, neighborhood safety, and preserving neighborhood character. 3/1/2022 5:39 PM 141 Fair housing. Some area are excluding people of color. More control in affordable housing 3/1/2022 5:27 PM 142 Homeless - focus on mental health care and drug dependency treatment. Housing First is a failed model. Housing Plus should be the model going forward. 3/1/2022 4:47 PM
143 Seems like Veteran housing was only mentioned at the beginning. Veteran housing should be a priority.
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144 Limiting new housing. Why is the push always to make our city more congested, and strain resources further?
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145 So many of our creek trails do not have safe crossing at major intersections like Fulton, Guerneville and Marlow roads, thereby do not work for safely and easily commuting to work or school - if there were crossing protection (stoplights triggered by a button?) and ADA compliant curbs, the ability for many people of all ages and ability to get to and from work and / or school without requiring a car would improve the chance of residents being able to afford to live here.
Thank you!
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146 Question 15 seems to be written in such a way as to ensure the end result. Of course all of these things are important. In item two, regarding livability, it seems that mixed use development is incongruous with the other topics.
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147 Poor management creating a magnet for homeless and concentrating homeless service in marginalized communities.
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148 Transit shouldn't be a service fully-paid for by fares. We currently pay millions for car infrastructure that's free for drivers. We should invest similar or greater sums into transit that provide frequent service at expanded hours. The availability of transit is a valuable public service in itself, which will allow people to make the plunge into a car-free lifestyle. The more people live a car-free or low-car lifestyle, the lower the costs for maintaining car infrastructure, even if transit has to be subsidized. The city will realize overall savings from this arrangement, all while greatly advancing our fight against climate change. 2/28/2022 10:57 AM
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150 Future availability of water needed to support the proposed new housing with the resultant increased population.
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to our area since they can do whatever they want. They don’t want help, they want to do whatever they want. The ones that legitimately need help, seek and receive it. 152 fam 2/27/2022 11:11 AM
153 Step up law enforcement, increase police presence. Follow Sebastopol’s action on RV parking restrictions. Prevent encampments near neighborhoods, public parks and schools. We have lived here long enough to know what it once was and is now. Santa Rosa can restore its quality of life by prioritizing its productive, law abiding residents who pay taxes to support city infrastructure and discouraging those who are drawn here due to lax rules and liberal handouts and who ultimately prey on our community.
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154 Getting homeless encampments of the city streets. Getting rid of the Vannucci injunctive, getting tougher on crime, with higher penalties.
2/27/2022 7:05 AM
155 Please consider the huge amount of new housing in the south Roseland area and its affect on roads. Hearn and Todd are the only way to get from the freeway to Stoney Point, and traffic is insane and only promises to get worse.
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156 The roads can’t handle anymore residents. High density housing is ruining the county and cities of sonoma county.
2/26/2022 8:10 PM
157 The homeless issue. The homeless are destroying our city. They have destroyed our city. 2/26/2022 7:56 PM 158 Thousands of homes are supposed to be constructed over the next few years, yet there is very little funding for infrastructure to accommodate them, especially road widening and increased water availability. Developers or the government should have to provide for appropriate infrastructure as part of the development approval process. I am especially concerned about new housing proposed in wildfire areas (and adjacent) which will increase already-too-slow evacuation time.
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159 Drug and mental health treatment is just as important as housing if we are to reduce the amount of people living on our streets.
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160 New. It’s housing should be attractive adding to appeal of living in SR. Not merely functional.News units on W College are cold and unattractive. W third at Dutton a bit better but both are built right up to sidewalk if there ‘s even room for sidewalk. It’s time to stop worrying about salamanders being endangered.
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161 the timeline to create the additional housing supply needed 2/26/2022 12:39 PM 162 Homeless encampments need to be addressed. They bring crime, drugs and unsafe conditions into neighborhoods.
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163 First time homebuyers assistance 2/26/2022 2:56 AM
164 Focus on improving the downtown core and neighborhoods directly west of the DT Core. We feel forgotten and expected to tolerate a majority of the homeless services and no- and low- income housing, yet there is no money provided to our neighborhoods to improve our sidewalks, add public art in neighborhoods, improve the safety of the PMG, increase pedestrian scaled lighting so we feel comfortable walking to restaurants at night, or for bringing back the bicycle cops, enforcing fireworks and amplified car engine noise laws, etc. 2/25/2022 10:53 PM
165 Thank you. 2/25/2022 6:21 PM
166 I think the city actually makes traffic problems worse by restricting street access and eliminating lanes, funneling more traffic into already congested areas and frustrating drivers who do dangerous things they might not otherwise do. Also, no matter how many bike lanes you create, you are not going to get most people out of their cars for a variety of reasons, like time, carrying passengers and/or loads of groceries/laundry, or distance/difficulty of travel.
Lots of people are physically unable to ride bikes. I agree that bicycle safety is an important issue, as is finding alternatives to fossil fueled vehicles. However, most of the bike lanes are empty most of the time. I think the money might be better spent making public transit more efficient, accessible and convenient.
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167 think long term when rushing permits through for apartments on small lots (traffic, visual, parking). Its going to create a mess and regrets in future... 2/25/2022 2:51 PM
168 We don't have enough water to support an increased population. Therefore, housing development should be curtailed.
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169 Support for owners of rental properties. They should NOT be penalized if they are following the law, and their renters are not. It can be difficult to evict a renter who doesn't pay, destroys the property or allows criminal activity. Make it fair for BOTH owners and renters. 2/25/2022 1:57 PM
170 Rising insurance rates & property tax makes it impossible to stay in sonoma county! Road repairs for potholes
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171 On the nights when the temperature drops to freezing or below, provide options across the city for people who live in tents or makeshift shelters to keep out of the cold. 2/25/2022 12:18 PM
172 having housing that support homelessness and better services to make sure they can stay housed and not go back to homelessness.
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173 Still need to respect green boundaries, or else we will lose what makes living here special. We can't realistically house everyone - make it clear how you will address the water issue. And what about infrastructure as housing increases? Traffic is already seriously bad, as are the conditions of our roads. I think if you address public safety, health and quality of living concerns (don't forget safe evacuations during a fire!) then you will get more support from the community for housing projects. Throwing up housing without regard for those things makes people resistant to it, which is very understandable. It's not as simple as approving big projects!
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174 The homeless situation only seems to be getting worse as the years go on. I understand that the City has been trying to address it, however many people who do live in Santa Rosa feel scared to come out of their homes due to the people around their homes that have set up camps, etc. There are areas that I used to like and now I avoid them; these areas are usually where the most affordable rents are located. It would be nice if there was a program for lower- income residents to apply for grants to help improve their properties - either to the home or the surrounding land and trees to help keep it safer for the residents and the neighbors. 2/25/2022 11:16 AM
175 Increased mixed use areas so basic needs shopping can be accessed without needing to drive.
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176 Stop pouring money into the homeless. Put a higher priority on tax paying citizens and home owners. Clean up our city. Make SR less attractive to the homeless. Spend more on fixing our streets and cleaning up the streets, public areas. No more bike lanes. Finish public works repairs such as Chanate Road and Pacific Ave. in more reasonable/faster time frames. Stop allowing homeless to set up tents all over the city. Support your public health officials in combating COVID19, stop allowing business leaders to pressure city officials into opening up/ letting go of mask rules. Make city police more responsive to crime and lawlessness. Stop all side shows! Start enforcing the laws we have for noise, take noise pollution more seriously, it is bad. Hire better people for top management positions, don’t just give them promotions because they have been here a long time. Hiring a new city manager from outside SR was the best thing you have done, let’s hope she can make current staff earn their over priced salaries and get pension benefit costs reduced.
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177 Working with loan agent and owners to require less of a down payment for more low income households to get into their own house.
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178 One of the issues for me is how long it will take to implement any changes. Even if Santa Rosa implements as many suggestions as possible what about what's happening in the meantime.
2/25/2022 10:23 AM
179 Santa Rosa is threatened every year the last few years with drought conditions causing potential evacuations. The number of cars on the road during these evacuations hampers the safety of people attempting to evacuate. Adding more housing brings in more vehicles fighting to get out in the event of a wildfire. This is a huge safety concern! 2/25/2022 9:47 AM
180 People moved into certain neighborhoods because of the neighborhood. Traffic. traffic. traffic.
The condition of our streets is appalling. potholes, cracks, uneven pavement. One lane roads where the city has built and is planning to build multi-family housing and high-density housing complexes. What do you think is going to happen to the roads? traffic. Wildfire mitigation.
Building more homes and ADUs in areas that have already experienced wildfires increases risks to life and limb and first responders. Greed. Unwillingness to listen to homeowner input, instead fixed on getting more income from developers. Buy in to false narratives, like "more people means we use less water per person". Really? it means we use more water which we don't have. Our resources as a community are already stretched thin. We don't have the water, 2/25/2022 9:29 AM
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the electricity (power outages anyone?), the community parks (have you tried to find a parking space at Howarth Park on a weekend?), the grocers (did you try to get anything for valentines day and find everything was out of stock?), the police and fire protection, and finally, we are lacking a city council who listens to the people who live here and are more interested in building a sustainable community than lining their pockets with developer funds. 181 Housing for homeless should be distributed throughout the whole city, not just West End.
Catholic Charities has proven to be completely incapable to handle the homeless problem. 2/25/2022 9:15 AM
182 los altos costo de renta y los sueldos bajos por eso la familia se une a vivir juntos aunque vivan incomodos por que no alcanza lo que uno gana todo esta carisimo 2/25/2022 9:14 AM
183 All the new bike lanes should be buffered like those in Europe ie car lane, parking lane or bollards, then bike lane on the inside, protected from traffic by parked cars or bollards. No such thing as a ‘safe’ bike lane otherwise. I will not ride unless so structured or preferably, a Class 1 path. One text by an asshole and you’re gone.
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184 Housing in SE Santa Rosa is happening. There is traffic congestion (Santa Rosa Ave /Petaluma Hill Rd) now. What happens when residents move in to this new housing? Bike lanes along Hidden Valley Rd are filled with cars. Why? Because of converted garages. When building we need to consider where people are going to park. Affordable housing? What is the price tag? Santa Rosa is going to be a town of old rich people where no young people can afford to buy a house. Raise property taxes on people who have lived in their home for over 30 years.
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185 I am concerned about water shortages in a changing climate. We may be over building. 2/25/2022 8:59 AM 186 Jobs, bring considerate businesses to the area. 2/25/2022 8:48 AM 187 We need more multi-story housing 1 & 2 bedroom units throughout the city, and less strip malls. Redone previously retail areas for multi-housing, set aside EIR requirements to meet the moment. We had homeless folks before the fires and Covid. We still haven’t regained all the lost units. Get to work
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188 Young professionals trying to enter the home ownership market 2/25/2022 8:34 AM 189 Incentivize landlords to charge below market rent. 2/25/2022 8:19 AM 190 In order to provide housing to a diverse population, we must also meet diverse transportation needs. Sadly, it’s unsafe to commute on bicycle in Santa Rosa. I live three miles from work and one mile from school, I wish I could safely ride my bike and not have to drive everywhere, that would be a dream! Please give us safe bike lanes and pedestrian walkways. 2/25/2022 8:18 AM
191 Rent control 2/25/2022 8:13 AM
192 Air B&B & VRBO should be banned. It is an unregulated arena that is exploited by wealthy property owners that acquire property and then remove it from the "Home" marketplace. 2/25/2022 8:05 AM
193 Statistically, Santa Rosa has an especially high number of seniors living in multi-bedroom, single family homes, oftentimes alone and, as they age, struggling to manage the upkeep, maintain the land, etc. There was a question above about assisting seniors with staying in place, which made me wonder if it wouldn't be better to invest in development and programs that give seniors more options and incentives to move into smaller, more manageable properties near amenities (townhomes, etc) freeing up existing housing stock for younger families better fit single-family homes and who are having an especially hard time getting a foothold in Santa Rosa due to housing shortages.
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194 All neighborhoods, including high income should bear the burden of including some low income housing options. If you sprinkle less desirable housing options throughout the community it is less likely to become a crime and garbage problem. Also, we need to get mentally ill people off the street.
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195 Homeless people need homes, not "programs and services". New housing need to be permanent, not "transistional." Tiny housing can be a solution for many. Parking spaces for homeless is necessary.
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196 Lumping all “homeless” into one category is foolish. There are many facets of that population.
Some are mentally ill and should be institutionalized. Prevalence of drug addicts and criminals is quite obvious and need to be done with in a different manner. That is not a housing situation, 2/25/2022 7:11 AM
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that is a drug/alcohol rehabilitation situation. The people who refuse housing is another facto r.
Those who wish to have help with housing until they get back on their feet and are not career homeless people, deserve priority.
Street Repair and widening of Hwy 12 to 4 lanes Eastward to Sonoma Downtown Santa Rosa needs to build up, like many other cities of our size. It’s time to build taller buildings and apartments. Downtown is ideal because it has far better access to transit and commercial activities than other parts of the city, and it does not make sense to start building enormous apartment complexes in other established neighborhoods that are farther away from the city center (ie the Chanate project). There are plenty of very small one story buildings with no historical value in the downtown area that would be perfect to redevelop into taller buildings, allowing commercial store fronts to remain at street level and have apartments above. I am in my early 20s and like most people my age it will be very difficult for me to be able to afford a home here, and I was born and have lived my whole life in Santa Rosa. One of the largest issues is the issue of people from out of our area (primarily San Francisco) coming up here and buying up all the homes and properties as second, third, and fourth homes and charging extremely high rents. The local population is being priced out- something must be done about it. It’s unfair to those of us who actually live and work here, and COVID, with city people wanting to “have a home in wine country” definitely made the problem worse.
Crime Building a better downtown
Parking, allowing multiunit projects without adequate parking is causing problems to neighbors street parking.
Stop building expensive houses. Stop allowing wineries to use all available water. Work on infrastructure before building. Help food farmers supply local food for existing residents before building more.
Lots of people illegally aren't willing to rent rooms to individuals with children. This is especially a problem on Craigslist. Make it easier for people to find housing in Santa Rosa by making a local website to search for available housing?
Roseland! Loud! Modified exhaust, boom cars, speeding, ignoring of traffic laws, litter. No police presence! HELP!
Increased public transportation opportunities such as access to SMART, encourage carpooling, smaller transit buses for less traveled routes.
Terrible traffic
Lgbt homeless shelters
Hearing individual experiences would provide more meaningful context. What is your goal? Did you address the major impact of wildfires on housing, or how the lost Tubbs Fire homes were/were not replaced? Or the impact of greed and speculation in housing with inadequate government control? A major exodus from the Bay Area since the pandemic has further impacted housing inventory and cost. It is increasingly difficult for anyone not working in a very high paying job, or otherwise well-endowed, to buy or rent an even-modestly livable property. I am 69, mostly retired, have begun working again out of necessity, have moved 4 times in the 5 years I have lived here due to moving just prior to the Tubbs Fire, insufficient purchasing power, buying and selling a substandard condo with serious infrastructure issues unknown at the time of purchase, a second major fire evacuation from Oakmont. I now rent and approximately 60% of my income goes towards rent. My “remodeled” rented townhouse is very run down, not energy-efficient in the least and available rental units now rent at $700 more than one year ago. Personally, I do not qualify for any available subsidies. I do not expect anyone to care when so many live in tents, cars, or are truly impoverished. I expect I will need to move again with the next rent increase, probably out of state and away from family. I am a retired single senior who worked as a [REDACTED]. I am slightly too “rich” to qualify for any assistance yet too poor to afford rent. The City has great parks, fortunately. Santa Rosa’s Downtown is sad and badly needs revitalization. Perhaps if you put out a challenge for urban planners able to imagine better? With little available housing for moderate income folks, you will never have the kind of diversity that sparks vibrancy .
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areas a significant change will occur for those who are housing insecure. PG and E is fraudulent as all hell gouging customers who have went with the solar incentive for California. (I have a huge bone to pick concerning this aspect.) Property taxes should vary more appropriately concerning income availability of homeowners. 209 Your water rates are insanely high 2/24/2022 10:08 PM 210 Rent control, cost of rentals is impossible. Availability of granny units needs to increase.
Enforce laws to keep neighborhoods safe, now police don’t bother and criminals take advantage because ther are no consequences
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211 All electric housing with solar panels, provide counseling services specifically for people with housing issues that require professional advice
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212 adequate roads 2/24/2022 9:36 PM
213 Implement highest and best use tax structure within downtown limits to eliminate speculators sitting on property downtown underdeveloped and empty lots 2/24/2022 9:26 PM
214 Very low Senior housing. 2/24/2022 9:13 PM
215 The way the existing neighborhoods look. The city does not look inviting. It does not make people who visit want to move here; it’s sad. The sidewalks are filled with weeds, the streets are dirty, buildings are vacant, homeless are everywhere, medians are overgrown or simply abandoned. This city looks awful and does not exude any sense of pride from it’s leadership.
Children’s parks, for the most part, are a disgrace; no beautiful lawns, filthy play equipment, homeless camping out in them, broken play equipment…. If the City wants to be a place people move to MAKE it feel like a place you want to be- take some action, make physical change.
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216 Green spaces and more than adequate parking should be considered in all new developments as well as the way they blend in visually to the neighborhoods around them. 2/24/2022 7:54 PM
217 Housing is health issue 2/24/2022 7:49 PM
218 Crime hotspots need assistance however poor or not poor they may be 2/24/2022 7:41 PM 219 Please focus on rezoning and remodeling of existing buildings in city centers to provide small units for low income residents. Stop the sprawl of developments near city limits which are far from services.
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220 Rent controls 2/24/2022 6:51 PM
221 Young families with decent jobs can not afford to buy homes in the area. That does not make them want to stay in the area with the threat of rent increases. Young families are the future of a community. Also, a large number of homes are no longer owned by individuals and this is driving up housing prices. This is unsustainable.
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222 Offer tiny home options in small village like setting with wrap around services for those that need them and separate communities of tiny homes with gardens and recreation for seniors to remain independent and active.
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223 Over crowding of rural areas, losing the environment we love to live here for. 2/24/2022 6:49 PM 224 City planners need to get educated on tiny house communities. There is a whole population of seniors who would retire if there were safe tiny house communities to move to. Austin and other cities have created great options.
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225 Transparency of creating forcing homeless and low income populations into the west side schools and neighborhoods. Allowing homeless encampments as though it is altruism and never cleaning the streets, creeks, and schools or creating anti litter campaigns. Santa Rosa is a pit created by its leadership.
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226 Homelessness reeking havoc and blighting the community 2/24/2022 6:43 PM 227 Help average middle class working families obtain affordable housing. 2/24/2022 6:33 PM 228 Stop supporting the homeless. Im so disappointed that we keep blowing taxpayer money on people who trash our city. Give them one chance to clean up, then they need to move on. 2/24/2022 6:26 PM
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single family homes remain that way. Some families prefer the lifestyle afforded by single family homes. Don’t intrude on these neighborhoods with granny units, commercial and subsidized housing.
230 Our roads are crap. My street was resurfaced 23 years ago! People come to visit and all the garbage along the highways, unkept holding area and homeless tents all over. Awful. Then you move the homeless across the street from Finley park. So the first rape , child abduction House broken into will be on the city’s shoulders.
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231 Permanent outdoor encampment for homeless, with wrap around services, facilities, security, along with permanent safe parking area.
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232 Financial Support to buy houses in County/city 2/24/2022 6:16 PM 233 We need more open space and build the long promised greenway! 2/24/2022 6:13 PM 234 At-risk renters 2/24/2022 2:52 PM
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96.23% 383
50.50% 201
6.03% 24
6.53% 26
8.29% 33
Q17 Which of the following describes you best? (select all that apply) Answered: 398 Skipped: 72
Total Respondents: 398
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1 retired, but worked in Santa Rosa for many years. 4/8/2022 12:58 AM 2 Retired nurse 3/26/2022 11:58 AM
3 I live in Sonoma County and I think all jurisdictions in the County need to do their part to address the housing issue. It also makes more sense to increase density in urban/suburban areas where infrastructure is already in place.
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4 My kids attend school in Santa Rosa 3/10/2022 8:11 PM 5 I live in a county island surrounded by Santa Rosa 3/10/2022 3:46 PM 6 Retired 3/9/2022 5:15 AM
7 Work as dtay at home mom in Santa Rosa 3/8/2022 12:08 PM 8 retired senior 3/8/2022 5:06 AM
9 I work as a volunteer in two nonprofits (which are at least fulltime), have attended the JC and SSU
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10 Resident , homeowner for 40 years; business owner for 28 years. 3/7/2022 4:45 PM 11 Retired in Santa Rosa 3/7/2022 3:18 PM
12 I'm retired but have lived and worked for over 25 years 3/6/2022 8:00 PM 13 I lived in Santa Rosa for many years and moved to Windsor to find more affordable housing. 3/6/2022 9:43 AM 14 I have lived in Santa Rosa all my life 64 years 3/5/2022 7:07 PM 15 Four generations of family are the same 3/5/2022 10:55 AM 16 sole proprieter with an online client 3/4/2022 10:50 PM 17 senior-retired 3/3/2022 4:26 PM
18 Tengo mis hijos que hacisten a escuela en santa rosa y no me gustaría mudarme a otro lado ya que le dan buen trato a mi hijo con dawn síndrome a
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19 Retired 3/2/2022 9:15 PM
20 Grew up in SR, homeowner but outside city limits 3/1/2022 7:54 PM 21 Retired 2/26/2022 9:23 PM
22 3rd generation Santa Rosan 2/26/2022 2:58 AM
23 Recreate and shop in Santa Rosa; previously employed there for over 30 years 2/25/2022 8:00 PM 24 I've lived in my home for over 40 years and raised four children. All of them are struggling to stay housed in Sonoma County. One left the county, and one was actually homeless for a time. My daughter is an SSU grad and works full time, but can't afford her own place. I am also fed up with the way the "homeless" problem has been addressed for the last 40 years. The problem is not the homeless. The problem is HOUSING. While the city has no problem approving gigantic homes for high income folks, Fountain Grove and Anadel Heights to name but two, we can't seem to help the majority of ordinary folks. I don't think sticking everyone into tiny, shoddily built apartments or tiny homes is a viable answer. Livable space and affordable rents would be a good start.
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25 Retired 2/25/2022 2:02 PM
26 Before retirement, I worked in Santa Rosa for over 30 years. 2/25/2022 1:49 PM 27 Lived here for 30 years 2/25/2022 8:50 AM
28 We are retired 2/25/2022 7:00 AM
29 retired, side hustle of internet sales within our home 2/25/2022 6:25 AM 30 I currently live in Sebastopol with a potential opportunity to live in Santa Rosa when the right place comes along.
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31 disability retired 2/24/2022 9:27 PM
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72.61% 289
20.10% 80
1.51% 6
4.52% 18
1.26% 5
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# I PREFER TO SELF-IDENTIFY. IF YOU PREFER TO "SELF-IDENTIFY", PLEASEDESCRIBE YOURSELF DATE 1 LGBTQ male 3/28/2022 11:48 AM
2 I’m human 3/8/2022 10:55 AM
3 old, disabled, crotchety , vital woman 3/7/2022 6:20 PM 4 Female refers to sex. My gender identity is woman. 3/6/2022 10:01 PM 5 There are only two genders - I am a man. 3/5/2022 10:55 PM 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Female
Male
Non-binary
I prefer not
to say
I prefer to
self-identif...
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Female
Male
Non-binary
I prefer not to say
I prefer to self-identify. If you prefer to "self-identify", please describe yourself Housing Survey - Community Survey
70 / 88
1.76% 7
1.76% 7
15.33% 61
2.76% 11
0.25% 1
68.84% 274
12.31% 49
8.04% 32
Q19 What is your race and/or ethnicity? (select all that apply) Answered: 398 Skipped: 72
Total Respondents: 398
# I PREFER TO SELF-IDENTIFY. IF YOU PREFER TO "SELF-IDENTIFY", PLEASEDESCRIBE YOUR ETHNICITY: DATE 1 SANTA ROSA 3/11/2022 11:47 AM
2 santa rosa 3/10/2022 2:08 PM
3 A bunch of white races, Hispanic, and native 3/8/2022 12:22 PM 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Asian
Black/African
American
Hispanic/Latinx
Native American
Pacific
Islander
White/Caucasian
I prefer not
to say
I prefer to
self-identif...
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Asian
Black/African American
Hispanic/Latinx
Native American
Pacific Islander
White/Caucasian
I prefer not to say
I prefer to self-identify. If you prefer to "self-identify", please describe your ethnicity:
Housing Survey - Community Survey
71 / 88
4 95403 3/8/2022 5:06 AM
5 Santa Rosa 3/7/2022 6:10 PM
6 Celto-Slavic 3/7/2022 5:33 PM
7 I’m human 3/7/2022 5:24 PM
8 Local American 3/6/2022 2:45 PM
9 Mexican American 3/6/2022 2:32 PM
10 My skin color doesn't define me; I'm an American. 3/5/2022 10:55 PM 11 Santa Rosa 3/5/2022 7:07 PM
12 5th generation Mexican America with some French, Italian, Spanish 3/5/2022 1:29 AM 13 Santa Rosa 3/3/2022 5:33 PM
14 Santa Rosa 3/3/2022 4:26 PM
15 Pass as white, Brazilian Jewish Italian 2/28/2022 7:40 PM 16 Human 2/28/2022 10:57 AM
17 Santa Rosa 2/28/2022 9:15 AM
18 Shouldn’t matter 2/26/2022 8:11 PM
19 Italian/American 2/25/2022 6:12 PM
20 Human 2/25/2022 3:20 PM
21 Santa Rosa 2/25/2022 2:52 PM
22 Santa Rosa 2/25/2022 12:58 PM
23 Homo sapien 2/25/2022 11:07 AM
24 Santa Rosa 2/25/2022 9:44 AM
25 Portuguese American 2/25/2022 9:00 AM
26 Mixed race 2/25/2022 8:19 AM
27 SANTA ROSA 2/25/2022 7:38 AM
28 italian 2/25/2022 7:26 AM
29 Santa rosa 2/25/2022 7:23 AM
30 Mutt 2/25/2022 6:23 AM
31 Santa Rosa 2/25/2022 6:12 AM
32 Santa Rosa 2/24/2022 6:55 PM
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72 / 88
0.00% 0
1.76% 7
13.32% 53
31.91% 127
29.15% 116
23.87% 95
Q20 What is your age? (select one)
Answered: 398 Skipped: 72
TOTAL 398
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
17 or younger
18 to 24
25 to 34
35 to 49
50 to 64
65 and Over
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
17 or younger
18 to 24
25 to 34
35 to 49
50 to 64
65 and Over
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73 / 88
Q21 What languages do you speak at home? (select all that apply) Answered: 398 Skipped: 72
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
English
Spanish
Cantonese
Vietnamese
Tagalog
Mandarin
Korean
Asian Indian
languages
Russian
Sign Language
Other (please
specify)
Housing Survey - Community Survey
74 / 88
96.73% 385
14.82% 59
0.50% 2
0.00% 0
0.00% 0
0.75% 3
0.25% 1
0.25% 1
0.50% 2
1.26% 5
4.52% 18
Total Respondents: 398
# OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE
1 Multiple languages 3/7/2022 5:24 PM
2 I can communicate adequately in Spanish 3/7/2022 5:22 PM 3 Common sense 3/7/2022 3:04 PM
4 French 3/5/2022 9:16 PM
5 Italian 3/5/2022 4:15 PM
6 Cebuano 3/4/2022 10:18 PM
7 Portuguese 3/4/2022 2:23 PM
8 Inglés básico 3/3/2022 12:46 AM
9 German 3/1/2022 6:06 PM
10 Decline to state 3/1/2022 5:41 PM
11 Portuguese 2/28/2022 7:40 PM
12 French 2/25/2022 12:38 PM
13 Italian 2/25/2022 9:16 AM
14 Kitty 2/25/2022 9:06 AM
15 Portuguese 2/25/2022 9:00 AM
16 italian 2/25/2022 7:26 AM
17 German 2/24/2022 9:49 PM
18 Japanese 2/24/2022 6:14 PM
ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
English
Spanish
Cantonese
Vietnamese
Tagalog
Mandarin
Korean
Asian Indian languages
Russian
Sign Language
Other (please specify)