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Category | Essential | Important | Essential + Impt | Nice to Have | Not Impt. | Nice to Have + Not Impt |
Animal Control | 35.7% (3562) | 44.5% (4440) | 80.3% | 16.5% (1647) | 3.2% (319) | 19.7% |
Health Code enforcement | 52.9% (5260) | 35.6% (3542) | 88.6% | 9.7% (984) | 1.7% (173) | 11.4% |
Historic Preservation of homes/buildings | 18.4% (1798) | 31.3% (3050) | 49.7% | 36.1% (3523) | 14.1% (1377) | 50.3% |
Noise Code enforcement | 30.7% (3028) | 39.6% (3904) | 70.2% | 22.3% (2197) | 7.5% (741) | 29.8% |
Property/bldg. inspectors | 36.6% (3573) | 43.9% (4294) | 80.5% | 15.3% (1499) | 4.2% (406) | 19.5% |
Category | Essential | Important | Essential + Impt | Nice to Have | Not Impt. | Nice to Have + Not Impt |
City Hall cable TV pgms Channel 21 | 6.7% (637) | 13.7% (1299) | 20.4% | 40.7% (3854) | 38.9% (3686) | 79.6% |
City Website | 13.7% (1299) | 26.0% (2461) | 39.8% | 41.9% (3963) | 18.3% (1725) | 60.2% |
City support of parades/special events | 10.0% (973) | 22.7% (2211) | 32.8% | 41.8% (4063) | 25.5% (2474) | 67.2% |
Community Info Publications & Advertising | 11.1% (1066) | 27.0% (2599) | 38.1% | 43.0% (4139) | 18.9% (1821) | 61.9% |
Tourism/Convention promotion | 25.8% (2495) | 37.6% (3635) | 63.5% | 26.4% (2551) | 10.1% (976) | 36.5% |
Category | Essential | Important | Essential + Impt | Nice to Have | Not Impt. | Nice to Have + Not Impt |
Library construction & repair | 31.2% (3106) | 43.8% (4355) | 75.0% | 20.7% (2056) | 4.3% (429) | 25.0% |
Library construction & repair | 31.2% (3106) | 43.8% (4355) | 75.0% | 20.7% (2056) | 4.3% (429) | 25.0% |
Other city facilities construction & repair (Sr. Ctr., Health Bldg., City Hall) | 25.4% (2519) | 46.0% (4556) | 71.4% | 23.3% (2305) | 5.3% (528) | 28.6% |
Park maintenance & development | 31.9% (3176) | 46.3% (4619) | 78.2% | 19.2% (1918) | 2.5% (253) | 21.8% |
Public Safety Bldgs. | 30.2% (2913) | 44.7% (4310) | 75.0% | 19.8% (1904) | 5.3% (509) | 25.0% |
Category | Essential | Important | Essential + Impt | Nice to Have | Not Impt. | Nice to Have + Not Impt |
Community Emergency Response Training | 30.8% (2979) | 37.5% (3620) | 68.3% | 25.2% (2439) | 6.5% (625) | 31.7% |
Community Safety Education Pgms | 25.8% (2558) | 39.4% (3903) | 65.3% | 28.9% (2858) | 5.9% (581) | 34.7% |
DARE Pgm. (Student drug awareness) | 28.4% (2817) | 32.7% (3235) | 61.1% | 25.8% (2552) | 13.1% (1300) | 38.9% |
Fire safety education at schools | 28.7% (2850) | 36.1% (3576) | 61.1% | 27.6% (2736) | 7.6% (752) | 38.9% |
Gang prevention | 56.1% (5642) | 30.7% (3085) | 86.7% | 10.1% (1016) | 3.2% (322) | 13.3% |
Neighborhood Police Ctrs. | 43.7% (4367) | 35.0% (3493) | 78.7% | 16.6% (1657) | 4.7% (467) | 21.3% |
Park Rangers | 24.6% (2408) | 39.1% (3829) | 63.7% | 28.3% (2768) | 8.0% (785) | 36.3% |
Police Athletic League (PAL) | 13.7% (1282) | 23.0% (2147) | 36.7% | 38.3% (3573) | 25.0% (2335) | 63.3% |
Public Safety Fairs | 12.0% (1144) | 21.2% (2029) | 33.2% | 41.8% (3999) | 25.0% (2386) | 66.8% |
School crossing guards | 45.6% (4574) | 35.1% (3520) | 80.7% | 15.9% (1590) | 3.4% (344) | 19.3% |
Category | Essential | Important | Essential + Impt | Nice to Have | Not Impt. | Nice to Have + Not Impt |
Book/media lending | 35.0% (3416) | 33.4% (3256) | 68.4% | 25.5% (2489) | 6.0% (589) | 31.5% |
Books by mail pgm. for the homebound | 20.8% (2007) | 33.1% (3194) | 53.9% | 37.1% (3583) | 8.9% (862) | 46.1% |
Homework Help Pgm. | 23.7% (2296) | 32.0% (3095) | 55.7% | 34.3% (3327) | 10.0% (968) | 44.3% |
Library teen pgms. | 22.5% (2154) | 32.5% (3115) | 55.0% | 35.1% (3364) | 9.9% (954) | 45.0% |
Public computer access incl. internet | 24.1% (2341) | 28.8% (2802) | 52.9% | 33.1% (3217) | 13.9% (1353) | 47.1% |
Reading Pgms. for youth | 33.2% (3265) | 35.6% (3493) | 68.8% | 25.9% (2540) | 5.3% (523) | 31.2% |
Category | Essential | Important | Essential + Impt | Nice to Have | Not Impt. | Nice to Have + Not Impt |
Adult sports | 9.8% (946) | 21.3% (2075) | 31.1% | 46.8% (4554) | 22.1% (2146) | 68.9% |
Child care and summer camps | 25.4% (2498) | 35.0% (3439) | 60.4% | 30.8% (3023) | 8.8% (867) | 39.6% |
Free youth sports | 24.4% (2362) | 32.7% (3167) | 57.1% | 32.2% (3130) | 10.7% (1043) | 42.9% |
Mobile recreation trailers & portable skateparks | 10.5% (997) | 17.1% (1620) | 27.6% | 41.5% (3930) | 30.9% (2929) | 72.4% |
Nature Ctr. Pgms. | 15.5% (1498) | 29.1% (2821) | 44.6% | 43.9% (4248) | 11.5% (1113) | 55.4% |
Sr. Pgms. & Services | 27.1% (2697) | 38.6% (3832) | 65.7% | 28.7% (2854) | 5.5% (551) | 34.3% |
Supervised Playgrounds (schools & parks) | 32.6% (3215) | 36.5% (3601) | 69.1% | 24.5% (2416) | 6.4% (634) | 30.9% |
Swimming pools | 18.3% (1791) | 30.8% (3020) | 49.1% | 40.8% (3990) | 10.1% (989) | 50.9% |
Teen Centers | 23.9% (2322) | 35.9% (3495) | 59.9% | 32.7% (3184) | 7.5% (733) | 40.2% |
Category | Essential | Important | Essential + Impt | Nice to Have | Not Impt. | Nice to Have + Not Impt |
Free graffiti removal | 43.8% (4349) | 34.2% (3396) | 78.0% | 18.7% (1853) | 3.3% (331) | 22% |
Pothole/street repair | 61.9% (6215) | 31.9% (3201) | 93.7% | 5.7% (575) | 0.5% (54) | 6.3% |
Sidewalks, curb & gutter repair | 55.8% (5591) | 34.4% (3452) | 90.2% | 8.7% (869) | 1.1% (109) | 9.8% |
Street landscaping | 31.4% (3097) | 34.6% (3413) | 66.0% | 28.3% (2792) | 5.8% (568) | 34% |
Weekly street sweeping | 42.1% (4198) | 30.7% (3055) | 72.8% | 19.7% (1961) | 7.5% (749) | 27.2% |
Percent "Yes" | |
Increase in Hotel Bed Tax (Transient Occupancy Tax) | 39.8% |
Increase in fees for select city programs (sports pgms., animal control fees ambulance fees | 35.5% |
Increase in fines for parking/traffic tickets | 36.9% |
Support an admissions tax on arts and entertainment to fund arts programs | 36.6% |
Support a bond measure for parks, recreation and library facilities | 35.1% |
Support a bond measure for public safety facilities | 30.2 |
Support a bond measure for streets, sidewalks and alley improvement | 36.7% |
I would not support any revenue increase | 15.6% |
Note: May total more than 10,605; people surveyed were allowed to choose more than one option to describe themselves
I am a resident of LB | 8990 |
I have a business in LB | 1116 |
I am an employee of the City of LB | 989 |
Other | 681 |
Final results: 10,605 responses
90805 | 1277 |
90815 | 1231 |
90802 | 1076 |
90807 | 1015 |
90808 | 1011 |
90803 | 968 |
90806 | 791 |
90813 | 696 |
90804 | 682 |
90814 | 588 |
90810 | 472 |
Other | 325 |
[LBReport.com introduction: City staff meticulously transcribed comments from the public, which were attached to the Nov. 26 memo by City Mgr. Miller. The comments spanned a wide range of topics; some were lengthy, essay style suggestions; others were pithy remarks of a few words. Some criticized the Queen Mary and downtown projects; others said they'd support higher taxes; some called for firing elected officials (just months after voters returned incumbents to office); several thanked City Hall for conducting the survey. A significant number voiced anger at Council perks with the largest percentage of responses raging at city management salaries and benefits (which are ultimately not set by management, but by the elected City Council.) We smoothed some (not all) responses for grammar and added bracketed material for clarity.]Start at the top with management salary and benefit cuts -- especially retirement benefits... Decrease salaries for City Employees $100-200 thousand is a bit excessive ...Stop spending money on things that are not important. ...Cut waste Cut City Council salaries. Do away with Mayoral position and go back to Council...Do away with all the travel junkets. Quit hiring managers. Hire more park staff, maintenance staff, supervisors Lower pay for head office Fire everybody from the top down...hell, if this was Orange County, our houses would be worth three times as much...Why hasn't the city cleaned up its mess!!... Why don't you cut down those humongous salaries paycheck that those city managers and department managers make. Freeze salary of all city departments. Cut out the pork, employee perks that are way beyond "customary"... Reduce salary and "perks" for high level administration employees... Lower salaries for some city employees, especially those with salaries over $100,000 per year. Create a 4 day [10 hour] work week. [significant number of these] Cut all mgmt, city salaries $50K by 10-15%, $100K 20-25% Cut salaries and pensions and staff levels... ...Cut Mayor and Councilmembers salaries Spend less money on studies and consultants. Take responsibility and make decisions... Stop giving ridiculous raises and salaries and benefits to city employees and administrators! Take a big cut. Eliminate "fat" from the top: cut staffing and therefore eliminate bloated salaries and pensions, freeze hiring and maybe that will result in more efficient work routines Pay freeze for administrators Reduce management position and middle management positions... Cut from the top not the bottom Look at # of consultants city has hired vs. the importance of their position to date. Many have been hired several years ago & status of work duties have changed. Are they really needed? Cut back on the number of high-paid ($90K+) managers in city departments... Cut dept. heads 5% or pull money out of unimportant areas Hiring freeze -- wage freeze -- pension freeze... Cut salaries of top management at city hall! The salaries and pensions of the city employees and especially the higher ups are way out of line! Long Beach will bankrupt itself for increasing costs for pensions. This should be addressed now!!! A 50% pension is a very adequate pension; coming after years of top salaries. To save 50 million dollars reduce city employees by whatever percent is necessary. City employee benefits & conditions are much too liberal and should be curtailed. This is a sacred cow and nothing will be done because the ones who control these areas are the biggest beneficiaries. Management reduction. The city administration is too top heavy. This is very costly... Cut every city hall office by 10% (way overstaffed). Cut down on city transportation and driving. Cut travel way down. Lower managerial salaries, Board, city manager, etc. Do what the private sector does. Cut staff! Reduce salaries... Rescind the latest pension increase for city employees. Cut back on frivolous events. Recognize our budget is kaput and tighten belts wherever possible. I am glad to see this survey. Hoorah for Long Beach. We love it! 1 Place caps on salaries of staff & elected (officials at city hall appointed). 2. Reduce expenditures on studies done by consultants outside city hall...Thanks for asking our opinion. Do it again please. Roll back all upper city employees wages!...that are above the normal wages that got big raises months ago... Restructure high paying officials...Too many chiefs, not enough Indians... I would stop giving all of these city officials large raises. Keep more work in house. Why pay subcontractors for so much work? The city can handle the work load. Reduce management salaries and retirement benefits; hiring freeze To lower the high salary of city officials especially who are receiving income of $80,000 and over Do away with employees 1. cars 2. phones 3. big offices...Most important, City Council members should lead -- not blame everyone if they do nothing. No administrative perks -- cars and driving allowances, health insurance extras or raises...use existing staff -- not outside consultants...stop funding businesses etc. esp. downtown Cut the pay of the Mayor on down including the council members and do not let any city employee have a city car. Why should the citizens of Long Beach pay for a car for a city employee, let them take the bus and pay for the bus like the rest of us or pay for a car, insurance, gas like the rest of us. Reduce the city council budgets for staff and office. This does not appear as an option on the form, and it should be an option. Give the people back their $40,000,000. Lower salaries & pensions of higher tier city employees Look closely at city salaries, perks and the Councilmembers' slush funds... Remove cars and any car allowance for city council;...Limit budget and staffing of City Council to a set amount, the same budget amount for all of them... Take back salary increases and pensions, reduce city employees... I'm willing to pay a little more in taxes if I know we are helping children, improve life in the city... Fire the Mayor. Fire Auditor [elected] and City treasurer for failing to see problems. City top heavy high paying positions. RECALL new pension plan (2.7%) The survey is a good idea. I just hope it truly is taken into consideration in considering budget deficit solutions. Please review and revise the city employee salaries and benefit packages. The complete rip-off of the taxpayers...is inexcusable!...Why should the people who work FOR this city...have higher salaries and fantastic pensions than the working tax-paying residents?... Reduce the enormous salaries of the city supervisors. Freeze on raise increases for those people who make more than $100,000 a year or ask them to volunteer to delay a raise for six months to a year. Cap all your outrageous salaries to $100,000 max a year... Bajen los sueldos de los altos funcionarios [lower the salaries of high officials]... Pray -- the Lord always can help and he's always there and on time. If you call me, I will let you know what you need to do $10,000,000,000.00 easy and fast.
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