“Government of the people, by the people, and for the people”
— Abraham Lincoln

Survey on Palos Verdes Estates Police for the Upcoming City Councilmember Election

Poll closed on September 3, 2020

PVrrg conducted this confidential survey with two objectives:

  1. To help explore resident perceptions on one of the most important issues identified in our July 2020 Issues Poll (click here) — Long-term Financial Viability of PVE given our large and growing unfunded Pension Liability and the role of our Police Department cost in that

  2. To give the community a voice by which they can help influence the upcoming election of two City Councilmembers in November 2020

For the full Report on the survey, Click here

190 residents of Palos Verdes Estates took the survey:

Respondents represented a diversity of opinions, including people who voted both “yes” and “no” on Measure E:

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Residents who vote “Yes” on Measure E were asked for the reason why they did so:

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Respondents were asked for their perspectives, and the degree the agreed or disagreed with the following statements:

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Here is a summary of the responses:

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For each specific question, the full report has a breakdown by demographic:

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Respondents were asked for their perspectives on different alternative Policing model:

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Respondents were asked about their satisfaction with Police service levels on various dimensions:

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Respondents were asked about the value they perceive in a local Police Department relative to outsourcing:

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Answers to the value question varied across demographics:

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Respondents were asked how much more they are willing to pay in order to retain our local Police Department:

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Again, the responses varied by demographic:

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The Full Report also contains 15 pages of a wide spectrum of freeform comments by the respondents expressing their perspectives on this topic, so PVrrg encourages you to read them.

FOR THE FULL REPORT ON THE SURVEY, CLICK HERE

Survey on Palos Verdes Estates Issues for the Upcoming City Councilmember Election

Poll closed July 20, 2020

PVrrg conducted this confidential survey with two objectives:

  1. To help frame the issues that are a priority of the community for the upcoming election of two City Councilmembers in November 2020

  2. To give the community a broad-based voice by which they can speak to the City Council

The survey questions are here. The summarized results are published below, and for the full 71-page report, click here. Anyone who would like to be notified when future surveys are begun and then posted can subscribe to our announcements here.

In order to maintain our position of neutrality, PVrrg will not comment on or publish conclusions of the survey. The numbers speak for themselves. Our role is to gather and present facts, findings and analysis. We leave the conclusions to the reader.

Results

For the full 71-page report, click here.

Here are some highlights from the 182 respondents representing a diversity of perspectives (see the 12 pages of direct comments on the issues that show that the whole spectrum is covered).

The respondents represented most age groups and tenures as PVE residents (with the exception of no one under 35 years old participated).

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Q1: Please indicate the importance of each of the following issues which have been discussed in recent City Council meetings:

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Please indicate your degree of satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) by indicating the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements:

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To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

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In addition to the above summary charts, there is a page on each topic showing the divergence (or convergence) of perspective across the demographics of age of head of household and years of residency in PVE. Here is a sample, but see the full report for a similar chart on every topic:

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The Full Report also contains 14 pages of a wide spectrum of freeform comments by the respondents expressing their perspectives on this topic, so PVrrg encourages you to read them.

For the full report, click here