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City of Santa Barbara Community Survey 2026

Thank you for participating in our survey on important issues facing the city of Santa Barbara. This survey will take approximately 3–4 minutes to complete, and all responses are completely confidential.
1.Generally speaking, do you feel the city of Santa Barbara is headed in the right direction or is it on the wrong track?(Required.)
2.Compared to other California coastal cities, would you say downtown Santa Barbara is:(Required.)
3.What do you believe is the MOST important issue facing Santa Barbara today?(Required.)
4.How often do you visit downtown Santa Barbara - specifically State Street?(Required.)
5.Would you say downtown Santa Barbara has become:(Required.)
6.Do you support or oppose keeping ten blocks of downtown State Street permanently closed to regular vehicle traffic?(Required.)
7.Which comes closest to your view?(Required.)
8.Please indicate whether each of the following concerns makes you MORE concerned, LESS concerned or has NO IMPACT on your view of the State Street closure:

Since the closure, sales (based on sales tax revenue) have remained flat while other areas (Mesa, Upper State, Coast Village, Waterfront) have seen 30%+ gains.(Required.)
9.Some residents believe the closure has made parts of downtown State Street feel less safe at night.(Required.)
10.Possibly adding $100 million to reconfigure State Street infrastructure and several million in additional annual operating costs.(Required.)
11.Nearly every city that adopted similar street closures has failed, and many later reversed course by reopening the street.(Required.)
12.Some say the closure has improved walkability, outdoor dining, and tourism.(Required.)
13.Young teens on e-bikes have made the closed State Street unsafe to many walking on the street.(Required.)
14.A costly city study says for the closed street to succeed there is a need for 1,000 to 2,000 new apartments or housing units along the corridor.(Required.)
15.There is high retail vacancy on State Street as many businesses have moved to Montecito or gone out of business.(Required.)
16.Homeless activity has gotten worse since the street closed.(Required.)
17.The street was closed as an emergency measure for the pandemic, which ended years ago.(Required.)
18.Ten blocks being closed 100% of the time makes no sense — that has never worked.(Required.)
19.The city says they are modeling the plan on Santa Monica's Promenade, which has failed with blocks seeing 50% vacancies.(Required.)
20.Nearly one-third of merchants have stated they want State Street to reopen as soon as possible.(Required.)
21.If State Street were reopened in some form, which option would you MOST support?(Required.)
22.What is the MAIN reason for your position on State Street?(Required.)
23.Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse?(Required.)
24.What is your age?(Required.)
25.What is your gender?(Required.)
26.Do you live:(Required.)
27.What best describes your political affiliation:(Required.)
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