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Budget Breakfast Meeting- Group Discussion Summary
- Community and Traffic Safety
- Street Light Outages
- Clean Neighborhoods and Reducing Blight
- Affordable Housing and Homelessness
- Earthquake and Fire Safety; Emergency Preparedness
- Youth Empowerment, Digital Literacy, and Gang Prevention
- Fostering Community and Supporting Small Businesses
Breakout groups emphasized community safety as a top priority. Youth intervention summer programs were also cited to keep students engaged in the community.
Continuing to keep neighborhoods and parks free of blight demonstrates the community is active and safe. Combatting illegal dumping and investing in park infrastructure were also reported as a priority for quality of life.
Finally, affordable housing was another top priority. Creating more opportunities for youth and workforce development to support small businesses and create a stronger community.
Overall Group Discussion Points
- Public Safety:
- Residents want to see an increase in the amount of police officers/Community Service Officers in our community
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Vehicle break-ins and Package theft is a major concern from residents
- Youth intervention programs
- Supporting proactive youth diversion programs before arrests
- Supporting local opportunities for youth
- Developing partnerships that promote youth summer programming
- Maintain SJPD youth intervention work at schools to combat gang recruitment attempts targeting students
- Traffic Safety:
- Reducing speeding, especially in school zones to ensure the safety of our youth
- Bringing in more cameras to deter speeding, particularly in areas with a history of traffic accidents
- Adding more Automated License Plate Readers that can assist with solving cases and deterring crime from the area
- Installing more speed bumps as an effective physical deterrence, particularly in residential areas or corridors with high pedestrian traffic
- Creating more sideshow deterrence through penalties and physical installations on our streets
- Explore preventative measures for copper wire theft
- Homeless Encampment issues:
- Increases in the accumulation of waste within and around homeless encampments
- Public safety risks associated with fire hazards
- Relocating encampment away from schools to ensure safety and well-being
- Affordable Housing:
- Exploring more cost-effective methods to create more affordable housing options
- Earthquake and Fire Safety:
- Invest in our Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to ensure the safety and preparedness of our residents
- Develop and maintain comprehensive evacuation plans with the help of CERT to ensure that evacuation routes, shelters, and communication systems are well-established and easily accessible
- Reducing Blight:
- Overgrown weeds are seen along streets, traffic medians, and sidewalks where they pose safety hazards such as obscured visibility
- Tree trimming and maintenance are crucial as branches can fall causing damage or limiting the visibility of streets, traffic lights, and sidewalks
- Businesses:
- Supporting our local businesses and deterring vandalism
- Community Building:
- Looking to have more art-based beautification efforts such as painting electrical boxes
- Creating and building more community gardens within the district for neighbors to enjoy together
- Working with youth groups to connect neighborhood and volunteer groups
- Community Gardens
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