By Sara Beth Williams–
The City of Citrus Heights issued a new survey Thursday, asking residents about blight and homelessness.
FlashVote surveys are issued occasionally by city officials to local residents who sign up online, and surveys are only open for exactly 48 hours.
City officials say data is used to inform policymaking decisions. Following surveys, results and feedback from residents are typically presented to the City Council. Residents interested in signing up to receive surveys can visit the city’s FlashVote sign-up page.
The city has been releasing regular annual surveys on blight and homelessness and asks simliar questions each year to guage whether or not blight and homelessness are improving throughout the city, based on public perception from local residents.
The latest survey, launched midday on Thursday, asks residents a handful of questions and then allows for residents to leave their own comments at the end.
The questions for this survey ask residents to disclose whether they feel visible blight, and visible homelessness have improved throughout the city within the last 12 months. As well, the survey asks residents to mark from one up to four places where they feel city officials should be concentrating blight cleanup efforts.
Choices include, along the corridors of Sunrise Boulevard, Antelope Road, Auburn Boulevard, and Greenback Lane; around public buildings like Sylvan Oaks Library; in parks, creeks and on trails; in residential neighborhoods, and on freeway onramps and entrances.
Lastly, the survey asks whether residents had seen and reported any instances of blight in the last 12 months to the city using the SeeClickFix app or other contact methods.
Survey results are typically available within 48 hours. To find the survey on blight, and to sign up to receive future surveys, visit FlashVote’s website.
