Here are the results of our second survey of the year from 478 respondents. Topics are related to Covid and its impact on residents, landlords and government.
1. Do you know someone personally (friend/family/casual) who you believe has had the Covid-19 virus?
65% No
15 Yes 1
8 Yes 2
6 Yes 3-5
2 More than 5
4 Do not know
2. Do you know a friend/family member that has lost their job because of Covid-19?
30% No
21 Yes 1
23 Yes 2-3
23 Yes 4 or more
4 Do not know for sure
3. For the period March-April, you support the actions of the local government (County/City) for Shelter-in-Place?
49% Strongly Agree
22 Agree
4 Neither Agree nor Disagree
6 Disagree
5 Strongly Disagree
7 Very Strongly Disagree as this was a violation of my Constitutional rights
6 Still have very mixed feelings of the period
4. I support the month of May's Shelter-in-Place order in Contra Costa.
43% Strongly agree
22 Agree
5 Neither Agree nor Disagree
12 Disagree
8 Strongly disagree
10 Very Strongly Disagree as this was a violation of my Constitutional rights
1 Cannot make up my mind
5. I would go to a regular major sports arena in September (football, basketball, baseball) that had no special distance restrictions.
10% Strongly Agree
10 Agree
10 Neither Agree nor Disagree
16 Disagree
35 Strongly Disagree
2 Do not care
16 Do not go to sports events regardless
6. Landlords who get a postponement of their mortgage payments (basically extending the mortgage by the months not paid) should have to do the same for the tenants that they have - in effect pushing the lease out a month for each month not paid.
38% Strongly Agree
31 Agree
14 Neither Agree nor Disagree
7 Disagree
6 Strongly Disagree
4 Have no idea
7. Have you been tested for the Covid 19 virus?
8% Yes and was negative
1 Yes and was positive
1 Yes and waiting for results
3 Do not want to answer
89 No
8. I support the way the State of California government has handled the Covid-19 crisis.
1% I do not live in California
32 Strongly Agree
29 Agree
8 Neither agree nor disagree
12 Disagree
18 Strongly disagree
1 Have no idea what they have done or are doing.
9. I support a freeze on rent increases for residents for the period June 1st going forward as below.
41% Yes through December 31st, 2020
2 Yes through November 30th, 2020
2 Yes through October 31st, 2020
3 Yes through September 30th, 2020
2 Yes through July 31st, 2020
3 Yes through June 30th, 2020
18 Yes as long as any kind of restriction is in place
15 No
6 Too complicated to figure out
5 Other comments - ran from "Communists should go to Russia" (forgetting that Russia is no longer communist for the last 31 years), to "For as long as renters are out of work and need it." Plus a few expletives implied.
10. I believe that Shelter-in-place should be removed and left up to individuals and the businesses to deal with what restrictions they want to self-impose.
20% Yes Strongly Agree
14 Yes Agree
8 Neither Agree nor Disagree
22 No Disagree
32 No Strongly Disagree
0 Do not care
Comments range from “This is how the Patriot Act was imposed by Natzies ((sic=Nazis)) and now by US government to impose and force its will on people.” to “Economic impact evaluation needs to be understood.” to “We should follow the 4 stages outlined by Gov. Newsom.”
11. The no-eviction order should be removed.
9% Strongly Agree
10 Agree
12 Neither Agree nor Disagree
23 Disagree
28 Strongly Disagree
9 Not Sure
2 Do not care
12. Have you received a waiver or postponement of your rent/mortgage/car payment during this crisis?
5% Yes
92 No
3 Not going to tell you
13. The City and County are paying between $3,000 and $4,000 a month per room to house and feed homeless in 153 rooms in Concord (around half a million dollars a month). This is acceptable for as long as the Shelter-in-Place.
16% Strongly Agree
25 Agree
16 Neither Agree nor Disagree
17 Disagree
26 Strongly Disagree
14. Should non-US citizens receive medical aid and be covered by Shelter-in-Place aid (such as housing if homeless).
23% Strongly Agree
28 Agree
14 Neither Agree nor Disagree
16 Disagree
20 Strongly Disagree
15. I approve of the way the Federal Government has responded to the Covid-19 crisis.
6% Strongly Agree
17 Agree
12 Neither Agree nor Disagree
19 Disagree
45 Strongly Disagree
1 Do not know
1 Do not care
16. In the 1918-19 Spanish Flu Pandemic, the following winter was substantially worse than the outbreak's first 6 months. Do you believe that the winter of December 2020-February 2021 will be substantially worse than the last 6 months?
10% Strongly agree substantially worse
12 Agree substantially worse
19 Somewhat agree that it will be worse but not sure how much
31 Could go either way, not very sure
5 Somewhat disagree that it will be more like what we have already gone through
6 Disagree it will be better than now
5 Strongly disagree it will be substantially better than now
3 Will not be a problem at all
9 Have no clue whatsoever
17. Do you believe that the government and media reaction to the pandemic was excessive and overstated the severity of the crisis?
24% Strongly Agree
13 Agree
11 Neither Agree nor Disagree
25 Disagree
26 Strongly Disagree
0 Do not care
18. Thinking of the future economy in 2021, what is your feeling of how it will be?
21% Better
19 About the same
47 Worse
12 Do not know
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