Subcommittees Are Forming to Work on Community Issues

Overview: Since our general meeting last June 6^th, we have been surveying each new SavePB member about what community issues are most important to them.

The ranking of the issues according to survey results:

1. PB Block Party impacts
2. Alcohol issues
3. Too many bars
4. 4^th of July impacts
5. Litter and trash problems
6. Parking problems
7. Noise ordinance compliance
8. Community planning and development
9. Smoke shops (drug paraphernalia)
10. Graffiti and gangs
11. Traffic and transportation
12. PB public schools
13. Disaster preparedness
14. Crime (added to survey on June 27th)
15. Inadequate mix of businesses

Plus others mentioned in your comments, such as homelessness, street cleaning, water/bay pollution, high rents and lack of enforcement of existing laws.

How you can get involved:

In order for SavePB to work on resolving these issues, we need help from our members.

We need volunteers to form subcommittees (teams) to work on specific issues. Subcommittee members decide how they will communicate or meet and how often. For their specific issue, subcommittee members will identify and define the problem, research possible solutions, plan effective actions aimed at solving the problem, and disseminate that information through the SavePB website. The SavePB Core Team and other resources will be available to guide and advise subcommittees.

We’ve already begun work on the block party, crime, parking, community planning and alcohol issues. Results from these initial efforts are already being realized. We hope you will help us address these and other issues that are important to you.

If you cannot attend various meetings, please email us at info@savepb.org to let us know what issue you’d like to work on or to give us your input on issues.