Huntington Beach, California POLLING RESULTS 2004
Previous Polls for the year 2004
Should the Police and Fire Unions be allowed to endorse candidates?
Should the Police and Fire Unions be allowed to endorse candidates?
Yes 9 50%
   
No 9 50%
   
No opinion 0 0%  
(Survey expired on December 31, 2004)
Should the RV parking ordinance be changed?
Should the RV parking ordinance be changed?
Yes 9 18%
   
No 35 70%
   
Not sure 4 8%
   
No opinion 2 4%
   
Do you think this is a problem worth addressing at this time?
Yes 17 35%
   
No 27 56%
   
Not sure 2 4%
   
No opinion 2 4%
   
(Survey expired on December 31, 2004)
Curfews
Is it true that a report by the Los Angeles police department found that active curfew enforcement, including task forces, citations, and arrests, had no noticeable effect on juvenile crime?
Yes 12 75%
   
No 4 25%
   
Do you agree with the 9th Circuit Court of the United States that minors can stay out past curfew if they are exercising their right to free speech (i.e.: expressing a political opinion)?
Yes 8 57%
   
No 6 42%
   
The previous question pertains to a minor's rights under the 1st Amendment, should the rest of the U.S. Constitution apply to minors, or should we be allowed to discriminate based on age?
Yes 7 50%
   
No 7 50%
   
Do you agree with the Washington State appeals court ruling that overturned a curfew law because it violated parents rights to govern their children?
Yes 7 53%
   
No 6 46%
   
Does giving the power to set curfews to the government only dissipate parental authority and give parents an excuse not to maintain control of their children?
Yes 8 57%
   
No 6 42%
   
Since Police already have the ability to arrest teenagers involved in real crime should they have the obligation to arrest the innocent as well?
Yes 4 26%
   
No 11 73%
   
Where courts have struck down curfew laws cities have used anti-loitering laws to arrest minors after hours. Is this unconstitutional because it violates one's first Amendment right to assemble peaceably?
Yes 9 64%
   
No 5 35%
   
At what age should people be entitled to their rights under the Constitution?
13 2 9%
   
18 4 19%
   
16 2 9%
   
19 1 4%
   
21 2 9%
   
25 0 0%  
65 1 4%
   
From birth on 8 38%
   
From conception on 1 4%
   
(Survey expired on December 31, 2004)
City Employee Benefits
City employee benefits should:
Be increased 7 16%
   
Remain the same 6 14%
   
Be slightly reduced 5 11%
   
Be reduced to average HB citizen 18 42%
   
Be eliminated altogether 4 9%
   
Other 1 2%
   
No opinion 1 2%
   
(Survey expired on December 31, 2004)
Do you feel harrassed by Police Helicopters?
Do you feel harrassed by Police Helicopters?
Yes 14 63%
   
No 8 36%
   
No Opinion 0 0%  
(Survey expired on November 2, 2004)
Soft Money-should it be banned from HB elections?
Currently, special interest advocacy groups are circumventing campaign contribution limits by donating large sums to third parties, who then spend it on promotion for candidates endorsed by special interest advocacy groups. Should this practice be banned from Huntington Beach elections?
yes, ban soft money from HB elections 4 66%
   
no, let's have more corruption 2 33%
   
not sure, swimming in fecal debris seems ok 0 0%  
(Survey expired on November 2, 2004)
Is there any point to these polls?
Is there any point to polls which are worded in such a way as to be completely devoid of objectivity?
Yes - objectivity is overrated 3 75%
   
No - These polls are a joke 1 25%
   
No opinion 0 0%  
(Survey expired on October 1, 2004)
Should the city sell access to the large blocks of space on the sidewalk for the 4th of July parade?
Should the city capitalize on the popularity of the July 4th parade by collecting money in exchange for the MASSIVE sections of real estate taken over by INCONSIDERATE people?
Yes 5 41%
   
No, I'm priveleged.. 1 8%
   
No, I need 2000 square feet of sidewalk for me and my friends. 4 33%
   
No, the city isn't smart enough to implement a good idea like that 1 8%
   
No opinion 1 8%
   
(Survey expired on July 3, 2004)
Districting
Did you know that the districting initiative is now Measure E on the March 2, 2004 ballot?
Yes 19 86%
   
No 3 13%
   
Did you know that each of the five proposed districts has approximately 38,000 residents composed of many diverse neighborhoods unlike yours?
Yes 16 76%
   
No 5 23%
   
Did you know that Measure E would reduce your voting rights for City Council from seven choices over four years to one choice every four years?
Yes 14 73%
   
No 5 26%
   
Did you sign the initiative to put districting on the ballot?
Yes 9 40%
   
No 13 59%
   
Do you think Measure E's "lifetime ban" on Council members after eight years of service on the City Council is a good idea?
Yes 10 47%
   
No 6 28%
   
Not Sure 5 23%
   
Do you think that reducing representation on City Council committees, boards and commissions is a good idea?
Yes 8 40%
   
No 8 40%
   
Not Sure 4 20%
   
Do you think that dividing the city into five districts makes it easier for special interests to target individual races to influence with money and influence?
Yes 11 52%
   
No 8 38%
   
Not Sure 2 9%
   
Do you think that reducing the number of Council members from seven to five makes it easier for special interests to elect and influence a majority of the City Council?
Yes 8 38%
   
No 9 42%
   
Not Sure 4 19%
   
Are you aware that special interests planned, paid for, and are promoting Measure E as a way to regain political power from the community supported members on the present City Council?
Yes 11 55%
   
No 7 35%
   
Not Sure 2 10%
   
Do you think that a return to the days when special interests like AES and outside developers got their way politically and economically is in the best interests of our city?
Yes 6 31%
   
No 11 57%
   
Not Sure 2 10%
   
(Survey expired on March 2, 2004)
Teenage Curfews
How many nights a week do you go out?
0 nights a week. 3 42%
   
1-2 nights a week. 3 42%
   
3-4 nights a week. 0 0%  
5-6 nights a week. 0 0%  
Every night. 1 14%
   
Do you have a curfew?
Yes. 4 40%
   
No. 6 60%
   
What is your curfew on school nights?
Earlier than 8:00 PM. 2 33%
   
8:00-8:59 PM. 1 16%
   
9:00-10:00 PM. 1 16%
   
Later than 10:00 PM. 2 33%
   
What is your curfew on weekends?
Earlier than 9:00 PM. 2 33%
   
9:00-9:59 PM. 0 0%  
10:00-10:59 PM. 1 16%
   
11:00-11:59 PM 2 33%
   
12:00-12:59 PM 0 0%  
1:00- 1:59 AM 0 0%  
2:00 AM or later. 1 16%
   
(Survey expired on March 1, 2004)
HBPD--GOOD COP / BAD COP
Have you ever been harassed by the HBPD?
Yes 20 42%
   
No 24 51%
   
No opinion 3 6%
   
Was your encounter with the HBPD handled professionally?
Yes 12 28%
   
No 20 47%
   
No opinion 10 23%
   
Did you report your complaint with the HBPD?
Yes 3 7%
   
No 22 55%
   
No opinion 15 37%
   
When you where stopped, do you believe the HBPD had probable cause?
Yes 8 20%
   
No 18 46%
   
No opinion 13 33%
   
Has your car ever been searched when you said "NO"?
Yes 9 21%
   
No 20 48%
   
No opinion 12 29%
   
(Survey expired on January 31, 2004)
Should HB ban any new 99 cent stores and try to focus on luring more quality retailers to the city?
Do We have enough cheesy 99 cents stores in HB?
Yes 6 54%
   
No 4 36%
   
No opinion 1 9%
   
Should the city try to lure higher end retailers into the city?
Yes 9 90%
   
No 1 10%
   
No opinion 0 0%  
Do you think all the people that go to the Hilton can't wait to shop at the famous "mile 'o 99 cent stores" ?
Yes 3 27%
   
No 5 45%
   
No opinion 3 27%
   
(Survey expired on January 31, 2004)

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