As the Bay Area comes out of the pandemic, many in the region are in a grumpy mood apparently, accoding to this year's Bay Area Council Poll.
This is the most dissatisfied Bay Area residents have been since 2014 and strangely the pandemic is the least of their concerns. The online poll says housing and homelessness are the major issues.“It’s definitely not as good as it used to be,” he says.“I’ve lived in Concord for 25 years and Covid has made everything terrible. The homeless has gotten a lot worse,” says Schwartz.The Bay Area Council, which is a public policy advocacy organization, conducted the poll.
“I would say cost of living is definitely number one just because of inflation as it is nowadays and we see wages not really following the trend,” says Shay Grant of Contra Costa County.“The thing I’m seeing nowadays is the crime and all the things people are doing, the craziness,” says Steve Barragan of Antioch. “It’s sad and police don’t seem to be doing anything about it, arresting people. People out of control, robbing stores and walking out casually. It’s pretty bad.
The Bay Area Council will now use the data to hopefully draft public policy to improve the quality of life and upliftt the region’s gloomy outlook.“It’s definitely taken a negative turn,” he says. We’re just hopeful and optimistic as we further put Covid behind us, hopefully we can make some progress.”
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