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Housing Element AFFH Survey Summary <br /> <br />2 <br />was posted or “active” for 30 days, starting April 1, 2022, through May 1, 2022. The survey <br />generated 293 unique responses. <br /> <br />Zoom focus groups were conducted with organizations which work with traditionally underserved <br />populations, as well as with employee groups, including La Familia, St. Clare’s Episcopal Church <br />and St. Bart’s Episcopal Church, Pleasanton Downtown Restaurant Association, and the Association <br />of Pleasanton Teachers and Association of Pleasanton staff. Staff discussed housing concerns/needs <br />and learned about additional outreach opportunities with these groups. Exhibit 1 includes a summary <br />from these focus groups. <br /> <br />The AC Collaborative Community-Based Organizations Panel was a discussion on Zoom, held April <br />25, 2022 with representatives from local community-based organizations: East Bay Community Law <br />Center, El Timpano, Centro Legal de la Raza, Legal Assistance for Seniors, Easy Bay Innovations, <br />Eviction Defense Center, and La Familia. Exhibit 2 includes a summary from this meeting. <br /> <br />In person outreach events included the following: <br />• City staff tabled in the foyer of Muslim Community Center (MCC) East Bay during three <br />prayer services. Staff interacted with several members of MCC and discussed housing <br />concerns/needs, distributed over 50 survey flyers in addition to members taking photos of the <br />quick response (QR) code, and gathered approximately 40 contacts for the Housing Element <br />email Distribution list. <br />• Staff met with one downtown Pleasanton restaurant staff member to discuss housing <br />concerns/needs (the meeting was primarily conducted in Spanish). The restaurant staff <br />member indicated that the other restaurant employees were hesitant and concerned to meet <br />with staff and he would share collective opinions/thoughts that had been communicated by <br />his colleagues. Staff distributed a flyer and contact information. <br />• Staff tabled at a Día del Niño event hosted by La Familia at the Livermore library. The event <br />was attended by many families with children. Staff discussed housing concerns/needs in both <br />Spanish and English, provided flyers in Spanish and English advertising the survey, and set <br />up engagement boards to solicit feedback. <br /> <br />The above efforts supplement the other broad outreach that has been conducted throughout the <br />Housing Element process, including a City website that is translatable into multiple languages, and <br />messaging in Chinese, Spanish and Hindi on publications about upcoming events and information.