2026 Stakeholder Survey

341 voices.15 neighborhoods.Five committees.

This site is what Greater Wilshire stakeholders told their Neighborhood Council in 2026 — the foundation for what GWNC committees will carry forward to Council Districts 5 and 13, LADOT, LAPD, StreetsLA, Sanitation, and everyone else with a hand on the city’s levers.

341 responses · 15 geographic areas · 187 consented testimonialsHow this survey was conducted →

Headline findings

294of 341 · 86%
named street & sidewalk maintenance as a top concern
Within this concern, in respondents’ own words
1. Streetlights / lighting
  149
2. Sidewalks
  110
3. Speeding
  62
4. Potholes / road surface
  47
Free-text mentions across open-response fields. Respondents could name more than one, so these do not sum to 294. The 294 above is the single survey checkbox.
Routes to: Sidewalks, potholes, and traffic-calming requests to Transportation. Streetlight outages to Public Safety & Quality of Life — residents frame street lighting as crime-prevention infrastructure.
255of 341 · 75%
raised public safety as a top concern
Within this concern, in respondents’ own words
1. Burglaries, break-ins, and property crime
  89
2. LAPD presence and response times
  58
3. Cleanliness, dumping, and nuisance
  73
4. Prostitution / sex work
  14
5. Emergency preparedness
  8
Free-text mentions across open-response fields. Respondents could name more than one, so these do not sum to 255. The 255 above is the single survey checkbox.
Routes to: Public Safety & Quality of Life. Cleanliness and nuisance overlap with the residual stakeholder well-being scope this committee also owns.
223of 341 · 65%
raised homelessness as a top concern
Within this concern, in respondents’ own words
1. Encampments and visible camping
  21
2. Unhoused individuals
  112
3. Mental health and drug use
  11
4. RVs and property impacts
  37
5. Sanitation and hygiene impacts
  6
Free-text mentions across open-response fields. Respondents could name more than one, so these do not sum to 223. The 223 above is the single survey checkbox.
Routes to: Public Safety & Quality of Life, which wholly owns homelessness response per the GWNC Primary Jurisdictions doc.
201of 341 · 59%
flagged land use & new development
Within this concern, in respondents’ own words
1. Opposition to new development
  36
2. SB 79, ED 1, and state housing legislation
  14
3. HPOZ and single-family preservation
  40
4. Affordable housing and rent stabilization
  31
5. Zoning and code enforcement
  13
6. ADUs, density, and parking attached to development
  14
Free-text mentions across open-response fields. Respondents could name more than one, so these do not sum to 201. The 201 above is the single survey checkbox.
Routes to: Land Use. Parking attached to specific development cases also surfaces here; standalone parking and curb-management matters stay with Transportation.

Where voices came from

The survey reached every geographic area — but not evenly.

Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council geographic areas — Office of the City Clerk reference map (v7) — Office of the City Clerk · v7 reference

The authoritative Greater Wilshire geographic area map, as published by the Office of the City Clerk (v7). Response counts per geographic area are listed alongside.

A few of the voices

The way it feels like you live in a quiet neighborhood despite being located in the middle of a massive urban area.

Larchmont Village

Penalized Building Owners for having open apartments. Do not allow building owners to charge higher rent when apartments go up for rent. Do not allow 3rd party investors or foreign corporations to acquire apartment buildings.

Windsor Square

The duality of a quiet place to live but walking distance to some of the best restaurants in the country and a 5 minute drive from historic landmarks / theaters.

Oakwood - Maplewood - St. Andrews

Read how these concerns are being brought to city offices →

The five committees

Each committee page reframes the survey through the work it actually does.