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GWNC 2026
Outreach Committee

Who GWNC heard from — and who it still needs to reach.

Unlike the other four pages, this one is not a ranking of concerns. It’s a self-audit of the survey itself: familiarity, participation barriers, and the geographic areas that are quiet on these pages.

Outreach doesn’t get a single “lead concern” — its job is how people hear from and talk to GWNC at all. See the familiarity and barriers breakdowns below.
Familiarity with GWNC

Most respondents know the name. Fewer know what it does.

Before the survey, how familiar were you with GWNC? The long middle bar is where outreach has the most room to move.

  • Board (current or former)28 · 8%
  • Very familiar96 · 28%
  • Somewhat familiar151 · 44%
  • Name only39 · 11%
  • Not at all familiar27 · 8%
Participation barriers

What would make it easier for you to take part?

Multi-select. Virtual options and clearer onboarding are the two biggest asks.

  1. Virtual meetings
    179
    52%
  2. Clearer how-to-get-involved
    101
    30%
  3. A direct point of contact
    79
    23%
  4. Shorter, focused agendas
    77
    23%
  5. More evening meetings
    63
    18%
  6. Already participating enough
    62
    18%
  7. Better-scheduled meetings
    60
    18%
  8. More weekend meetings
    41
    12%
  9. In-person meetings
    28
    8%
  10. Other
    20
    6%
  11. Child care considerations or family friendly formats
    9
    3%
  12. Language support or translated materials
    1
    0%
Event and activity preferences

What stakeholders would actually show up to

Respondents chose their top three. Issue-focused public forums and town halls with city officials lead — evidence that the survey-taking audience wants substantive engagement, not social events.

  1. Issue-focused public forums
    176
    52%
  2. City-official town halls
    172
    50%
  3. Neighborhood clean-ups
    163
    48%
  4. Social mixers
    136
    40%
  5. Family-friendly activities
    114
    33%
  6. CERT / emergency training
    82
    24%
  7. Educational workshops
    78
    23%
  8. Other
    19
    6%
News channel preferences

How stakeholders want to hear from GWNC

Respondents chose their top two. Email dominates; social channels and flyers are long-tail.

  1. GWNC email newsletter
    272
    80%
  2. GWNC website
    64
    19%
  3. Instagram
    58
    17%
  4. Other
    29
    9%
  5. Flyers at local spots
    27
    8%
  6. Nextdoor
    22
    6%
  7. Facebook
    18
    5%
Who answered

Demographics

These are the respondents. Any skew in who answered becomes a working roadmap for the Outreach committee, marking where engagement is thin and where to invest in reaching more neighbors.

Age
  • 65 and older
    11433%
  • 45 to 54
    7121%
  • 55 to 64
    7021%
  • 35 to 44
    5717%
  • Prefer not to say
    154%
  • 25 to 34
    82%
  • 18 to 24
    10%
Primary household language
  • English
    32896%
  • Prefer not to say
    41%
  • Korean
    21%
  • Spanish
    21%
  • Other
    10%
Race or ethnicity
  • White
    22065%
  • Prefer not to say
    3410%
  • Multiple
    288%
  • Asian
    237%
  • Hispanic or Latino
    103%
  • Other
    103%
  • Black or African American
    72%
  • Middle Eastern or North African
    21%
Outreach gaps

13 of 15 geographic areas answered this cycle

Zero responses from Country Club Heights and Fremont Place. That's not a data footnote — it's the Outreach committee's next-cycle priority. Geographic areas are listed least-heard to most-heard, to keep the gap visible.

  1. 01
    Country Club Heights
    0
    no responses
  2. 02
    Fremont Place
    0
    no responses
  3. 03
    Western–Wilton
    3
    1%
  4. 04
    Melrose
    7
    2%
  5. 05
    Ridgewood–Wilton–St. Andrews Sq.
    7
    2%
  6. 06
    Sycamore Square
    10
    3%
  7. 07
    Oakwood–Maplewood–St. Andrews
    12
    4%
  8. 08
    La Brea / Hancock
    25
    7%
  9. 09
    Wilshire Park
    25
    7%
  10. 10
    Brookside
    27
    8%
  11. 11
    Windsor Village
    31
    9%
  12. 12
    Windsor Square
    33
    10%
  13. 13
    Citrus Square
    42
    12%
  14. 14
    Larchmont Village
    57
    17%
  15. 15
    Hancock Park
    61
    18%
Priorities in residents’ own words

What Outreach stakeholders wrote when given a blank box

Themes coded from the free-text "top one to three issues" question (n=304 non-empty responses). One response can touch multiple themes; counts do not sum to 304.

  1. 2of 304 · 1%

    Transparency and government accountability

    Mentioned by 2 respondents, none of whom granted testimonial consent. Counts are honest; quotes only appear with consent.

  2. 2of 304 · 1%

    Community participation and neighborhood interaction

    • Welcoming community feeling in GWNC; supporting small businesses on Larchmont (not high end retail only); greener/ sustainable community: no GAS powered gardening equipment
      Windsor Square

Free-text mentions, coded by theme. Word-boundary matching; no substring matches. Quotes are verbatim and rendered only with the respondent’s testimonial consent. See methodology for the coding method and the full theme list.

What we’re asking the city

The ask, in plain language

Addressed to
  • · GWNC board & committees
  • · Empower LA / DONE

This section is in development.

Once the committee has reviewed the survey data and reached its own conclusions, what it’s asking the city will be published here.

See this committee’s live page
greaterwilshire.org/outreach-committee/ →
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