UCSB Releases Findings of 2nd Annual ‘Central Coast Survey’ Based on Poll of Santa Barbara, Ventura Residents

“Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, today released the findings of a large-scale public-opinion poll of residents in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties on a variety of issues affecting life in the region.

Conducted by the Social Science Survey Center/Benton Survey Research Lab at UC Santa Barbara, the Central Coast Survey featured telephone interviews with members of more than 1,000 households in the two counties, both English- and Spanish-speaking.

The results of the survey tap the publics attitudes on a wide range of important issues, from jobs, housing, traffic, and health care to the pace of growth and development, and the quality of public schools. This years survey also gave special emphasis to issues of immigration, civic engagement, and quality of life.

Among its many conclusions, the survey found that:

Although most respondents favor policies that would make it more difficult for undocumented immigrants to work in this country, they support the creation of some means by which undocumented immigrants can become legal workers.“

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