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7 Page 45 Community influencers Finally, respondents were given a list of organizations in Redwood City and were asked to indicate how important the views of these entities were to them. Very Somewhat Not too Not at all Impt. Important Impt. Important Mean The mayor and city council members 38.4% 35.9% 15.1% 10.6% 3.0 Senior citizens organizations 37.4 36.4 18.0 8.2 3.0 The city's business community 33.2 38.6 17.1 11.1 2.9 Homeowner associations 31.2 35.0 19.4 14.5 2.8 City legal and finance staff inembers 27.4 40.7 20.9 11.1 2.8 Redwood City civic organizations 26.5 39.9 24.2 9.5 2.8 Respondents did not report major differences in their attitudes toward the positions that these entities might take on the telephone utility tax issue. Approximately a third of the respondents thought the position these entities might take were very important, another third thought they were somewhat important and the remaining third did not think their positions were important. The mean scores were all within two tenths of each other. Here the mean scores are based on a four point scale with 4= very important, 3= somewhat important, 2= not too important and 1= not at all important. How various subgroups within the sample responded to these questions is found on pages 82 through 99. Demo�raphic characteristics Home Ownership Length of Residency Refused Rent 4�� A�� ife 5 yrs or less 20% 9 % 15% 6-10 years 20% 20 plus 33°/a Own 11-20 years 76% 23% Three fourths of the survey respondents are homeowners. Fifteen percent of the respondents have lived in Redwood city for five years or less. A third have lived in the city for more than 20 years and another nine percent said they've lived in Redwood City all their lives. (It should be noted that the survey was conducted among those who have voted at least once in the last three elections so not all city residents or all registered voters were included in the random sample.) -11-