Eugene City Council Discusses Community Safety Initiative Survey Results
A recent survey about Eugene’s Community Safety Initiative (CSI) found that community members want the payroll tax funds to go towards less policing and more resources for mental health and other social services. Eugene City Councilors discussed the survey during a work session on May 10. The survey also found that roughly one-third of responders didn’t know anything about the payroll tax. “I wasn’t surprised by the results,” City Councilor Emily Semple said. “It’s daunting but at least we can see the ways people think we should make it better, and that’s important.” When ...