Are you frustrated with local or national officials who talk a good game but do nothing significant to help solve problems for our mountain community? We are, too.
The purpose of this survey is to get honest feedback from mountain residents like YOU, then reach out to those representatives primarily responsible for addressing the most important local and national issues that are identified in this survey. If we don't get straight answers or real, proposed solutions from existing officials, we will determine the best candidate to run against them in the midterms and share their information with you.
While we make no secret that we are a Democratic club, we're not email harvesting and we don't care about political labels for this effort; we just want to see government work for all of us, because WE THE PEOPLE have the power, but only if we exercise it.
Please go to the survey here: Mountain Community Survey
Results as of 4/28/2026
- 180 final responses, with 78% Democrats and 13% independents
- Top three locations in order: Crestline (42%), Lake Arrowhead (20%), Running Springs (14%)
- 43% have lived here more than 20 years; 22% 6-10 years
- 82% own a home and live here full-time; 54% of respondents so far are over 65 and 58% are retired; 21% 55-64
Top 5 local issues:
- Rising cost of homeowners’ insurance (BY FAR); 70%
- Selling off National Forest land to commercial and corporate interests (52%)
Cost of utilities (31%) - Frequent unplanned power outages (29%)
- Illegal dumping of garbage in the forest or other areas (26%)
Top 5 national issues:
- The current administration's flagrant disregard of US constitutional laws and norms (51%)
- The unchecked power of ICE (refusal to identify, violent arrests of non-criminals and American citizens, the lack of due process) (50%)
- The rise of Christian nationalism and white supremacy (31%)
- Supreme Court decisions that roll back previously settled law (abortion, voting rights) (30%)
- Deep cuts to important government services (Medicaid, the ACA, SNAP, Social Security) (30%)
