Budget FY 2026-27 Survey
Budget FY 2026-27 Survey
Participate in this survey to voice your ideas and help the City better understand community priorities for the Fiscal Year 2026–27 budget.
Thank you to everyone for participating in this survey! Survey is closed.
Demographic Questions
1. How do you typically experience Chula Vista?
2. What is your home ZIP code?
3. What is your age group?
4. What is your primary language?
Understanding the City Budget
5. How familiar are you with how the City of Chula Vista creates its annual budget?
6. Do you feel you have enough information to understand how City funds (including tax dollars) are used?
7. How confident are you that the City's budget decisions reflect community priorities?
Community Priorities for City Funding
8. Which City services, programs, or facilities are most important to you when thinking about how the City budget should be spent?
Please rank the in order of importance to you (1 = Most Important, 13 = Least Important). To rank the your priorities, click and drag your selections up.
9. Capital Improvement Projects include things like roads, parks, buildings, and infrastructure. Which types of capital improvements should be the City's highest priority?
Please rank the in order of importance to you (1 = Most Important, 5 = Least Important). To rank the your priorities, click and drag your selections up.
10. This is a budget-priority exercise. If the City had additional funds, where should that money go first? Each option has a sample cost of $50 (not actual City costs), and you have $200 total to allocate. You won't be able to fund every option, so prioritize what's most important to you.
How it works: Use the sliders to allocate funds to your preferred options. Each option has a set cost, and you can distribute funds until the total budget is reached.
Budget Process Improvement
11. How do you usually receive information about the City's budget or budget decisions?
Select all that apply
12. Overall, how would you rate the City's budget process, including how information is shared and the ability for the public to participate?
13. Based on your responses above, what do you think the City does well in its budget process and where could improvements be made?
Open response (50 character max)