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Town survey: Los Gatos rates high for quality of life; traffic flow emerges as top priority
Summary
The 2025 community survey (502 responses) found residents rate Los Gatos highly as a place to live and raise children; the top service-investment priority is improving flow of traffic on town streets, while town planning and street maintenance also ranked high for investment.
Town staff and consultant ETC Institute presented results from the 2025 Los Gatos Community Survey, which collected 502 responses (margin of error ~4.34%). Respondents overwhelmingly rated Los Gatos as an excellent or good place to live (99%) and to raise children (94%), and reported high satisfaction with town services such as library, parks and police.
The survey identified improving flow of traffic on town streets as the number-one priority for residents over the next two years; maintaining streets, sidewalks and storm sewer systems and reducing traffic congestion were also top priorities. Town planning, building and development services ranked high-priority for additional investment because of relatively lower satisfaction scores.
Councilmembers discussed trade-offs between traffic flow and safety measures (for example, traffic-calming vs. improved flow), the possibility of drilling down on specific topics (affordability, trade-offs between safety and flow) in future targeted surveys, and next steps: staff will review the results with department leads to identify feasible, costed actions that can move the needle on top priorities.
