Vision & Mission

Vision

Santa Rosa is a world class, smart and green city with a sustained and inclusive economic growth that is driven by transparent and accountable local governance, effective civil servants and empowered citizenry.

Mission

The City of Santa Rosa shall be a model in local governance effectively responding to the welfare of its people through innovative policies and programs, and integrated strategy anchored on.

Creation of a business-friendly and competitive climate

Support for poverty alleviation and capability building, and establishment of priority infrastructures

Protection of environment and promotion of a healthy lifestyle

Maintenance of peaceful, orderly and disaster resilient communities.

Goals

We shall pursue an integrated and sustainable development strategy, anchored on responsible stewardship, democratic processes and institutions, and efficient and effective management that will provide world-class infrastructures and support services to:

Promote the City of Santa Rosa as one of the most friendly business center and the “Industrial Capital” of South Luzon by facilitating and encouraging local and foreign investments;

Institutionalize community participation in governance;

Provide quality support and social services, e.g. education, health, housing, micro-entrepreneurship and livelihood programs,

Ensure the protection of its people through rights-based approaches;

Promote and advocate youth and women’s issues and concerns;

Promote local products, heritage sites and eco-tourism;

Promote religious freedom; and,

Promote and protect the environment.

Slogan / Motto

The mission of the City Government is to improve further the quality of life of the people. It is for this purpose that the City Government continues to expand and reinvent its human development services, programs and projects in the areas of health, education, social welfare, housing, environment, peace and order, disaster management, infrastructure, tourism, culture under the slogan:

SERBISYONG MAKATAO, LUNGSOD NA MAKABAGO.

Seal and Logo

Santa Rosa Laguna

4 Pillars of Development

The measure of development of a town or a city is not its income or number of industries and commercial establishments. The true measure that a town or a city has progressed is the improvement of the quality of life of its people or total human development. Development is for naught if the people do not feel it. Progress will not be sustained if there is no clear program of governance.

Alongside economic development is the need to respond and take action on the needs of the people for knowledge and skills, to have clean environment and healthy lifestyle, to strengthen the livelihood and employment of the people, and to maintain security and resiliency against disasters.

To achieve total human development of the City of Santa Rosa, there is a need to establish its foundations or pillars. Once these pillars are established and strengthened, the people of Santa Rosa will reap the benefits of the city’s development.

This is the Four Pillars of Development. This is our program of government; this is our call. This is our step in our journey to achieve our mission and vision for the city and its people.

These pillars can only be erected if there is support of the communities and people who share the same belief and vision for the city. This can only be possible if the City Government is transparent to its people, accountable in its action, participatory in its form, and efficient in its processes; if the City Government believes in and practices democratic consultation; if the City Government listens to its people and empowers them to be its guide.

This is what the City Government of Santa Rosa has done and will continue to do so under the administration Mayor Arlene B. Arcillas. Through the participation, the people become part of the shaping and development of the city, giving them the opportunity to feel and see their contribution and thus be able to confidently proclaim that they are part of the any and all achievements and accomplishments the city has received and will continue to receive.

A well-educated people with knowledge and skills is the foundation of a progressive city, and will ensure the sustainability and continuity of development. Development, thus, will only be relevant and significant if the people have access to and the capacity to learning, if the people possess the necessary knowledge and skills demanded by the times and needs of the City.

Improved Quality Education

The first Mayor to construct four school buildings in her first term of office
- Sinalhan Elementary School
- Dita Elementary School
- Labas Elementary School
- Balibago National High School
Increased the budget allocation for the Special Education Fund
Pursued the free education in public schools
Excellent performance of public schools
- 100% graduation rate in high school
- 1:1 seating ratio – 1 seat for 1 student
- 1 teacher for 50 pupils in elementary; 1 teacher for 47 students in high school
Constructed science laboratories, home economics room, industrial arts room and computer rooms
Distributed books under the Libreng Aklat Project
Distributed free bags and school supplies to elementary students
Scholarship grants to deserving students in private high schools

Skills Development

Free skills training at the Santa Rosa Manpower Training Center
- 100% passing rate of graduates in the TESDA Assessment Test
- 85% hiring rate both in Short-Term Course and Dual Training Program
High marks for the Accreditation and Equivalency Examination ng Alternative Learning System of DepEd
- First Place in elementary and top 10 in high school

Alongside industrial and commercial development must be the maintenance of a clean environment; that the environment must never be sacrificed because of our desire to embrace industrial growth and development. Ensuring a clean environment is ensuring the health of the people. Because health and environment are symbiotic… a clean environment means a healthy people.

Clean Environment

Finalize the 10-Year Solid Waste Management Program and is now for approval by the National Solid Waste Management Commission
Started the implementation of the Carbonshed Project with the aid of the World Bank and Laguna Lake Development Authority to ensure clean air and reduce greenhouse gas emission
Constructed Ecological Sanitation Toilets in public schools with the assistance of SALAIDA-IDA and Kummon Enkopping, Sweden
Constructed a Low-Cost Wastewater Facility with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development under the Philippine Sanitation Alliance Project
Regular tree planting, river clean-up, lakeshore clean-up, street sweeping, canal declogging

Healthy Lifestyle

Effective implementation of health programs
- Hall of Fame Awardee in the Pabasa sa Nutrisyon
- Best Implementor of Garantisadong Pambata
- Best Implementor of Training and Advocacy of the Renal Disease Control Program (REDCOP)
- Green Banner Award from the National Nutrition Council

Provision of Healthcare Services

Operation Timbang to prevent malnutrition among children
Three (3) times weekly supplementary feeding program
Regular dental check up for children and elderly
Free medicines and consultation in the barangay health centers

Modernization of the Santa Rosa Community Hospital

Upgrading of the Operating Room
CT Scan Machine, 2D Echo Machine, Stress Test Machine, Dialysis Machine, Ultrasound Machine

Legislation of the Anti-Rabies Prevention Program that is now a model in the Province of Laguna

Knowing full well that a decent life emanates from a secure employment, and if people are satisfied and pleased in their jobs and livelihood, the community will be tranquil and crime incidence would inevitably be lessened.

Opportunities for Employment

Regular Job Fair
- 2009: Applicants – 5061, Qualified – 1916, Hired-on-the-Spot – 548
Summer On-the-Job-Training for students under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES)

Alternative Livelihood

Regular livelihood training for women
3947 graduates in 2009
Regular cooperative seminars and training

Agricultural Programs

Animal Dispersal Program
Seed Dispersal Program

Programs for the special sector

Assistance to Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
- 613 registered PWDs (2009)
- 172 beneficiaries under the Physical Restoration Program
Assistance to Indigents
- 3408 beneficiaries of medical assistance (2009)
- 3516 families provided with assistance (2009)
Assistance to the Elderly
- Establishment of the Botika ni Lolo at Lola

A peaceful and orderly community is an indication of a well-developed city. This can happen only if there is a strong partnership among the people, the local government and the police united in the building peaceful and secured communities.

Programs for the special sector

Best Police Community Relations Section in the Philippines
3rd Best Urban City Police Station
Police to population ratio: 1:4412 per shift at 1:2206 per population
First in Calabarzon to establish a SWAT Team
High crime solution efficiency rate : 90.23%
Established a Tourist-Oriented Police o TOPCOP
Provision of tatlo (3) Avanza and isa (1) Corolla patrol cars for the Santa Rosa PNP

Ensuring Order

Best City Marshall of the Year at Best Fire Station of the Year in Calabarzon
Regular fire safety inspection and fire drills
Provision of firefighting gears for the Bureau of Fire Protection
Free medical and dental check-up to detainees
Provision of prisoner’s van for the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology

Response to Calamities

Gawad Kalasag Award for the City Disaster Coordinating Council
Established a Disaster Operations Center
Established a Emergency Response Team that underwent a Water Search and Rescue Training
Established Barangay Disaster Brigade in the 18 barangays that underwent Contingency Planning Training
Established a Disaster Coordinating and Rescue Unit in every barangay composed of 1 team leader, 3 telephone operators, 6 first aiders, 3 rescue van drivers at 3 volunteer workers
Established a Search and Rescue Unit as part of the CDCC
- Has 23 personnel and 1 rescue ambulance

Navigation

Vision & Mission

Vision & Mission

Goals

Slogan / Motto

Vision

Mission

Goals

Slogan / Motto

Seal and Logo

Santa Rosa Laguna

4 Pillars of Development

Our Program, Our Call

Pillar of Knowledge and Skills Development

Improved Quality Education

Skills Development

Pillar of Clean Environment and Healthy Lifestyle

Clean Environment

Healthy Lifestyle

Provision of Healthcare Services

Modernization of the Santa Rosa Community Hospital

Legislation of the Anti-Rabies Prevention Program that is now a model in the Province of Laguna

Pillar of Livelihood and Job Generation

Opportunities for Employment

Alternative Livelihood

Agricultural Programs

Programs for the special sector

Pillar of Peaceful and Orderly Communities

Programs for the special sector

Ensuring Order

Response to Calamities