SAN FRANCISCO -- A new Public Policy Institute of California poll released on Wednesday night indicates President Obama's approval rating in California is 61 percent. That's down nine points from when he took office last year.

KTVU wanted to find out if his State of the Union speech resonate with Bay Area residents, stopping by three locations to ask what locals thought of the speech. More often than not, people said they were unhappy with what the president had to say.

In Sausalito at a small house party hosted by Obama supporters, Democrat Bernard Halliwell said he was not terribly impressed.

"He's thoughtful, articulate and seems well-informed," said Halliwell. But ten minutes into the speech, Halliwell was asked if he liked what he was hearing. "Not yet. I don't like politicians generally," replied Halliwell.

The group did applaud several times.

Zoe Hare said she thinks Mr. Obama cannot appease all Americans, nor should he try. "People just need to get over it and realize that times are tough," said Hare. "We all have to get over it. Things just don't come easy to us. I know as Americans we're used to that, but we've become soft."

The San Francisco Republican Party gathered at the Republic Bar in the city's Marina district. Not surprisingly, the group gave the president a resounding thumbs down.

"He sounded like he wants to nationalize health care again. I don't think that's going to fly," said San Francisco Republican Party Chair Howard Epstein. "He talked about another stimulus package. The stimulus package didn't stimulate anything."

Rodney Leong said he thought much of what the President said was recycled from the campaign trail. "And as we know over the past year, he's basically betrayed most of the promises that he made during the campaign," said Leong. "About being transparent; about not having lobbyists in the White House."

Finally KTVU talked to members of Code Pink Women for Peace. The group held a discussion after the speech at Tommy's Joynt on Van Ness Avenue.

Charles Vickers said he was disappointed the President mentioned the middle class, but did not talk about the issues facing the working class.

"He's just like Bill Clinton. Talks liberal, acts conservative," said Vickers. "It's just another hack politician. Protecting the top two percent to protect the oligarchy."

Rae Abileah said the message she took away from the speech was that President Obama intends to freeze domestic spending and continue to fund wars. "What we know is that if we continue to fund the war without funding programs at home, all these reforms he's talking about aren't going to happen," said Abileah.