Participatory budgeting dropped from charter
Summary
The commission voted 3-1 to strip the specific 'participatory budgeting' mechanism from the draft charter, replacing it with softer language letting the city create budget-engagement processes. Residents who pushed for a bigger say in the city budget lose the strongest charter hook.
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Last discussed May 27, 2026.
Impact analysis
Changes how — but not whether — residents can weigh in on how city dollars are spent.
Future commissions and managers, who keep flexibility over how budget input happens.
Advocates of formal participatory budgeting lose a charter-enshrined mechanism.
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