Announcing the Community Budget Working Group

Working Partnerships USA has long advocated for greater involvement of the public in the City's decision-making process. To that end, we are proud to help convene a group that is working to gather broad community input on how to allocate the City of San Jose's resources.

The new Community Budget Working Group, with a steering committee drawn from a wide range of San Joseans, will ensure that when the City Council gets down to budget work, it will have access to all the innovation, spirit and priorities our great community can provide. View the official announcement.

You can weigh in with your budget ideas at the new website MyBudgetIdea.com and at the Community Budget Working Group's two public meetings. The first of these meetings will be at the Martin Luther King Library at 9:30am, Saturday, Dec. 1. If you would like to attend, please e-mail us. The Group's recommendations will be advised and studied by Applied Development Economics, an independent economic analysis firm.

As the Working Group's efforts progress, we will use this blog to provide updates and information. We hope you will get involved.