Public engagement in city and county budgeting throughout California takes many forms. Included here are stories that illustrate a number of different approaches that local officials use to involve residents in local budgeting.

We have organized these examples in six categories. Each link below will take you to a set of Public Engagement in Budgeting Stories related to a particular approach to public engagement in local budgeting. Some stories could fall into one or more of these categories; however we have tried to assign them to the category that is most appropriate.