Just to flag the activities of our colleagues. Could be good for a chat sometime? PB for SG led by Kathleen Glazik who also heads up Community Council stuff for SG (LA Community Council Liaison Officers).
Participatory budgeting in Vallejo, California and how it's not going so well. 'Elected officials can feel like they're supposed to be governing but they're contradicted and their ideas or leadership are not affirmed.'
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