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Committee rejects study of biennial budgeting; majority prefers continuing annual process
Summary
A motion to direct staff to return with a plan for a biennial (two‑year) budget process failed on a 3–6 roll call. Committee discussion reflected mixed views: some members supported exploring a biennial approach for strategic planning, while others favored retaining the annual budget cadence because of timing, new members and local conditions
The Assembly Finance Committee on July 9 considered whether to pursue a true biennial (two‑year) budget process and voted against directing staff to prepare a plan to implement biennial budgeting.
Assemblymember Kelly moved that staff be directed to return with an outline of what a biennial budget process would look like. The motion failed on a roll call vote: 3 ayes, 6 nays. The roll call recorded in committee minutes shows the aye votes were Assemblymember…
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