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Long Beach celebrates 10 years of participatory budgeting; youth vote on $550,000 in projects
Summary
Youth leaders reported a sharp rise in participation for the city’s youth participatory budgeting process: 495 ideas submitted citywide, 25 advanced to proposal development and 1,744 votes cast so far to allocate $550,000 for summer youth programs.
Long Beach presented results and a status update on its Youth Power participatory budgeting (PB) program on April 22, marking the 10th anniversary of the city's participatory budgeting process and the third year of a youth‑led citywide rollout.
Giselle Becerra Murillo of the Youth Leadership Institute told the City Council that PB returns real decision‑making power to young people and runs in three stages: idea collection, proposal development and voting. "The Youth Power PB supports positive youth development efforts by giving youth…
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