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Long Beach youth submit 495 ideas and cast 1,744 votes in Youth Power participatory budgeting; $550,000 set for summer programs
Summary
The city celebrated the 10th anniversary of participatory budgeting in Long Beach and reported a major increase in youth engagement: 495 ideas collected, 25 advanced to proposal development and 1,744 votes cast in the current Youth Power PB cycle for $550,000 in youth funding.
Long Beach officials and youth organizers celebrated the city’s 10th year of participatory budgeting on April 22, reporting a sharp rise in youth engagement for the third year of the youth‑led program.
Giselle Becerra Murillo of the Youth Leadership Institute told the City Council that, this year, youth events across the city collected 495 project ideas. A youth steering committee selected 25 ideas to advance to the proposal‑development stage, where nonprofit…
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