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County accepts participatory‑budgeting evaluation and approves design changes for Cycle 2
Summary
After evaluating Cycle 1, county staff recommended and the board accepted changes for PB Cycle 2 including equalized per‑community funding (~$625,000 each), tiered grant sizes, expanded technical assistance for smaller organizations and a September–January application timeline.
The Marin County Board of Supervisors on April 14 received an evaluation of the county’s first participatory‑budgeting (PB) cycle and approved staff recommendations for the design of Cycle 2.
Jamila Jordan, director of the Office of Equity, and Denia Candela summarized Cycle 1 results: the board originally allocated $2.5 million for PB, staff received more than 250 idea submissions, 24 projects were funded and staff estimate roughly 21,000 people have directly benefited from community…
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