Online Budget Simulation Gives Voters a Voice in Budget Process

Our nonpartisan organization, Next 10, is making an updated version of the Challenge available to Californians online starting today. With less than one week to go before the budget deadline, Californians have the power to show lawmakers their budget priorities, creating their own version of a state spending plan and emailing it to elected leaders. The updated Budget Challenge includes policy options that are being debated in Sacramento right now—like whether or not to extend expiring increases in the sales and car taxes, pension reform proposals, and several possible strategies for cutting costs related to prisons.