How Would You Spend $500,000 in North Sac?
Community News from the City of Sacramento and Councilmember Sean Loloee:
Dear Friends,
I wanted to take a moment to share additional information on Sacramento’s Participatory Budgeting Pilot Program, as well as upcoming community meetings on the topic. This email also serves as a reminder for the upcoming Community Conversation, which will take place in-person on April 21 at the Roberts Family Development Center.
Participatory Budgeting in Sacramento
Sacramento is launching its first Participatory Budgeting process! Participatory Budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget by proposing ideas, developing proposals, and voting on projects.
For this first round of funding, the Measure U Committee decided to prioritize two geographic areas, in the NE and SE parts of the City. Projects must service one of these two areas, and residents of these two areas will vote on their top projects to decide how to spend half of the total funds, or $500,000, each. Submit YOUR idea for how to spend the money by filling out the form at the link and you may see it built. You can also find more information and an online version of the idea submission here.
About the Process
- April 11 – May 22: Community members brainstorm and propose project ideas at idea collection events, online, and in idea boxes around the City. Ideas can be anything from “new benches in our neighborhood park” to “a cross walk would make it safer to walk in my neighborhood” – it can be a variety of ideas!
- May 23 – July 24: Community members work with City staff and develop full proposals.
- August 1 – August 31: Residents in NE and SE Sacramento who live in the focus neighborhoods will vote on which proposals to fund and implement.
Upcoming Community Meetings: Information and Idea Gathering Sessions
Alongside the Roberts Family Development Center, the City of Sacramento will be hosting Information and Idea Gathering sessions in the coming weeks at various locations. For more information, contact the Roberts Family Development Center at (916) 646-6631.
- April 18 @ 6 PM – Allen Chapel AME, 1239 Grand Ave, Sacramento, CA 95838
- April 20 @ 6 PM – Robertson Community Center, 3525 Norwood Ave, Sacramento, CA 95838
- April 21 @ 5:30 PM – Roberts Family Development Center, 770 Darina Ave, Sacramento, CA 95815
- May 1 @ 3 PM – Roberts Family Development Center, 770 Darina Ave, Sacramento, CA 95815
- May 3 @ 12 PM – Del Paso Partnership Office, 1219 Del Paso Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95815
- May 4 @ 4 PM – Robertson Community Center, 3525 Norwood Ave, Sacramento, CA 95838
I encourage all District 2 residents to attend the idea and information sessions to learn more about how to apply to receive funding as part of this Participatory Budgeting Pilot Program. Please reach out to my office with any questions.
Reminder: April 21 In-Person Community Conversation
I will be hosting our first in-person Community Conversation on April 21, 2022, from 6 – 7 PM at the Roberts Family Development Center. I hope to see you all there! Register here. P.S. Join us a bit early to enjoy some delicious tacos provided by Algo Bueno!
Final Reminder: District 2 Community Survey
Lastly, the District 2 Office would like to expand the conversation as it relates to public and nonprofit programs offered in the community. The survey should take 2 minutes or less and we are looking forward to your feedback and to sharing the results with you. The survey will CLOSE on Wednesday, April 20! Access the survey here.
In community,
Councilmember Sean Loloee
