Dollars and Democracy: An Introduction to the State Budget Process

A comprehensive guide to the California state budget process: we provide an overview of the year-round state budget cycle, detail the roles of the key players, and lay out the timeline for state budgeting as well as opportunities for input. Our hope is that this guide makes the state budget process more accessible for policy staff, advocates, and the media, as well as to broaden participation in the budget debate.

Proposition 39 on the November ballot would impose unnecessary, harmful, and costly new identification (ID) requirements on millions of California voters. It would harm US citizens by making it harder for them to vote, exposing them to identity theft, and putting them at risk of being erroneously removed from voter rolls. Prop. 39 … Continued