Local government budgeting fundamentally shapes service delivery and equity, yet systematic attention to how institutional constraints and transparency practices influence public participation remains limited. This report asks: How do legal, fiscal, capacity, and social constraints influence the design, presentation, and equity potential of municipal budgets in the United States? We conducted a comprehensive analysis of...
Download PDF →This memo provides a descriptive overview of public budgeting across U.S. local governments, assessing the challenge of understanding how thousands of municipalities and counties allocate hundreds of billions of dollars each year. It describes the scale, structure, and common practices of revenue collection, expenditure categories, and budget processes among city and county governments. Drawing on...
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