Challenge

California Budget Challenge – NEW May 2007 Updated Version

Join over 40,000 Californians – take the Budget Challenge today!
(See the right sidebar for requirements to run the Challenge.)

Next Ten is inviting all Californians to take the Budget Challenge, a nonpartisan Internet tool that lets you roll up your sleeves and create your own state budget. You call the shots on how much to spend on schools, the environment, healthcare, prisons and other state programs – and how to pay for them.

The 2007 updated California Budget Challenge offers:

• 16 policy options, including such topical choices as whether to levy a carbon tax, restructure Prop 13, provide universal healthcare, or cut income taxes.
• A “Take Action” button that provides constituents with a mechanism to tell their legislators and the governor the budget choices they would make.
• A “Prop 98” button that explains the impact of this proposition on spending and revenue choices.
• An instant popularity feedback feature that shows users how others have voted on each policy choice.

The Budget Challenge provides an annual examination of the state’s most pressing budget policy options. It challenges users to set priorities for the state’s future by creating a budget that reflects their values and vision. The Budget Challenge does not promote a point of view but rather provides information to help you make your own choices about the policy options faced by legislators today.

Next Ten created the California Budget Challenge as a public service to engage more Californians in the budget process and to foster a greater understanding about the tough choices we need to make to ensure California is a great place to live – both now and in the future.