Participatory Budgeting Oakland

is an innovative democratic process that gives Oakland residents of City Council Districts 1 and 2 the power to set priorities for how federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds should be spent to improve low-to-moderate income communities in their district.

We are excited to share that the first ever PB Oakland process is complete!

Over 1,200 community members voted in PB Oakland to help decide how to spend $784,678 over 2 years to benefit low-and moderate-income residents in Oakland Council Districts 1 and 2!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first ever PB Oakland process! You are helping to deepen democracy and build stronger communities through PB during a time when we all need it the most.

Special thanks to the Community Development District Board Members, District 1 and 2 Staff, the Budget Delegates, our outreach partners: Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) and Oakland Rising, and all the volunteers and participants! This process has been administered by the City of Oakland Housing & Community Development Department with support from the Participatory Budgeting Project and supported by generous grants from The California Endowment and the Akonadi Foundation.​

The full list of winning priority projects can be found here: CD1 and CD2 Funding Priorities. The city of Oakland is currently conducting a Request for Proposals (RFP) process in which the Community Development District Boards will make funding recommendations in April. For more information on the RFP process, click here.

P.S. If there was an idea you were rooting for that didn’t win, don’t worry! All of the ideas submitted during the process will be shared with both District Boards and Council Office staff for future consideration.

For more information on the City of Oakland’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, click here.

For information on participatory budgeting in the U.S. and Canada, visit the website of the Participatory Budgeting Project.

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