The goal of Participatory Budgeting Vallejo is to let Vallejo residents propose, develop and vote on how to spend a share of the Measure B sales tax, so that the city improves through projects that solve real problems, residents who are traditionally underrepresented or disillusioned gain a real voice and new leadership, and a community emerging from bankruptcy regains trust in a more open and accountable city government.

Goal type Trust-level
Beneficiary A defined community
Time horizon Multi-cycle
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The rulebooks state three goals from Cycle 1 (Improve our city, Engage our community, Transform our democracy) and a fourth from Cycle 2 (Open up government: transparency, accountability, collaboration, a more just and equitable city). The founding resolution quoted by Chapin frames PB as an antidote to the public's lack of trust after four years of bankruptcy cuts, which is why the goal type is read as trust-level, but the system was designed and measured mostly at the project and participation level: the City's Cycle 1 report grades Improve the City as very successful and the other two as successful, and Chapin's main caveat was that none of the goals came with performance measures. The Cycle 2 rulebook also narrowed Improve our city to infrastructure, public safety and quality of life without spending Measure B on salaries.

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