Join our campaign
for a People's Budget!

Together we can decide how much money goes to potholes, housing, parks, libraries, and more!

Our ballot initiative creates more than 100 neighborhood assemblies across Oakland. Every month people will meet to discuss community issues and determine public priorities. Then once a year, we'll vote on how much money should go to each city department.

Read the Initiative

The full text of the initiative is available to read online, as a PDF, or as an audio file.

FAQs

Not sure how our initiative would work? Check out frequently asked questions or watch a short explainer video.

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Donate to CDP's all-volunteer campaign! Every dollar advances our goal of community empowerment through direct democracy.

History

CDP was founded in the fall of 2011, and has grown to include a diverse cross-section of Oakland residents, community leaders, and activists. Since then, we’ve done extensive street outreach to hear from Oaklanders about the issues they care about and what they would do if they were in charge of the city budget. It’s clear: Oakland residents are ready for real involvement in crucial decisions and have enough creative solutions to fuel the city for generations.

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2020 Yearbook

Hella People Power Organizing Over a period of six months in 2019, we collected nearly 45,000 signatures across the city from Oaklanders who understand the transformative potential of putting the budget in the hands of Read more…

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