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HOW WOULD YOU SOLVE A $27.6 BILLION STATE BUDGET DEFICIT?

California Budget Challenge – UPDATED September 2009 Edition

The California Budget Challenge is a nonpartisan online game that lets you decide how much to spend on schools, prisons, the environment and other state programs – and how to pay for them.

Next 10 has been traveling the state conducting highly interactive presentations using the California Budget Challenge -- allowing participants to vote on policy options that affect the budget in real-time with instant-response clickers. To invite Next 10 to present at your event or in your classroom, please contact sarah@next10.org.


	Antioch, CA: Next 10 presents the Budget Challenge at a town hall convened by Assemblymember DeSaulnier		Los Angeles, CA: Next 10 presents the Budget Challenge to a LA Budget Summit convened by LA County Supervisor Ridley-Thomas

The California Budget Challenge allows users to:

Build a state budget based on your values and vision for the state’s future
Learn about some of the topical policy choices legislators face
Take Action and email the governor and your representatives about the policy choices you are making
Understand about how the budget is built, who is involved, and important background information
See the choices other people are making on each policy choice

Download “7 Facts About the Budget” a 2-page flyer on the state budget.

Download “California Budget Choices” an 8-page booklet available in multiple languages. (English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese)

Download “California at a Glance” a flyer with interesting facts about California in multiple languages. (English, Spanish/English, Chinese/English, Vietnamese/English, Korean/English)

Join over 100,000 Californians and take the Budget Challenge today!

Next 10 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.