Take Online Survey To Join Palo Alto Budget Conversation

Press release from the City of Palo Alto:

May 5, 2020

This is an unprecedented time, and together we face a series of tough budget decisions in the weeks ahead as Fiscal Year 2021 budget talks begin. Due to the current public health emergency, the City is anticipating extreme impacts to our local, regional, and state economies, tax revenue, and more. As a result, on May 4, the City Council adopted a set of budget assumptions to help inform how staff will prepare the revised Fiscal Year 2020-2021 operating and capital budgets for Council consideration and community input. The City Council selected scenario estimates with a preliminary loss of $39 million in major tax revenues during the next fiscal year. Join the conversation by sharing your service area priorities through an online survey here. This online survey is one of a series of ways you can share input on the City’s budget. Stay tuned for additional ways to join the conversations and learn more about the City’s budget at www.cityofpaloalto.org/budget.

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