Government
The Ins and Outs of Your City Budget
Calls to defund the police have sparked interest in city budgets. Here’s an illustrated guide to what you should know.
Illustration by Ariel Aberg-Riger
Editor's Note: Amid a surge of interest in police budgets, CityLab’s visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger takes on the sometimes-impenetrable city budget process: Why it's so hard to understand, ways to make it more accessible, and clues to being a better budget advocate.
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