A Framework for Assessing New Orleans’ Proposed 2020 Budget

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OVERVIEW

As the City Council reviews the proposed $722 million 2020 operating budget, BGR Now: A Framework for Assessing New Orleans’ Proposed 2020 Budget outlines key findings of BGR’s recent City budget study to help inform citizens and policymakers.

BGR’s study, A Look Back to Plan Ahead, analyzes growth in revenues and changes in expenditures in the City’s General Fund from 2010 to 2019 to identify how budget priorities evolved and why. The ultimate goal is helping the City identify options to reallocate existing revenues to high-priority needs. This is particularly important given the magnitude of the City’s unmet needs for improvements to drainage, streets and public services.

BGR Now: A Framework for Assessing New Orleans’ Proposed 2020 Budget connects key findings of that study to the current budget process. In addition, BGR has created a collection of links to City 2020 budget information and BGR’s recent research reports to help citizens understand the proposal in the context of recent City budget trends and local government finance.

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