In Episode 03, join host Ellina Yin and Guest Host BettyDuong as they dive into the process of County Budget—together we will learn where the money comes from and the collective process of deciding how much and to which County Service or Department it should go.

Guest Host: ⁠Betty Duong⁠ is currently Chief of Staff for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisor and a ⁠candidate⁠ for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisor. Only in Santa Clara County/Only in San José does not support or oppose our Guest's candidacy.

Only in Santa Clara County, is a sister project of the ⁠Onlyin San José⁠ civic education podcast series dedicated to demystifying and democratizing the process of local government and civic participation in Santa Clara County.

Learn more about us: ⁠www.onlyinsj.org⁠Episode

Resources:

• ​Budget & Finance webpage that includes County Budget Basics Video https://www.santaclaracounty.gov/government/budget-and-finance
• ​Santa Clara County Budget Open Data Portal https://data.sccgov.org/stories/s/gzmg-ndd3
• ​County Budgetary Process Timeline https://files.santaclaracounty.gov/2024-05/county-budgetary-process-timeline.pdf?VersionId=Iz4pNnt1W5IYhJUD4Tt96l86tii4MZyv
• ​Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) https://controller.santaclaracounty.gov/financial-reports/annual-comprehensive-financial-report-acfr

Music: Spunker by Blue Dot Sessions (https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/271482) Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)