What is the Budgetary Process?

What are some questions that come to mind when you think of the budgetary process? Some may ask questions like what exactly does the budgetary process mean and how does it work? How has the budget process been handled in recent years and has it changed? How do we contribute to the budgetary process and does it benefit or affect us the people? The budget is an important document and process in state government and the decisions made can either benefit or affect the citizens of the states therefore it is of importance to us as well. The budget determines how much money is funded to each organization or company for example, how much money will be available for all of our public services. It also plays a role in how much we as Californians have to pay in taxes and fees. Therefore, our budget is a necessary part of the control system. Marian Radu states that “The budget is a financial plan covering, usually a period of one year is an important tool for short term planning and a control tool throughout the organization. It is also a short-term action plan whose purpose is to organize an effective manner and to coordinate all human and material resources of the enterprise.”
First, the budgetary process has a series of steps it has to undergo before it can get signed off by the Governor. For example, the governor must first submit a complete plan as well as a specific statement with amounts for the state to each house in January where he will then reveal the budget at a formal press conference. Then, once the documents have been submitted to each of the house of legislature a budget bill is presented. The bill will also be introduced to the Assembly Budget Committee and the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee. Following that there...

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...tem considering welfare/public assistance in the late twentieth century there has been an increase involvement by the government, and with this involvement it has included state and federal governments. According to huffingtonpost.com it said that “For Republicans, it was the sheer size of the spending cuts. For Obama and Reid, it was casting aside GOP policy initiatives that would have blocked environmental rules and changed a program that provides family planning services.” However the intended goal or policy provision was not kept, but in the end all sides won to a certain extent.
Thirdly, besides knowing how the budget process functions and how it has changed we need to understand how we play a role because it affects us in communities as well.
Finally, the budget process is an important aspect to understand because it determines various things in our life. We