Your city spends billions, but the decisions, rules, and people behind that money are scattered across documents few people can follow. Democracy Distributed aims to show how they all connect, so we can understand them together and act on what we find.
Every dollar your city spends started as someone's idea. Democracy Distributed makes every step between that idea and the money visible and connected.
"The path near Riverdale Park is cracked, wheelchairs can't get through." Open to anyone. No credentials needed.
Staff formalize it. A motion is debated, amended, recorded, with the names of everyone involved.
22 in favour, 3 opposed. The vote is the gate: before it, no money moves. After it, $45,000 is committed.
A contractor is selected. Milestones are tracked. The $45,000 shows as a greyed flow in the Sankey: planned, not yet spent.
Each invoice paid fills the Sankey with colour. Tap any flow to trace it back to the vote, the complaint, the person who raised it.
This is the Trace Panel. See it live in the Toronto org page →
Democracy Distributed runs on community contributions. Every verified data point, correction, or new organization you add is credited to you and builds your reputation.
Ask questions, share what you know, and make sense of decisions alongside people who know the story first-hand.
Follow the issues you care about, take what you find to council, and organize with others who care about the same thing.
Help us map every government, track every decision, and make civic data a public right, not a privilege.