This article by Dana Estrada originally appeared in the January 21, 2026 edition of El Sol de México.
Tecomitl, in Milpa Alta, and San Mateo Tlaltenango, in Cuajimalpa, are the neighbourhoods that will receive the most money in Mexico City for neighborhood improvement and the rescue of public spaces, which must be used through neighborhood proposals that are built with Participatory Budgeting in 2026.
Tecomitl will receive 11.6 million pesos and San Mateo Tlaltenango, 5.9 million, a figure that contrasts with what will be received by neighborhoods belonging to the Iztapalapa and Gustavo A. Madero boroughs, which have a larger population.
The Loma de la Palma neighborhood, located in the GAM, will receive 2,201,000 pesos, while the town of San Lorenzo Tezonco, in Iztapalapa, will receive 2,946,000 pesos as participatory budget.
Looking at the ballots at the Participatory Budget Consultation polling station Photo: Adrián Vázquez Archive/El Sol de México
The Finance Secretariat of the Mexico City government published in the Official Gazette that for 2026, the deputies of the local Congress approved 2,128,854,000 pesos for participatory projects that will be voted on May 3rd and will be built by the 16 boroughs.
The Electoral Institute of Mexico City (IECM) explained to El Sol de México that this resource will be used until 2027, once the votes for the Participatory Budget corresponding to this year have been presented.
The budget funds are concentrated in the boroughs of Gustavo A. Madero and Iztapalapa, which together comprise more than 200 neighborhoods, and will therefore receive over 205 million pesos each. Most of the proposed projects include street light replacement, sidewalk and street repairs, park restoration, security modules, rainwater harvesting systems, and more, all aimed at improving residents’ quality of life.
Other municipalities that also receive more than 150 million pesos for participatory budgeting are: Cuauhtémoc with 178 million 574 thousand pesos; Álvaro Obregon with 158 million 545 thousand; and Venustiano Carranza with 154 million 342 thousand pesos; districts that have between 60 and 200 neighborhoods.
Cuajimalpa encompasses neighborhoods with budgets of 5,952,000 pesos for San Pedro Cuajimalpa, 5,583,000 pesos for the Santa Fe corridor, and 3,582,000 pesos for Bosques de las Lomas. This borough has a total budget of nearly 100 million pesos.
The districts with the smallest budgets, despite their large territorial extension, are Tláhuac, with 98 million 172 thousand pesos; Magdalena Contreras, with 95 million 306 thousand pesos; and Milpa Alta, with 82 million 486 thousand pesos.
As part of the work prior to the participatory budget vote, the General Council of the Electoral Institute of Mexico City approved the designs of the documentation, electoral and consultative ballots that will be used in the consultation of said budget.
Each ballot includes features to prevent unintentional invalidation when marking it. These include three new colors, and each ballot will also have unique graphics such as margins, corners, and illustrations.
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