URGENT ACTION!
The arts in Los Angeles are in crisis and they need your voice.
The City of Los Angeles Budget and Finance Committee has put forward a
motion to eliminate the Department of Cultural Affairs dedicated source
of revenue.
Voice your support to maintain the only dedicated revenue source for neighborhood art and culture in the City of Los Angeles.
Take action by sending your Councilmember a letter voicing your opposition to this motion.
Take action by joining Arts for LA in providing public testimony at the council meeting on Wednesday, February 3rd.
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This morning, the Arts, Parks and Aging Committee accepted DCA’s proposal to apply a 10% mid-year cut to 09 grants that have not been paid out.
The Department's General Manger, Olga Garay, made the case that a 10% cut across the board cut was more equitable and cost effective than renegotiating each grant contract. The 10% mid-year cut will amount to approximately $200k in savings for the City. The Committee also gave DCA the authority to identify the additional $300k needed to fulfill the CAO’s recommendation that DCA implement a $500k cut. However, later that morning City Council removed the $300k requirement.
ContinuedThe news is getting even worse. Arts for LA just received word that the CAO's report is calling for the immediate elimination of the grants program - including all unencumbered 09/10 grants. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.
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Arts for LA announced today the launch of its advocacy campaign enlisting a broad coalition of stakeholder groups to voice support for arts education in LAUSD, the second largest school district in the nation. The campaign was developed in response to California's continuing fiscal crisis and LAUSD's subsequent proposal to eliminate 50% of Elementary Arts Teachers, or 173 of 345 teachers, for the 2010-2011 school year. The purpose of the campaign is to win board support to maintain the integrity of LAUSD's Arts Education program by retaining its elementary arts teachers.
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