City Council Moves Lease Subsidy Issue to Committee
City Council Moves Lease Subsidy Issue to Committee
On June 1st, 2010, the Los Angeles City Council voted to move the proposed Nonprofit Lease Subsidy Council File into the Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee.
Leased City-Owned Properties Issue in City Council, 5/19
Leased City-Owned Properties Issue in City Council, 5/19
The Leased City-Owned Properties/Non-profit Organizations Council File has been scheduled for the Wednesday, May 19th City Council meeting. This is the full City Council, not the Arts, Parks & Aging Committee as the letter-writing campaign requested.For the background on this issue, please click here.
Watts Towers Arts Center; photo from wattstowers.us
LA Cultural Centers
The City of LA is pursuing a plan to "partner out" cultural centers currently managed by the City of LA's Department of Cultural Affairs. The affected Centers are listed below. Hundreds of supporters of each of the Centers have written to City Council, requesting that the Centers remain open and functional during this process.
Ghost Road's production of Four Dervishes, 2004
LA City Allocation of Grant Money
Over 700 letters have been sent to City Council members regarding this issue. Congratulations, Advocates: We are being heard.
Update on DCA Fund Allocation Issue
Update on DCA Fund Allocation Issue
Although the Budget & Finance Committee process is somewhat difficult to follow, Arts for LA will do our best to quickly provide a snapshot of what took place.
To get the full story, you can watch the hearing when it is posted at http://councilcommittee. lacity.org/budget/video.htm.
Here’s what we know in a nutshell:
There was no action taken by Budget & Finance during today’s hearing on the Department of Cultural Affairs Budget.
