WATTS TOWERS by Sam Rodia
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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, 1% of the Transit Occupancy Tax (TOT).
This means the immediate elimination of the Department of Cultural
Affairs' grants program that provides direct support to local
artists and arts organizations like Los Angeles Art Association, as
well as much of the administration funding for 18 of the city's arts
centers, including the Watts Towers. As you know, arts and culture are important economic drivers for
Los Angeles, and are an important part of our economic recovery.
Arts mean jobs, arts bring cultural tourists, arts lower youth crime
rates, and arts create economic development. With no plan for
reinstituting this dedicated source of revenue, this motion could
mean the end of public investment for arts and culture for
generations to come. Please take two minutes of your time to contact your
councilmembers, or the sponsors of the motion, to voice your support
for the arts and your opposition to this motion: Eric Garcetti, the City Council President http://advocate.artsforla.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1712 Jan Perry, the City Councilmember for Downtown Los Angeles-
http://advocate.artsforla.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1708 REALLY IMPORTANT: Beyond contacting your council members, we need
people to physically attend the Los Angeles City Council meeting on
February 3rd, 2010, to give public testimony regarding the value of
the Department of Cultural Affairs.
https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5768/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=18394 Check the Arts for LA for updates:
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