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| Special Budget Update: 3/17/04 Fight for the Arts in LA! We are fighting for the survival of arts and culture in Los Angeles. Mayor Jim Hahn is considering eliminating not only the $3.5 million grants program that reaches millions of LA residents and visitors each year, but the entire Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. Great Leap reaches up to 50,000 people each year with performances that cross cultural borders, build communities and change people’s lives with the support of the LACAD. Last summer, we fought the elimination of grants funding from the California Arts Council and lost our largest grants funder. We live in a state that spends 3 cents per person per year on the arts compared to a national average over $1 per capita (See my column "State of the Arts" from last August about the 94% cut to the CAC). Now we stand to lose funding from Los Angeles as well. If the LACAD is eliminated, Great Leap's major culminating performance of "To All Relations: Sacred Moon Songs" set for July 31, will most likely be cancelled. This multi-ethnic, arts residency project that links the Muslim, Mexican and Japanese American communities will be cancelled. Using the arts to share a message of tolerance and understanding will be cancelled. War rages on, but art that demands peace will be cancelled. We need to act now. Please sign the petition: STEP ONE: SIGN THE PETITION! http://www.petitiononline.com/SaveCAD/petition.html STEP TWO: CUT AND PASTE THIS LETTER, THEN SEND IT! Emails for all 15 council people and other important people: cut and paste to email them all at once. reyes@council.lacity.org, greuel@council.lacity.org, zine@council.lacity.org, labonge@council.lacity.org, weiss@council.lacity.org, cardenas@council.lacity.org, padilla@council.lacity.org, parks@council.lacity.org, perry@council.lacity.org, ludlow@council.lacity.org, Miscikowski@council.lacity.org, smith@council.lacity.org, garcetti@council.lacity.org, villaraigosa@council.lacity.org, hahn@council.lacity.org, MayorHahn@mayor.lacity.org, dliu@MAYOR.lacity.org, jkirwan@MAYOR.lacity.org Sample Letter Subject: Do not eliminate the LA Cultural Affairs Department! Dear (Council Person or whoever): I am an (artist/administrator/whatever) and am very concerned about what is happening with the Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Los Angeles (CAD). It is a shame as: Just as Los Angeles was starting to get recognized by the rest of the world....posted in today's www.artsjournal.com daily newsletter: ”L.A. Culture: No, It's Not An Oxymoron To hear most people tell it, you would think that Los Angeles is a sun-drenched wasteland of zombified Hollywood dunderheads, sipping mineral water while they sit in traffic on their way to yet another insipid premiere. As far as arts and culture go, most East Coasters would probably smirk at the mention of such things existing in L.A. But while the rest of North America looks down its nose, Los Angeles has quietly become one of the continent's best arts towns, and other cities would do well to follow its example, says Martin Knelman. - Toronto Star 03/07/04” http://www.artsjournal.com/artsissues/redir/20040308-41219.html The economic impact to the city will be immeasurable as not only are individual artists and art organizations effected, but also so are the other economic sectors that support the arts industry in this city such as tourism, printing, facility rental, transportation, to name just a few. We are writing to you so that you will reconsider and keep CAD intact; Certainly other options, not as drastic are available. Think “out of the box”. Sincerely, (Your Name) (Your Title) (Your Organization) etc STEP THREE: TELL A FRIEND AND GO TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS! Here is info on City Council Meetings. Go to them!! Anyone can speak during "public comment time". Call Tony the day before to make sure that they aren't in recess or cancelled. Tony, District 1: 213-485-3451 (you can also call any other District office to see) Public Comment time starts at 10:00, keep comments to 2 minutes or so. Try to get there a few minutes before. Apparently they try to hear everyone out. They happen on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:00AM. 200 North Spring Street, City Hall Downtown LA, CA Room 345 There are always at least 10 members present at each meeting. If there are not, they adjourn, that is why you should call the day before to make sure the meeting is still happening. It is recommended that you call in advance to make sure the meeting is happening. The day before is fine. BONUS STEP: MAKE A PHONE CALL! Office of the Mayor James Hahn, Mayor 200 N. Spring St., Room 303 Los Angeles, CA 90012 tel. 213.978.0600 fax 213.9780656 MayorHahn@mayor.lacity.org City Council Arts, Parks, Health & Aging Committee Tom LaBonge, Chair 213.485.3337 tlabonge@council.lacity.org Alex Padilla 213.847.7777 Padilla@council.lacity.org Martin Ludlow 213.473.7010 Ludlow@council.lacity.org City Council Budget & Finance Committee Bernard Parks, Chair 213.473.7008 www.lacity.org/COUNCIL/cd8 Cindy Miscikowski, Vice Chair 213.485.3811 miscikow@council.lacity.org Tony Cardenas 213.473.7006 www.lacity.org/COUNCIL/cd6 Eric Garcetti 213.473.7013 garcetti@council.lacity.org Greig Smith 213.485.3343 gsmith@council.lacity.org Mayor’s Budget Team Leaders Doane Liu 213.978.0622 dliu@MAYOR.lacity.org Deputy Mayor City of Los Angeles Julia Kirwan 213.978.0723 jkirwan@MAYOR.lacity.org Executive Director Office of Management and Budget LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL Mailing address: 200 N. Spring St. (Insert Room Number) Los Angeles, CA 90012 Ed Reyes, District 1 Room 410 Phone: (213) 485-3451 Fax: (213) 485-8907 Reyes@council.lacity.org Wendy Greuel, District 2 Room 475 Phone: (213) 473-7002 Fax: (213) 680-7895 Greuel@council.lacity.org Dennis Zine, District 3 Room 450 Phone: 213.473.7003 Fax: 213.485.8988 Zine@council.lacity.org Tom LaBonge, District 4 Room 480 Phone: (213) 485-3337 Fax: (213) 624-7810 tlabonge@council.lacity.org Jack Weiss, District 5 Room 440 Phone: (213) 473-7005 Fax: (213) 978-2250 Weiss@council.lacity.org Tony Cardenas, District 6 Room 455 Phone: (213) 473-7006 Fax: (213) 847-0549 www.lacity.org/COUNCIL/cd6 Alex Padilla, District 7 Room 465 Phone: (213) 847-7777 Fax: (213) 847-0707 Padilla@council.lacity.org Bernard Parks, District 8 Room 460 Phone: (213) 473-7008 Fax: (213) 485-7683 www.lacity.org/COUNCIL/cd8 Jan Perry, District 9 Room 420 Phone: (213) 473-7009 Fax: (213) 473-5946 Perry@council.lacity.org Martin Ludlow, District 10 Room 430 Phone: (213) 473-7010 Fax: (213) 485-9829 Ludlow@council.lacity.org Cindy Miscikowski, District 11 Room 415 Phone: (213) 485-3811 Fax: (213) 473-6926 miscikow@council.lacity.org Greig Smith, District 12 Room 405 Phone: (213) 473-7012 Fax: (213) 473-6925 gsmith@council.lacity.org Eric Garcetti, District 13 Room 470 Phone: (213) 473-7013 Fax: (213) 613 0819 garcetti@council.lacity.org Antonio Villaraigosa, District 14 Room 425 Phone: (213) 473-7014 Fax: (213) 847-0680 Villaraigosa@council.lacity.org Janice Hahn, District 15 Room 435 Phone: (213)-473-7015 Fax: (213)-626-5431 jhahn@council.lacity.org |
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