It's kind of short notice but anyone who has time time to go tonite or tomorrow morning to the actual meeting please show up..this is a really important issue..please forward this to your email list..thanks. .s
On Wednesday, February 3rd, L.A. City Council's Budget & Finance Committee will put forward a motion to dissolve Cultural Affairs.
We are inviting the community to an open forum discussion.
Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: 132 S. Beaudry Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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URGENT ACTION! Photo Courtesy of Grand Performances
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.
Take action by blasting this alert to your networks.Use the service links below to share with Facebook, Twitter, Digg etc.
Take two minutes and send your city council member an email. Remind your Council Member that the arts:
Make money
Attract tourists
Attract businesses
Arts, like parks are for everyone
This motion will go before to Council for a vote this Wednesday, February 3rd. Show the City Council the power of the arts community. Attend the Council meeting and provide public comment. We need to remind Council of just how important the arts are to Los Angeles.
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Hi Everybody,
I am emailing to ask a huge favor. The LA City CAO has recommended to cut the Cultural Affairs Department by 30 employees, or 48% of its workforce, AND *eliminate* the entire Human Services Department.
As you know I am a member of the Human Relations Commission (HRC), so most of the info I am fwding is related to HRC. Please see attached and links/info below regarding the elimination of the Human Services Dept. This will mean that *all* staff that serve the three commissions: Human Relations Commission, Commission on Children, Youth, and Families, and Commission on the Status of Women, will be layed off. If this happens, this would lead to the demise of the three commissions and public safety in Los Angeles.
City Council members must make informed decisions, realizing the existence of the HSD far outweighs the costs of any lawsuits and private/contract services needed to implement peace mediations around race, gender, religion, citizenship, etc. They need to realize the history of how the HRC was born out of the 1965 Watts Uprising and the role these commissions continue to play in making LA a great place to live.
You will find articles about the budget recommendation to eliminate the HSD at:
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_14291217
http://mobile.latimes.com/inf/infomo;jsessionid= A7A9DFF6FF4B3368 400E.5058?view=page7&feed:a=latimes_1min&feed:c=localnews&feed:i=51893973&nopaging=1
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-la- budget21- 2010jan21, 0,6914580.story
I would truly appreciate it if you could email or call your City Council Rep. or all of City Council for that matter, urging them to vote "NO" on cuts to the Cultural Affairs Dept and the elimination of the Human Service Department. The Mid-Year Status report will be heard in Budget and Finance Committee on *Monday Feb.1st at 1pm* and will go before the full City Council on *Wed. Feb. 3rd at 10am *in Council Chambers. Please feel free to forward this email.
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It is budget time of the year again and of course that means that the Human Services Department (Human Relations) is on the chopping block again.
This year, they are talking about *complete elimination* of our department.
So, as is my tradition each year, I'm encouraging people to ask their electeds not to cut a department that does so much for so many in this City. I tell you very sincerely with 100% certainty that your calls and
e-mails in previous years have been immensely powerful.
Please take 5 minutes and send City Council and the Mayor a little e-mail message to let them know that we do invaluable work. You can compose your own e-mail message or cut and paste the "model" e-mail I have attached for you into the body of your e-mail. Please don't forward this e-mail--just do a simple cut & paste.
Also please feel free to call AND e-mail. Here is the contact information for everyone:
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
mayor.villaraigosa@lacity.org
(213) 978-0600
Council Member Ed Reyes
councilmember.reyes@lacity.org
(213) 473-7001
Council Member Paul Krekorian
councilmember.krekorian@lacity.org
(213) 473-7002
Council Member Dennis Zine
councilmember.zine@lacity. org
(213) 473-7003
Council Member Tom LaBonge
councilmember. labonge@lacity.org
(213) 473-7004
Council Member Paul Koretz
councilmember.koretz@lacity.org
(213) 473-7005
Council Member Tony Cardenas
councilmember.cardenas@lacity.org
(213) 473-7006
Council Member Richard Alarcon
councilmember.alarcon@lacity.org
(213) 473-7007
Council Member Bernard Parks (Chair of Budget & Finance)
councilmember.parks@lacity.org
(213) 473-7008
Council Member Jan Perry
councilmember.perry@lacity.org
(213) 473-7009
Council Member Herb Wesson
councilmember.wesson@lacity.org
(213) 473-7010
Council Member Bill Rosendahl
councilmember.rosendahl@lacity.org
(213) 473-7011
Council Member Greig Smith
councilmember.smith@lacity.org
(213) 473-7012
Council Member Eric Garcetti
councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org
(213) 473-7013
Council Member Jose Huizar
councilmember.huizar@lacity.org
(213) 473-7014
Council Member Janice Hahn
councilmember.hahn@lacity.org
(213) 473-7015
THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH!
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