Urgent Action!!!! Opportunity to Restore $5M to California Arts Council

In 2024, the California Arts Council budget took a significant hit and was cut by $5 million for two years, reducing its funding to just $21 million to serve the entire state. Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas and Assemblymember Chris Ward from San Diego, Chair of the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee, have both submitted letters requesting to restore that funding in the 2025-26 budget.

Use the form below to send a custom message to your representatives about the importance of public funding for the arts and to urge them to support restoring the $5 million to the CAC. If your representative is Senator Smallwood-Cuevas or Assemblymembers Ward, Boerner, Elhawary, Gipson, Lee, McKinnor, Ortega or Zbur (who signed on to the Assembly letter), your message will include a thank you for their support.

**Note: If the address you enter gets an error message, try your home address. The form is configured based on home address.

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