Arts Funding on November Ballot in L.A.
Submitted by Steve on August 21, 2014
From Mike Boehm at the Los Angeles Times:
Among the decisions voters will face on the Nov. 4 ballot (in L.A. County) is whether to absorb $23 in annual per-parcel property taxes over the next 30 years for improvements to parks and cultural facilities within them as well as recreational facilities, beaches and wildlife areas. If the required two-thirds supermajority says yes, the county would have $53 million each year to spend for all those purposes combined. In L.A. County, most of the key publicly owned or funded arts venues are in county, municipal or state parks, all of which would be eligible for the funding.
If the ballot measure passes, it would bring $1.6 billion in all; based on experience, the arts would get a modest slice of that pie, but it would still add up to tens of millions of dollars for building, renovating and maintaining museums and performance venues.