Legislative Update

May 9, 2008

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1. AB 2728 in the Appropriations Committee and placed on the suspense file.

Last week, the Assembly Appropriations Committee took up hundreds of items on their so-called "suspense file." The "suspense file" is the method by which the committee prioritizes bills totaling $150,000 or greater, and ultimately determines if they will be passed and sent to the Floor, or remain with the committee indefinitely.                         

                         

California Arts Advocates sent ACTION ALERTS to constituents of the Assembly Speaker Núñez, Speaker-elect Bass, and members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. 

Their constituents are taking action. Will you?

       

Visit the California Arts Advocates Take Action Center and email your legislator.

It takes two minutes, and one minute to tell a friend that you did.

 

Click here for a sample letter to place on your desk top and copy and paste when needed in the future. 

Click here to read letter to the editor in the Santa Barbara Independent asking for an investment in the arts.

2. California Alliance for Arts Education is asking civic and business leaders to support arts education.

CAAE’s executive director Laurie Schell is seeking support from business and civic organizations for arts education funding.  Music and arts education funding is facing possible cuts due to California’s fiscal crisis.  For more information, visit the CAAE website www.artsed411.org

3.  Governor Schwarzenegger will announce his May Revise on May 15.

The May Revise is the Governor’s revised budget proposal using recent economic figures from April’s tax revenues.  Click here for more information from the Department of Finance.

Thank you to the organizations and individuals who are members of California Arts Advocates, making our advocacy work in Sacramento possible