Economic Impact Studies & Cultural Plans
Arts in the Balance: A Survey of Arts Funding in Los Angeles County 1998 to 2008
A Partnership of Southern California Grantmakers and the UCLA Center for Civil Society

Report on the Creative Economy in the Los Angeles Region
Otis College of Art & Design, September 2008

The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Cultural Organizations and Their Audiences in Fresno County, CA
Americans for the Arts 2008

Creative Industries: The State Report 2008
Americans for the Arts 2008

Creative Industries Report in San Diego
Americans for the Arts 2008

San Diego: Vibrant Culture, Vibrant City
FY 2007 Arts and Culture Economic Community Impact Report

Arts & Economic Prosperity III
Americans for the Arts 2007

Arts & Economic Prosperity III
Santa Clara County 2007

Arts & Economic Prosperity III
Santa Cruz County 2007

Arts & Economic Prosperity III
Riverside County FY 2005

The Arts Bring A Competitive Edge to Local Economies
League of California Cities 2000

Report on the Creative Economy of the Los Angeles Region
Otis College of Art & Design by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation 2007

Understanding the San Diego Region
The San Diego Foundation 2007

Economic Impact Report: Cultural, Educational and Local Impacts
University of California, Davis  2006

The Economic Impact of the Nonprofit Arts on Orange County
Orange County Business Committee for the Arts Inc.  2006

Creative Industries Report for California Legislative Districts
Americans for the Arts 2006

Artists' Centers:  Evolution and Impact on Careers, Neighborhoods and Economies
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs  2006

A Competitive Advantage for California II: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Cultural Organizations in California
California Arts Council 2004

FY 2005 Economic and Community Impact Report
City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and San Diego Regional Arts and Culture Coalition

Grantee Impact Report
Los Angeles County Arts Commission 2003/2004

White Paper on the Economic Impact of the Arts and Culture Industry in San Jose
San Jose Arts and Culture Roundtable 2003

Economic Impact of the City of Sacramento Convention, Culture and Leisure Department on the City of Sacramento
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission 2002

Economic Impact of the Arts in the Sacramento Region
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission 2001
On December 3, 2001, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Arts held an interim hearing, The Arts Advantage to California in the Changing World, and heard  three hours of testimony from experts around the state.

"The arts have become intricately woven into California's economy and identity and we must find ways to
                foster and increase arts opportunities throughout the state."

Senator Jack Scott
Chair, Joint Legislative Committee on the Arts
California State Legisatlure

Cultural Policy Reports
Los Angeles Cultural Mater Plan
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs: Updates 2008

A Community Cultural Plan for Napa County
Administered by the Arts Council of Napa Valley 2008

Santa Monica Cultural Plan
Creative Capital, Culture, Community, Vision  August 2007

Orange County Cultural Indicators Report - Measuring Progress Toward a More Creative Community
Arts Orange County and Orange County Community Foundation, 2006

The 2005 Ventura Cultural Plan: Creating California's New Arts City
Adopted by the City of San Buenaventura September 2005

Arts & Culture Plan
Presented by the Civic Arts Commission of the City Berkeley 2004

Comprehensive Cultural Policy for the State of California
Commissioned by the California Arts Council 1978

Sub-National Cultural Policy--Where the Action is?  Mapping State Cultural Policy in the United States
by J. Mark Schuster January 2002

Oakland Cultural Arts Resource Mapping Project
California Arts Advocates l P.O. Box 601902 l Sacramento, CA 95860 l  Advocacy@CaliforniaArtsAdvocates.org
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