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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 46
Author: Calderon (D), et al.
Amended: 4/20/15 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 4/20/15
SUBJECT: Arts Council: funding
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution declares the importance of the arts to
the state and the essential role of the Arts Council in
promoting the arts throughout the state, and urges a unified
effort between the Legislature and the Governor to provide a
substantial increase in the General Fund appropriation to the
California Arts Council (CAC).
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)Since the 1970s, the Arts Council, also known as the CAC, has
served the state by strategically promoting increased access
to the arts for all Californians, particularly for residents
living in communities that lack sufficient and convenient
opportunities to experience the benefits of the arts in their
lives.
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2)In the past, the state appropriated funds that could
meaningfully support the programs of the CAC. However,
beginning in 2003, the annual funding of the CAC from the
General Fund drastically dropped, and since that time, the
funding has remained essentially flat at a $1 million annual
appropriation, making California one of the lowest ranked
states to invest in the arts on a per capita basis. The
programs of the CAC that once reached rural towns, underserved
urban neighborhoods, prisons, and schools have either been
depleted or discontinued entirely.
3)The arts invigorate the state and national economies. The
creative sector has become one of the state's most important
drivers of economic growth. The 2013 Otis Report on the
Creative Economy, analyzing the economic impact of the
creative economy in the state, concluded that 9.7% of jobs in
the state are connected, directly or indirectly, to the
creative industries. A recent report by the United States
Bureau of Economic Analysis concluded that the arts and
culture sector represent 3.2% of the nation's gross domestic
product in 2011.
4)The arts bolster small and large businesses and the nonprofit
sector. Local merchants directly benefit when people attend
art events in their community because attendees make purchases
related to the event, including, among other things, meals and
parking. Nationally, in 2011, exports outside the United
States of art-related goods, including, but not limited to,
movies, paintings, and jewelry, substantially increased and
resulted in a trade surplus within the arts industry. The
national nonprofit arts industry annually generates billions
in economic activity and provides millions of jobs.
5)The arts spark creativity and innovation in the workforce.
Creativity is recognized as one of the top five applied
employee skills sought by business leaders. Nobel laureates
in the sciences are 17 times more likely to be actively
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engaged in the arts than other scientists.
6)The arts enhance our society. A recent study demonstrated
that a high concentration of the arts in a city leads to
higher civic engagement, more social cohesion, higher child
welfare, and lower poverty rates. A vibrant arts community
ensures that young people are not left to experience their
society through a pop culture and tabloid marketplace.
7)The arts improve healthcare. Nearly one-half of the nation's
healthcare institutions provide arts programming for patients,
families, and staff on the basis that art programs promote
healing in patients, resulting in shorter hospital stays,
better pain management, and less medication.
8)The arts improve academic performance. Students with an
education rich in the arts have higher grades and standardized
test scores and lower rates of dropping out of school.
Students with four years of arts or music in high school
average 100 more points on their SAT scores than students with
just one-half of a year of arts or music. While art education
is mandated by state law, California is failing to provide a
sufficient arts education. For the past 30 years arts
education in schools has been disappearing at an alarming
rate. Between 1999 and 2004, student enrollment in music
education declined by almost half. The state's recent fiscal
crisis has resulted in still more dramatic cuts to visual and
performing arts education programs for students throughout the
state.
9)By increasing the state's investment in the arts through
funding the programs of the CAC in the 2015-16 Budget Act, the
Legislature and the Governor would strengthen the ability of
the CAC to invigorate the state and national economies,
including businesses of all sizes and the nonprofit sector,
foster creativity in the lives of people in their workplaces
and communities, secure a more solid cultural and educational
experience for our children, and cultivate healthy human
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lives, both physically and emotionally.
This resolution declares the importance of the arts to the state
and the essential role of the CAC in promoting the arts
throughout the state, and urges a unified effort between the
Legislature and the Governor to provide a substantial increase
in the General Fund appropriation to the CAC.
Prior/Related Legislation
AB 1662 (Calderon, 2013-14) would have created an annual
continuous appropriation from the General Fund (GF) to the CAC
in an unspecified amount, and made various legislative findings
and declarations. AB 1662 was held in the Assembly
Appropriations Committee on Suspense.
AB 580 (Nazarian, 2013-14) was substantially similar to AB 1662,
but contained an appropriation of $75 million dollars for CAC.
AB 580 was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on
Suspense.
SB 1432 (Lieu), of 2013-14, also substantially similar to AB
1662, but with a $25 million dollar continuous appropriation for
CAC. SB 1432 was held in Senate Appropriations Committee.
SB 571 (Price, Chapter 430, Statues of 2013) allowed taxpayers
to once again make voluntary contributions to the California
Arts Council Fund on their state personal income tax returns.
SB 1076 (Price, Chapter 319, Statutes of 2010) allowed taxpayers
to make voluntary contributions to the California Arts Council
Fund on their state personal income tax returns. This act sunset
due to failure of the CAC to reach the statutory threshold of
$250,000 in tax donations.
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FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified7/13/15)
Arts for LA
Arts Orange County
California Alliance for Arts Education
California Arts Advocates
California Association of Museums
California Center for the Arts
California State PTA
Californians for the ARTS
Theatre West
OPPOSITION: (Verified7/13/15)
None received
Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
7/14/15 12:19:51
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