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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Barela, Waldo <br />Sent: <br />Monday, June 29, 2020 7:03 AM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />FW: FY 2020-21 Budget Comments: Santa Ana Investing in the Artist Grant <br />Categories: Correspondence <br />From: Victor Payan <victor@masamedia.org> <br />Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 4:59 PM <br />To: BudgetOffice <BudgetOffice@santa-ana.org> <br />Cc: council@santa-ana.org; Ridge, Kristine <kridge@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: FY 2020-21 Budget Comments: Santa Ana Investing in the Artist Grant <br />Hello, <br />I am writing to strongly advocate for maintaining funding for the Santa Ana Investing in the Artist Grant, <br />which has awarded grants to 59 artists and arts organizations from throughout the City of Santa Ana since <br />its inception in 2015. In turn, funding from this popular and successful program has resulted in important <br />public programming that not only serves residents from all of Santa Ana's wards, but also promotes Santa <br />Ana as a cultural, tourist and shopping destination. The original funding allocation was $95,000, and the <br />allocation for each of the last four years was $70,000. <br />I do not see an allocation for this important program in the proposed 2020-21 budget, and am writing to <br />ask you to confirm whether or not funding for this program is included in the proposed budget. <br />Below is a public comment I submitted for the June 16 City Council meeting, for budget agenda item 75A- <br />1 for your review. <br />Thank You, <br />- Victor <br />Victor Payan <br />Director <br />Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA) <br />c:619-701-0073 <br />e: victoromasamedia.org <br />Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA) is a project of Community Partners, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. <br />