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<br />Araiza, Fatima <br />From:Yvonne Flores <yvonnefloresrealtor@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Monday, May 06, <br />To:eComment <br />Cc:Jose Flores <br />Subject:Arts Funding - Item 30 Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />Mayor and City Council, <br /> <br />I am writing to you today to make a public comment in support of robust arts funding in our city. Santa Ana is <br />the heart of the County and the City must include Art in the City's 2024-25 Budget or get left behind in the Arts <br />scene by other cities. <br />1. ARTWALK - I advocate for the city to fund Artwalk directly every year and that the Artwalk be redirected and held in the Artists <br />Village instead of the East End as it is now. <br />2. NEW AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT <br />I advocate for the city to require 1% funding to be given to the arts budget from every new private development in the city. <br />3. ARTISTS GRANTS AND EVENT SPONSORSHIPS - I advocate for the city to fund this at 1 million dollars a year. <br />4. ARTS CULTURE MASTER PLAN - I advocate that the city fully fund an Arts Culture Master Plan. Compared to other cities <br />in Orange County who lack the vibrant and organic arts and culture, Santa Ana has one of the smallest budgets in the county. <br />5. ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT - I advocate that the city create and fund an Arts and Culture Department that will <br />help lead the city in Arts and Culture. <br />6. BOWERS MUSEUM - For 2023/2024 The Bowers Museum received a subsidy of $1,674,210. I advocate that you reduce <br />the amount given to Bowers Museum and cap it at $1M per year, which would allow you to provide $674,210 to Arts <br />throughout the rest of the city. Stop giving all the money to Bowers Museum and share the wealth throughout the city and to <br />all artists within the city. <br />Respectfully, <br /> <br />Yvonne Flores <br />Resident and Business Owner <br />Artists Village, Santa Ana <br />-- <br /> <br />Yvonne Flores, ARM, CPM Candidate <br />Broker DRE #01221486 <br /> <br />Property Manager | Notary Public <br />OFFICE: 714-452-1111 | <br />Yvonne.Flores@Westcliff.Properties <br />WestcliffPropertiesCA.com <br /> <br />VENDORS: Please email invoices <br />to: westcliff@invoices.appfolio.com <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />