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Arts Task Force urges coordinated funding and a city liaison to protect San Francisco’s arts
Summary
The Arts Task Force told the Planning Commission that San Francisco’s arts infrastructure is fragmented, neighborhood arts funding has been cut and the city should coordinate impact-fee revenue, create an interdepartmental arts liaison and restore neighborhood programs.
Deborah Walker, chair of the Arts Task Force, told the Planning Commission on Sept. 7 that the city’s arts agencies and funding programs are fragmented and that the task force recommends structural changes to preserve and expand arts activity citywide.
Walker said the task force found a “conservative estimate” from a 1987 study that arts activity brought about $1,400,000,000 into the local economy and that recent budget shifts have reduced support. “We estimated last year's cuts to the…
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