WEBVTT 00:00:08.208 --> 00:00:08.575 ALL RIGHT. 00:00:08.641 --> 00:00:12.078 WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS HEARING TO ORDER IN 60 SECONDS 00:00:12.145 --> 00:00:22.956 TO HAVE OUR VIDEO FEED THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT. 00:00:28.695 --> 00:00:30.997 HE'S GOING TO HELP THE TECH 00:00:31.064 --> 00:00:32.499 SUPER. 00:00:34.934 --> 00:00:35.101 ALL RIGHT. 00:00:35.168 --> 00:00:37.137 LET'S CALL THIS HEARING TO ORDER. 00:00:37.203 --> 00:00:40.006 THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON THE CALIFORNIA 00:00:40.073 --> 00:00:42.609 STATE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS AND 00:00:42.675 --> 00:00:43.843 OUR JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS. 00:00:43.910 --> 00:00:44.778 AND WE INVITE OUR 00:00:44.844 --> 00:00:47.247 WE WELCOME OUR FRIENDS FROM THE ASSEMBLY AS WELL 00:00:47.313 --> 00:00:48.982 WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH OUR ARTS COMMITTEE, 00:00:49.048 --> 00:00:51.017 BOTH OF OUR COMMITTEES. 00:00:51.084 --> 00:00:54.154 WE WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUES WHO'VE COME FROM ALL OVER 00:00:54.220 --> 00:00:58.458 AS FAR AWAY AS PADRE ISLAND TO JOIN US HERE. 00:00:58.658 --> 00:01:01.094 WE WANT TO ALSO ESPECIALLY THANK EXHIBITION PARK 00:01:01.494 --> 00:01:03.630 AND THE WONDERFUL CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER, 00:01:04.964 --> 00:01:08.501 MONIQUE HUDSON, ANDREA AND RICARDO MENDOZA. 00:01:08.902 --> 00:01:10.570 THEY ALL WORK SO HARD TO MAKE THIS HEARING POSSIBLE. 00:01:10.637 --> 00:01:11.704 THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL SPACE. 00:01:11.771 --> 00:01:13.840 LAST TIME I WAS HERE ACTUALLY WAS IN THE IMMEDIATE 00:01:13.907 --> 00:01:16.810 AFTERMATH OF THE FIRES, WHERE THEY HELD A BIG 00:01:17.777 --> 00:01:20.814 FORUM WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS ON ALL THE CHALLENGES. 00:01:20.880 --> 00:01:21.448 POST-FIRE. 00:01:21.514 --> 00:01:22.749 SO THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE 00:01:22.816 --> 00:01:25.285 TO COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS BIG ISSUES. 00:01:25.952 --> 00:01:28.755 OUR OUR OUR FOCUS TODAY IS ON THE CULTURAL 00:01:28.822 --> 00:01:31.224 OLYMPIAD, ALL THE CULTURAL PROGRAMS 00:01:31.291 --> 00:01:32.459 THAT ARE BEING PLANNED FOR THE L.A. 00:01:32.525 --> 00:01:36.563 28 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. 00:01:36.996 --> 00:01:39.799 YOU KNOW, THE TERM CULTURAL OLYMPIAD STARTED 00:01:40.166 --> 00:01:44.270 AS A MODERN PHENOMENON IN THE IN THE 1992 GAMES IN BARCELONA. 00:01:45.205 --> 00:01:48.007 BUT THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ARTS AND CULTURE COMPONENT 00:01:48.074 --> 00:01:52.078 TO THE OLYMPICS ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 1912 STOCKHOLM GAMES. 00:01:52.145 --> 00:01:54.581 IN FACT, FOR QUITE SOME TIME THERE WERE MEDALS, 00:01:54.647 --> 00:01:57.150 OLYMPIC MEDALS GIVEN OUT IN ART COMPETITIONS, 00:01:57.684 --> 00:01:59.085 WHICH I THINK IS WONDERFUL. 00:01:59.152 --> 00:02:01.955 AND MAYBE WE SHOULD RECONSIDER, YOU KNOW, 00:02:02.021 --> 00:02:03.923 CONSIDER BRINGING THEM BACK 00:02:04.791 --> 00:02:08.094 AND WE CAN DO A CINEMATOGRAPHY MEDAL MAYBE FOR LOS ANGELES. 00:02:08.828 --> 00:02:12.165 SO, YOU KNOW, WE BUT I THINK THEY HAD SCULPTURE 00:02:12.232 --> 00:02:15.702 AND PAINTING, MUSIC, LITERATURE, ARCHITECTURE, AND. 00:02:16.302 --> 00:02:20.206 AND THEN IN 56 IN MELBOURNE, THEY THEN TRANSITIONED 00:02:20.707 --> 00:02:25.044 THIS EFFORT OF, OF MEDALS AND CULTURE TO THESE EXHIBITIONS 00:02:25.111 --> 00:02:28.314 AND FESTIVALS THAT HAVE BEEN NOW USUALLY, 00:02:28.882 --> 00:02:32.886 YOU KNOW, COTERMINOUS WITH THE, WITH WITH THE GAMES SO. 00:02:32.952 --> 00:02:34.854 SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY 00:02:34.921 --> 00:02:36.589 AND THE CONTEXT. 00:02:36.656 --> 00:02:39.292 WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE CULTURAL IMPACT 00:02:39.359 --> 00:02:42.762 WAS CONCEIVED IN PRIOR GAMES AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT 00:02:43.396 --> 00:02:46.065 HOW THE CULTURAL IMPACT IS BEING PLANNED BY L.A. 00:02:46.132 --> 00:02:48.401 28, ALONG WITH THE CULTURAL PROGRAMS 00:02:48.468 --> 00:02:50.637 BEING PLANNED BY OUR HOST CITY, L.A. COUNTY 00:02:51.771 --> 00:02:53.473 PARTNERS AROUND THE REGION. 00:02:53.540 --> 00:02:53.673 WE'RE GOING 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:55.875 TO LOOK AT COLLABORATION BETWEEN LOCAL PARTNERS. 00:02:56.809 --> 00:02:58.912 AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE ARTS 00:02:58.978 --> 00:03:01.114 COMMUNITY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. 00:03:01.180 --> 00:03:03.683 SEVERAL PANELISTS WORK WITH ARTS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. 00:03:04.050 --> 00:03:04.817 THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE THEIR WORK 00:03:04.884 --> 00:03:06.786 SO FAR AND FEEDBACK ON THE PLANNING EFFORTS. 00:03:06.853 --> 00:03:08.721 AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO A REALLY THOUGHTFUL, 00:03:08.788 --> 00:03:10.757 FORWARD LOOKING DISCUSSION TODAY. 00:03:10.823 --> 00:03:13.126 AND THIS IS A 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.729 SOMETHING THAT I THINK MY LAST HEARING AS A STATE SENATOR. 00:03:16.796 --> 00:03:18.998 SO IT'S A LITTLE BITTERSWEET FOR ME. 00:03:19.065 --> 00:03:22.001 I'VE BEEN CHAIR OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE IN ADDITION 00:03:22.068 --> 00:03:25.772 TO THIS COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS. 00:03:26.706 --> 00:03:28.641 BUT THE ARTS HAVE BEEN SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 00:03:28.708 --> 00:03:29.509 AND MY MOM IS A WORKING 00:03:29.576 --> 00:03:32.045 ARTIST, WAS CHAIR OF THE ARTS COMMISSION IN MY HOMETOWN. 00:03:32.612 --> 00:03:33.580 WE KNOW THAT THE ARTS ARE SUCH 00:03:33.646 --> 00:03:36.115 AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT IT IS TO BE CALIFORNIA IN THE FUTURE. 00:03:36.182 --> 00:03:40.520 SO MUCH OF OUR HEART AND SOUL AND THE WAY THAT THE WORLD SEES 00:03:40.587 --> 00:03:42.989 US, THEY FEEL DREAMS AND 00:03:43.056 --> 00:03:45.758 AND DRIVE INNOVATION AND SUPPORT AND TOURISM AND COMMUNITY 00:03:45.825 --> 00:03:48.294 WELL-BEING AND EMERGING INDUSTRIES. 00:03:48.361 --> 00:03:50.396 AND, OF COURSE, YOU'RE SUCH A FOLLOW ON IMPACT. 00:03:50.463 --> 00:03:51.030 AND SO 00:03:51.097 --> 00:03:53.900 SO MUCH OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND AND OUR WORKFORCE. 00:03:54.667 --> 00:03:57.937 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS SUMMER COULD PROVIDE 00:03:58.304 --> 00:04:00.940 TO OUR REGION, BOTH AS A 00:04:02.208 --> 00:04:05.278 AN EXCITING VISITOR EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO AS A JUMPSTART 00:04:05.345 --> 00:04:06.746 TO SO MUCH 00:04:06.813 --> 00:04:09.983 OF THE KIND OF CULTURAL LEGACY THAT WE KNOW WE CAN BUILD. 00:04:10.049 --> 00:04:10.783 AND WE KNOW THAT THE L.A. 00:04:10.850 --> 00:04:14.120 OPERA, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A LEGACY OF THE 1984 GAMES. 00:04:14.387 --> 00:04:16.389 AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY THAT IS. 00:04:16.456 --> 00:04:18.858 AND I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT AND SO MANY OTHERS. 00:04:19.425 --> 00:04:23.162 SO LET ME GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OUR VICE CHAIR 00:04:23.363 --> 00:04:23.730 AT THE JOINT 00:04:23.796 --> 00:04:25.198 COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS ASSEMBLYMEMBER WARD, 00:04:25.264 --> 00:04:26.833 AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 00:04:26.899 --> 00:04:30.470 AND THEN WE'LL INVITE UP TO THE DANCE 00:04:31.204 --> 00:04:34.207 AND BRING VIEWS FROM FROM EXHIBITION PARK. 00:04:34.273 --> 00:04:35.842 AND ALSO PAUL KRIKORIAN, WHO'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 00:04:35.908 --> 00:04:37.577 FOR OFFICE OF MAJOR EVENTS FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. 00:04:37.644 --> 00:04:37.977 IN FACT, 00:04:38.044 --> 00:04:40.213 IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, ONCE YOU MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:42.782 THE TABLE HERE AND BUT LET ME LET ME TURN IT OVER 00:04:43.016 --> 00:04:45.451 WHILE YOU'RE GETTING UP HERE TO SENATOR WARD. 00:04:45.518 --> 00:04:47.120 WELL, THANK YOU, SENATOR ALLEN. 00:04:47.186 --> 00:04:49.489 REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM BRINGING US HERE TOGETHER. 00:04:49.922 --> 00:04:50.757 GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 00:04:50.823 --> 00:04:52.058 WAS AN EASY DRIVE UP FROM MY HOME 00:04:52.125 --> 00:04:54.127 DISTRICT IN SAN DIEGO, AND I'M JUST REALLY DELIGHTED 00:04:54.193 --> 00:04:56.062 TO BE HERE FOR THIS HEARING TODAY, 00:04:56.129 --> 00:04:57.797 BOTH AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATURE'S 00:04:57.864 --> 00:04:59.232 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS, 00:04:59.298 --> 00:05:02.001 AS WELL AS SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY'S COMMITTEE 00:05:02.068 --> 00:05:04.003 ON ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS AND TOURISM. 00:05:04.070 --> 00:05:05.972 WE HAVE HAD HEAVY TIES TO THIS TOPIC HERE 00:05:06.039 --> 00:05:08.641 TODAY, AND I WANT TO THANK THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY AT LARGE 00:05:09.075 --> 00:05:11.377 FOR YOUR ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LEGISLATURE HERE 00:05:11.444 --> 00:05:13.446 SPECIFICALLY OVER THE PAST YEAR, REALLY BRINGING US UP 00:05:13.513 --> 00:05:14.914 TO SPEED ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING 00:05:14.981 --> 00:05:17.517 AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO BE BETTER PREPARED 00:05:17.950 --> 00:05:18.751 FOR THE BEST EVENT 00:05:18.818 --> 00:05:22.822 THAT WE CAN GIVE FOR OUR CITY HERE, OUR STATE AND THE WORLD. 00:05:23.256 --> 00:05:26.492 WE KNOW THAT THE 2020 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES 00:05:26.559 --> 00:05:28.928 ARE A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR CALIFORNIA, 00:05:29.162 --> 00:05:30.096 NOT JUST TO WELCOME 00:05:30.163 --> 00:05:32.331 ATHLETES AND VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD, 00:05:32.398 --> 00:05:35.068 BUT TO REALLY SHOWCASE THE CREATIVITY AND THE DIVERSITY 00:05:35.134 --> 00:05:37.437 AND THE CULTURAL TRADITIONS THAT REALLY MAKE US SPECIAL. 00:05:37.737 --> 00:05:40.373 WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES 00:05:40.440 --> 00:05:41.074 TO BE ABLE TO LEARN 00:05:41.140 --> 00:05:43.609 ABOUT SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVALS 00:05:44.210 --> 00:05:46.579 ORGANIZE AS PART OF THE GAMES THAT TOOK PLACE 00:05:47.046 --> 00:05:48.448 IN THE CITY IN 1984. 00:05:48.514 --> 00:05:49.315 AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HEAR 00:05:49.382 --> 00:05:50.516 A LOT OF THAT HISTORY HERE TODAY. 00:05:50.583 --> 00:05:51.718 IT'S GOING TO INFORM US 00:05:51.784 --> 00:05:53.152 ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT THIS MOMENT 00:05:53.219 --> 00:05:56.055 AND HOW WE CAN BE BEST POSITIONED APPROACHING 2028. 00:05:56.255 --> 00:05:57.356 BECAUSE I DO SEE THESE GAMES 00:05:57.423 --> 00:06:00.159 AS A CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT CALIFORNIA'S CREATIVE COMMUNITY, 00:06:00.226 --> 00:06:03.262 OUR CREATIVE ECONOMY IN FRONT OF A GLOBAL AUDIENCE. 00:06:03.329 --> 00:06:04.430 WE WANT TO SHOWCASE 00:06:04.497 --> 00:06:06.332 HOW MANY CREATIVE AND CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:09.769 HAVE GROWN IN THE LAST 44 YEARS SINCE THE GAMES WERE LAST. 00:06:09.836 --> 00:06:11.971 HERE IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 00:06:12.371 --> 00:06:14.674 MOMENT, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE LOS ANGELES AREA. 00:06:14.974 --> 00:06:16.075 IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC 00:06:16.142 --> 00:06:18.144 CITIES IN THE WORLD, AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS WELL. 00:06:18.211 --> 00:06:20.446 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY 00:06:20.513 --> 00:06:22.115 TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF THE PLANS 00:06:22.181 --> 00:06:24.350 FOR THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD AND HOW OPPORTUNITIES 00:06:24.417 --> 00:06:26.753 FOR ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO MATERIALIZE. 00:06:26.986 --> 00:06:29.455 AND IMPORTANTLY, A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION IS JUST 00:06:29.522 --> 00:06:30.490 A STARTING POINT HERE TODAY 00:06:30.556 --> 00:06:33.059 BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE WHAT IS GOING TO INFORM US 00:06:33.126 --> 00:06:34.761 AND WHAT WE TAKE BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE 00:06:34.827 --> 00:06:37.630 AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT POLICY AND BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, 00:06:37.830 --> 00:06:41.601 AS WE HEAD INTO THE CALENDAR YEAR 2027 TO AGAIN IN TURN 00:06:42.068 --> 00:06:44.036 BEST PREPARE THE STATE IN THIS REGION 00:06:44.103 --> 00:06:46.072 FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT FOR THESE GAMES. 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:49.142 WE KNOW THAT THE INVESTMENT IN THE ARTS IN THE CREATIVE 00:06:49.408 --> 00:06:52.078 COMMUNITY WILL TRANSCEND THE GAMES. 00:06:52.145 --> 00:06:53.913 IT IS REALLY JUST A WONDERFUL 00:06:53.980 --> 00:06:58.117 MOMENT IN TIME AT THE START AND THE END OF THE THE OLYMPICS 00:06:58.184 --> 00:07:01.320 PERIOD TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE OURSELVES TO THE WORLD. 00:07:01.687 --> 00:07:03.389 BUT THE LASTING IMPACT THAT WE HAVE, THOSE 00:07:03.456 --> 00:07:04.457 SEEDS, THE FOUNDATION 00:07:04.524 --> 00:07:06.893 THAT WE'RE GOING TO LAY HERE, WE KNOW ARE GOING TO BENEFIT 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:09.095 CALIFORNIANS FOR DECADES TO COME. 00:07:09.162 --> 00:07:11.831 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE DISCUSSION HERE TODAY. 00:07:11.898 --> 00:07:14.700 WE KNOW THAT PARIS SET A VERY HIGH BAR 00:07:15.168 --> 00:07:17.870 FOR DURING THEIR CEREMONIES FOR THE LAST SUMMER OLYMPICS 00:07:17.937 --> 00:07:19.138 AND HOW THEY THREADED THAT TOGETHER 00:07:19.205 --> 00:07:21.440 WITH THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD THEME. 00:07:21.507 --> 00:07:23.142 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE PRESENTATIONS 00:07:23.209 --> 00:07:25.278 AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A LEGISLATURE 00:07:25.344 --> 00:07:26.712 TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS. 00:07:26.779 --> 00:07:28.848 SO THANK YOU FOR CONVENING US. THANK YOU. 00:07:28.915 --> 00:07:31.117 I KNOW MEMBERS HAVE TO MAKE SOME BRIEF OPENING COMMENTS. 00:07:31.184 --> 00:07:46.999 WE'LL GO TO SENATOR SMALLWOOD. 00:07:47.066 --> 00:07:50.870 WANT TO TAKE THIS? 00:07:50.937 --> 00:07:51.137 RIGHT. 00:07:52.138 --> 00:07:53.239 THANK YOU, MR. 00:07:53.306 --> 00:07:53.639 CHAIR. 00:07:53.706 --> 00:07:56.209 I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU COULD BE DOING 00:07:56.809 --> 00:07:57.710 DURING THIS PERIOD, 00:07:57.777 --> 00:07:58.811 BUT I APPRECIATE YOU 00:07:58.878 --> 00:08:01.247 BEING PERSISTENT AND MAKING SURE THAT 00:08:01.314 --> 00:08:02.748 THIS CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE. 00:08:02.815 --> 00:08:06.352 I WANT TO THANK VICE CHAIR WARD FOR BEING WITH US AND BRAVING 00:08:06.419 --> 00:08:09.956 THAT SAN DIEGO FOUR OR FIVE TRAFFIC TO BE WITH US TODAY. 00:08:10.957 --> 00:08:14.727 AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO MY 28TH DISTRICT, 00:08:14.794 --> 00:08:16.662 THE MIGHTY 28TH DISTRICT, 00:08:16.729 --> 00:08:18.998 AND REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THIS CONVERSATION 00:08:19.065 --> 00:08:20.366 HOME TO L.A.. 00:08:20.433 --> 00:08:24.604 FOR ME, THE OLYMPICS REPRESENTS MORE THAN OLYMPIC COMPETITION. 00:08:25.204 --> 00:08:29.575 FOR ME, IT REALLY REPRESENTS JUSTICE, PEACE AND UNITY. 00:08:30.376 --> 00:08:33.212 THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD OFFERS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:35.348 TO BRING THOSE VALUES TO LIFE, 00:08:35.748 --> 00:08:37.884 TO BRING IT TO LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 00:08:38.184 --> 00:08:39.352 AND WE'VE SEEN HOST CITIES 00:08:39.418 --> 00:08:43.522 LIKE ATLANTA AND PARIS, WHERE THIS HAS BEEN A REALITY. 00:08:44.957 --> 00:08:47.994 THAT OPPORTUNITY IS AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. 00:08:48.294 --> 00:08:51.864 AND THAT IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF JUSTICE, IS AN ESSENTIAL PART 00:08:52.198 --> 00:08:53.032 OF CIVIL RIGHTS. 00:08:53.099 --> 00:08:56.736 AND EVERY CONTRACT AWARDED IN EVERY CULTURAL INVESTMENT 00:08:56.802 --> 00:08:57.036 THAT IS 00:08:57.103 --> 00:09:01.140 MADE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THE SPIRIT OF GLOBAL 00:09:01.207 --> 00:09:05.878 UNITY TRANSLATES INTO MEANINGFUL BENEFITS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. 00:09:06.145 --> 00:09:10.650 I WELCOME LEE TATE'S PLAN FOR THE PROGRAMING ACROSS 00:09:10.716 --> 00:09:14.020 FILM AND FASHION, FOOD, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE AND VISUAL ARTS. 00:09:14.453 --> 00:09:16.656 I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD 00:09:17.056 --> 00:09:19.625 THAT CAN TELL THAT STORY LIKE WE CAN. 00:09:20.726 --> 00:09:23.729 AND AS THE CHAIR SAID, WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL AND EXCITED. 00:09:24.263 --> 00:09:26.465 BUT I WANT TO ALSO CHALLENGE L.A. 00:09:26.532 --> 00:09:32.338 28 TO THINK BIGGER AND TO ENSURE THAT EQUITY IS THE FOUNDATION 00:09:32.405 --> 00:09:36.142 OF THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD AND NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT. 00:09:36.676 --> 00:09:39.946 LOS ANGELES HAS EXTRAORDINARY CREATIVE TALENT, 00:09:40.012 --> 00:09:41.881 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. 00:09:41.948 --> 00:09:44.116 WE HAVE SEEN OUR GLOBAL INFLUENCE 00:09:44.183 --> 00:09:47.820 ON SO MANY HISTORIC EVENTS, INCLUDING THE HISTORIC 00:09:47.887 --> 00:09:51.524 20 TO 2022 SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW 00:09:51.757 --> 00:09:55.628 WHERE INGLEWOOD, SOUTH L.A., SHOWCASED WEST COAST HIP HOP 00:09:55.995 --> 00:09:59.865 AND OUR BLACK CULTURAL INFLUENCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 00:10:00.599 --> 00:10:05.338 WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN ENSURING AN APPLICATION PROCESS 00:10:05.404 --> 00:10:06.672 AND A DIGITAL CALENDAR 00:10:06.739 --> 00:10:09.642 ARE USEFUL TOOLS, BUT WE ALSO NEED MEANINGFUL 00:10:09.709 --> 00:10:12.078 INVESTMENT IN ORIGINAL PROGRAMING, 00:10:12.311 --> 00:10:15.581 DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND 00:10:16.282 --> 00:10:18.718 LOS ANGELES THAT HAS ITS 00:10:18.784 --> 00:10:23.189 CULTURAL MARKETPLACE ON DISPLAY LITTLE TOKYO, 00:10:23.255 --> 00:10:26.392 KOREATOWN, LITTLE ETHIOPIA, PICO ROBERTSON 00:10:26.459 --> 00:10:28.728 AND OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY, SOUTH LOS ANGELES. 00:10:28.794 --> 00:10:31.831 ALL OF THESE ARE IN MY DISTRICT, AND EACH DESERVES 00:10:31.897 --> 00:10:35.868 AN OPPORTUNITY IN RESOURCES THAT REFLECT ITS COMMUNITY. 00:10:36.469 --> 00:10:42.074 WE KNOW THAT WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT IS MADE OF IMMIGRANTS, 00:10:42.141 --> 00:10:46.112 AND WE KNOW THAT LOS ANGELES IS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY, 00:10:46.412 --> 00:10:49.115 AND SOUTH L.A., ANGELES IN PARTICULAR, 00:10:49.548 --> 00:10:52.151 WE ALREADY ARE DEMONSTRATING WHAT LONG 00:10:52.218 --> 00:10:54.387 TERM CULTURAL INVESTMENT CAN LOOK LIKE. 00:10:54.887 --> 00:10:57.490 OUR DISTRICT IS HOME TO CALIFORNIA'S FIRST SPECIALLY 00:10:57.556 --> 00:10:59.925 DESIGNATED BLACK HISTORIC CULTURAL DISTRICT. 00:11:00.826 --> 00:11:03.963 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS SUPPORTED THIS EFFORT 00:11:04.030 --> 00:11:07.099 WITH $5 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY 00:11:07.166 --> 00:11:09.301 PLANNING, CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE 00:11:09.368 --> 00:11:12.004 AND MONUMENTS HONORING BLACK LOS ANGELES. 00:11:12.071 --> 00:11:15.908 AND OUR VISION INCLUDES PERMANENT MONUMENTS, GATEWAYS, 00:11:15.975 --> 00:11:19.712 CULTURAL STORYTELLING AND TOURS THAT ATTRACT VISITORS, SUPPORT 00:11:19.779 --> 00:11:23.282 NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES AND OUR LOCAL ARTIST. 00:11:23.716 --> 00:11:25.217 THAT IS WHAT THE OLYMPICS 00:11:25.284 --> 00:11:28.421 SHOULD REPRESENT, AND CULTURAL RECOGNITION 00:11:28.487 --> 00:11:31.557 THAT LEADS TO NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENT AND LASTING ECONOMIC 00:11:32.158 --> 00:11:34.960 OPPORTUNITY IS WHAT WE DO EXPECT. 00:11:35.461 --> 00:11:39.365 OTHER HOST OR HOST CITIES OFFER IMPORTANT LESSONS. 00:11:40.199 --> 00:11:43.536 LONDON LOS LAUNCHED ITS CULTURAL OLYMPIAD FOUR YEARS 00:11:43.602 --> 00:11:49.408 BEFORE THE GAMES AND WAS SUPPORTED BY £105 MILLION 00:11:50.609 --> 00:11:52.611 IN FUNDING FOR ITS BUDGET. 00:11:53.412 --> 00:11:55.614 PARIS INVESTED 41 00:11:55.681 --> 00:11:58.384 MILLION IN ITS CULTURAL OLYMPIAD, 00:11:58.884 --> 00:12:02.121 INCLUDING 12.8 MILLION 00:12:02.188 --> 00:12:05.591 THAT CAME FROM THE OLYMPIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. 00:12:05.891 --> 00:12:07.359 THESE EXAMPLES UNDERSCORE 00:12:07.426 --> 00:12:10.696 THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY INVESTMENT, SUSTAINED 00:12:10.763 --> 00:12:14.767 PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIES TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL 00:12:14.834 --> 00:12:16.235 COMMUNITIES. 00:12:16.302 --> 00:12:20.940 THESE INVESTMENTS ALSO SHOULD CREATE A LASTING LEGACY 00:12:21.006 --> 00:12:23.309 THROUGH MONUMENTS, CULTURAL MARKERS 00:12:24.210 --> 00:12:27.613 AND GATEWAYS THAT CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY'S UNIQUE IDENTITIES 00:12:27.880 --> 00:12:31.150 AND TO INCREASE THEIR INVISIBILITY AS THE WORLD COMES 00:12:31.617 --> 00:12:33.919 TO OUR FRONT AND BACKYARD. 00:12:34.420 --> 00:12:35.788 THE QUESTION IS WHETHER L.A. 00:12:35.855 --> 00:12:39.258 28 COMMITMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS CAN DELIVER 00:12:39.592 --> 00:12:43.362 THAT LEVEL OF AMBITION HERE IN LOS ANGELES. 00:12:43.863 --> 00:12:45.698 AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND L.A. 00:12:45.764 --> 00:12:47.967 TATE'S DEDICATION 00:12:48.033 --> 00:12:50.336 AND COMMITMENT TO THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD BUDGET. 00:12:50.636 --> 00:12:55.341 HOW MUCH WILL BE DIRECTLY REACHED INTO LOCAL ARTIST 00:12:55.841 --> 00:12:59.111 COMMUNITIES AND FOR LOCAL CULTURAL 00:12:59.178 --> 00:13:01.714 INSTITUTIONS, AND WHAT RESOURCES WILL SUPPORT 00:13:01.780 --> 00:13:04.917 NEWLY COMMISSIONED WORK AND COMMUNITY LED PROGRAMING 00:13:04.984 --> 00:13:06.452 AND OF COURSE, AS CHAIR 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:08.921 OF THE SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE, AND I'M ALWAYS PROUD TO SAY 00:13:08.988 --> 00:13:11.123 THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO CHAIR THAT COMMITTEE. 00:13:11.190 --> 00:13:13.092 I'M FOCUSED ON GOOD JOBS. 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:14.059 I'M FOCUSED ON FAIR 00:13:14.126 --> 00:13:18.230 CONTRACTS AND MEANINGFUL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. 00:13:18.531 --> 00:13:22.668 ARTISTS AND CULTURAL WORKERS ALSO DESERVE REAL COMPENSATION. 00:13:23.135 --> 00:13:25.704 AND NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES DESERVE OPPORTUNITIES 00:13:26.005 --> 00:13:28.974 THAT THEY BENEFIT AS PART OF THESE GAMES. 00:13:29.642 --> 00:13:31.977 AS WE APPROACH 2028, 00:13:32.044 --> 00:13:35.714 WE DO WANT LOS ANGELES TO HAVE LABOR AND COMMUNITY PEACE, 00:13:36.015 --> 00:13:38.617 AND WE WANT UNITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 00:13:38.918 --> 00:13:43.222 AND THESE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS AND PLANS TOGETHER ENSURE 00:13:43.289 --> 00:13:46.292 THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR L.A. 00:13:46.358 --> 00:13:50.796 28 GOVERNMENT, LOCAL, REGIONAL AND STATE, 00:13:51.363 --> 00:13:54.466 LABOR AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CREATE A WIN WIN 00:13:55.067 --> 00:13:58.003 SUCCESSFUL GAMES THAT BRING THE WORLD TOGETHER 00:13:58.270 --> 00:14:00.105 WHILE STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS 00:14:00.172 --> 00:14:05.077 THAT MAKE LOS ANGELES A GLOBAL CULTURAL DESTINATION. 00:14:05.277 --> 00:14:05.978 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 00:14:06.045 --> 00:14:08.614 THE CONVERSATION, HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS, 00:14:08.681 --> 00:14:11.550 AND I KNOW THAT WE WILL LEAVE HERE READY TO DO THE WORK 00:14:11.884 --> 00:14:14.920 THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE IN LESS THAN 600 DAYS. 00:14:16.956 --> 00:14:20.759 639 639 TO BE EXACT. 00:14:22.127 --> 00:14:22.394 ALL RIGHT. 00:14:22.461 --> 00:14:26.165 LET'S GO TO SENATOR CHILLA AND THEN THANK YOU, MR. 00:14:26.232 --> 00:14:26.498 CHAIR. 00:14:26.565 --> 00:14:29.034 AND VICE-CHAIR AND OF COURSE, THE WELCOME 00:14:29.401 --> 00:14:32.404 FROM OUR REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. 00:14:32.938 --> 00:14:33.639 SMOLLETT CUEVAS. 00:14:33.706 --> 00:14:34.240 THANK YOU 00:14:34.306 --> 00:14:37.209 FOR HAVING US IN YOUR DISTRICT, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. 00:14:37.443 --> 00:14:38.744 I'M SENATOR BOB ARCHULETA. 00:14:38.811 --> 00:14:39.812 I HANDLE THE 30TH 00:14:39.878 --> 00:14:42.348 SENATE DISTRICT, WHICH IS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 00:14:42.414 --> 00:14:43.849 OBVIOUSLY, BUT L.A. 00:14:43.916 --> 00:14:46.418 COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY TOGETHER. 00:14:46.719 --> 00:14:49.622 AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE MEETING TODAY 00:14:49.688 --> 00:14:51.690 BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO OPEN A LOT OF DOORS 00:14:51.757 --> 00:14:54.026 ABOUT THE CULTURE, ABOUT THE OLYMPICS 00:14:54.093 --> 00:14:56.895 AND ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE OLYMPICS ITSELF. 00:14:57.329 --> 00:15:00.766 BUT ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THAT IS OUR TIME NOW 00:15:00.966 --> 00:15:03.302 TO OPEN THE DOORS FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. 00:15:03.369 --> 00:15:05.404 LOS ANGELES, CHIC, CALIFORNIA. 00:15:05.638 --> 00:15:08.874 AND THE PREPARATION WE'RE MAKING FOR THIS STARK TIME. 00:15:09.108 --> 00:15:11.343 SO, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. 00:15:11.610 --> 00:15:13.712 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR. SENATOR RICHARDSON. 00:15:15.414 --> 00:15:16.015 THANK YOU, MR. 00:15:16.081 --> 00:15:17.349 CHAIRMAN. 00:15:17.416 --> 00:15:18.517 SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. 00:15:18.584 --> 00:15:20.719 AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING THIS HEARING. 00:15:20.786 --> 00:15:23.589 LET ME START OFF BY THANKING THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER 00:15:23.656 --> 00:15:27.326 FOR HOSTING US TODAY AT THIS AMAZING VENUE. 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:28.360 I HOPE WE WILL 00:15:28.427 --> 00:15:31.463 GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END TO MAKE A COMMERCIAL. 00:15:31.530 --> 00:15:34.266 BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A BIG OPENING HERE 00:15:34.566 --> 00:15:36.602 IN SENATOR SMALLWOOD'S DISTRICT. 00:15:36.935 --> 00:15:40.439 I BELIEVE IT'S NOVEMBER 13TH, WHERE THE SPACE SHUTTLE 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:43.208 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE TREMENDOUS WORK. 00:15:43.509 --> 00:15:45.177 WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT L.A. 00:15:45.244 --> 00:15:49.448 IS THE REASON WHY WE WERE READY AND WE COULD CONFIDENTLY SAY 00:15:49.515 --> 00:15:51.417 WE WANTED TO HOST THE OLYMPICS 00:15:51.483 --> 00:15:54.019 IS BECAUSE WE DO AMAZING THINGS HERE IN L.A. 00:15:54.086 --> 00:15:55.254 ALL THE TIME. 00:15:55.321 --> 00:15:56.689 AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT 00:15:56.755 --> 00:15:58.957 WE HOPE THAT YOU COME BACK IN A FEW WEEKS 00:15:59.024 --> 00:16:01.994 TO ENJOY IT AND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. 00:16:02.594 --> 00:16:04.363 A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE. 00:16:04.430 --> 00:16:06.131 I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME 00:16:06.198 --> 00:16:09.535 AND SEE ONE OF THE FIFA GAMES THAT WE HAD, THE WORLD 00:16:09.601 --> 00:16:10.536 CUP GAMES. 00:16:10.602 --> 00:16:13.972 AND EVEN THOUGH USA HAD JUST LOST, WE WERE GOING TO BE 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.975 IN THE QUARTERFINALS AND WE HAD JUST LOST. 00:16:17.343 --> 00:16:20.412 BUT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE SECURITY 00:16:20.479 --> 00:16:23.649 THAT WAS SET UP AT SOFI, WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT. 00:16:24.016 --> 00:16:26.819 AND WHAT WAS ALSO INTERESTING DURING FIFA 00:16:27.553 --> 00:16:30.723 IS BACK TO THE POINT OF THIS PARTICULAR HEARING. 00:16:31.056 --> 00:16:32.991 WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY 00:16:33.058 --> 00:16:35.127 FESTIVALS, THE WATCH PARTIES, 00:16:35.361 --> 00:16:38.597 TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD IN FIFA. 00:16:38.864 --> 00:16:41.700 AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY, FRANKLY, A GOOD DRY RUN 00:16:41.767 --> 00:16:45.304 FOR US TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE THINGS COULD BE POSITIONED, 00:16:45.604 --> 00:16:49.308 WHAT'S REQUIRED, AND THEN HOW DO WE BUILD THAT EXCITEMENT 00:16:49.375 --> 00:16:50.409 WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 00:16:50.476 --> 00:16:52.144 SO I'M GRATEFUL 00:16:52.211 --> 00:16:54.813 THAT WE GOT THROUGH FIFA VERY POSITIVELY, 00:16:54.880 --> 00:16:55.314 AND I THINK 00:16:55.381 --> 00:16:58.117 IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO. 00:16:58.384 --> 00:17:02.121 AND LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT DIVERSITY, 00:17:02.354 --> 00:17:03.956 AND DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH. 00:17:04.022 --> 00:17:06.058 AND I THINK, FRANKLY, THIS HEARING IS ABOUT 00:17:06.125 --> 00:17:09.995 THAT IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW CAN WE UTILIZE 00:17:10.062 --> 00:17:13.799 ALL OF THE DIVERSITY, BOTH ETHNICITY THROUGH THE ARTS, 00:17:13.866 --> 00:17:16.168 EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO SHOWCASE THAT 00:17:16.468 --> 00:17:17.436 FOR THE MANY PEOPLE 00:17:17.503 --> 00:17:19.605 WHO ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO THE OLYMPICS 00:17:19.671 --> 00:17:22.274 WHO WILL NOT ONLY SEE THE GAMES BUT ARE GOING TO BE STAYING 00:17:22.341 --> 00:17:24.510 HERE, ARE GOING TO BE EATING HERE 00:17:24.576 --> 00:17:27.179 THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING EARLY AND STAYING LATER. 00:17:27.246 --> 00:17:30.649 AND SO THAT'S WHAT REALLY TO ME TODAY IS ABOUT, 00:17:30.716 --> 00:17:33.919 IS HEARING ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN PREPARE PEOPLE FOR. 00:17:34.353 --> 00:17:36.922 I AM FORTUNATELY WILL BE LEAVING A LITTLE EARLIER, 00:17:36.989 --> 00:17:40.325 BUT I DO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE HERE THE ENTIRE TIME 00:17:40.959 --> 00:17:43.595 TAKING NOTES AND OF COURSE I'LL BE VIEWING THE VIDEO. 00:17:43.662 --> 00:17:45.864 BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT UP FRONT. 00:17:46.265 --> 00:17:48.534 AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME 00:17:48.600 --> 00:17:50.803 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. 00:17:51.170 --> 00:17:52.971 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. 00:17:53.038 --> 00:17:54.973 LET'S GO TO OUR ASSEMBLY, SAID CHAIR. 00:17:55.040 --> 00:17:57.276 TINA MCNAIR. 00:17:57.543 --> 00:18:00.179 HELLO. GOOD MORNING. 00:18:00.245 --> 00:18:01.213 GOOD MORNING. 00:18:01.280 --> 00:18:03.449 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHRIS 00:18:03.515 --> 00:18:05.517 CHRISTOPHER WARD AND SENATOR BEN ALLEN. 00:18:05.784 --> 00:18:08.020 I'M SORRY, CHRISTOPHER, PUT YOUR WHOLE NAME. 00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:09.087 CHRIS MOORE 00:18:10.255 --> 00:18:12.257 FOR CHAIRING TODAY'S IMPORTANT HEARING 00:18:12.324 --> 00:18:15.327 AND FOR RECOGNIZING THAT THE 2028 OLYMPICS 00:18:15.594 --> 00:18:18.997 AND PARALYMPIC GAMES ARE ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN SPORTS. 00:18:19.298 --> 00:18:20.132 I ALSO WANT TO THANK 00:18:20.199 --> 00:18:23.035 THE LEADERSHIP AND STAFF OF THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER 00:18:23.368 --> 00:18:26.004 FOR HOSTING US TODAY IN THIS INCREDIBLE SPACE 00:18:26.538 --> 00:18:30.075 THAT CELEBRATES INNOVATION, EDUCATION AND DISCOVERY. 00:18:30.509 --> 00:18:33.846 AS CHAIR OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION 00:18:34.046 --> 00:18:36.548 AND A PROUD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITIES 00:18:36.915 --> 00:18:39.485 THAT WILL BE AT THE CENTER OF THE 2028 GAMES, 00:18:39.751 --> 00:18:42.621 I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD. 00:18:44.056 --> 00:18:46.592 THE OLYMPICS WILL BRING THE WORLD TO LOS ANGELES. 00:18:46.925 --> 00:18:49.161 BUT WHILE THE ATHLETES WILL SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS 00:18:49.228 --> 00:18:52.064 ON THE FIELD, IN THE POOL AND ON THE COURT, 00:18:52.364 --> 00:18:56.235 OUR ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, DANCERS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS 00:18:56.301 --> 00:18:59.471 DESERVE THEIR MOMENT IN ON THE WORLD STAGE AS WELL. 00:18:59.972 --> 00:19:00.639 LOS ANGELES 00:19:00.706 --> 00:19:01.807 COUNTY IS ONE OF THE MOST 00:19:01.874 --> 00:19:04.610 CULTURALLY DIVERSE PLACES IN THE WORLD. 00:19:04.910 --> 00:19:08.247 FROM INGLEWOOD TO HOLLYWOOD, FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:12.017 TO OUR WORLD CLASS MUSEUMS, WE HAVE EXTRAORDINARY 00:19:12.084 --> 00:19:15.087 CREATIVE COMMUNITY WITH STORIES WORTH SHARING. 00:19:15.554 --> 00:19:18.557 THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD AND COMMUNITY FESTIVALS PRESENT 00:19:18.624 --> 00:19:22.160 AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THAT DIVERSITY. 00:19:22.361 --> 00:19:26.431 SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS AND CREATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES 00:19:26.698 --> 00:19:30.636 AND ENSURE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PART OF THIS EXCITEMENT. 00:19:31.103 --> 00:19:33.038 BUT WE MUST BE INTENTIONAL. 00:19:33.105 --> 00:19:34.139 OUR LOCAL ARTISTS 00:19:34.206 --> 00:19:37.976 AND SMALL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS CANNOT BE SPECTATORS. 00:19:38.343 --> 00:19:41.580 THEY MUST BE PARTICIPANTS, PARTNERS AND BENEFICIARIES. 00:19:42.014 --> 00:19:43.982 AS WE PREPARE TO WELCOME THE WORLD, 00:19:44.049 --> 00:19:47.653 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CULTURAL LEGACY OF THE 2028 00:19:47.719 --> 00:19:51.456 GAMES EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE CLOSING CEREMONIES. 00:19:51.757 --> 00:19:54.326 I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING TODAY'S CREATIVE PLANS, 00:19:54.726 --> 00:19:57.229 LEARNING HOW OUR ARTS COMMUNITY WILL BE INCLUDED, 00:19:57.629 --> 00:19:58.330 AND DISCUSSING 00:19:58.397 --> 00:20:01.400 HOW WE CAN MAKE THESE GAMES A CELEBRATION OF THE PEOPLE 00:20:01.633 --> 00:20:05.871 AND CULTURES THAT MAKE LOS ANGELES SO VERY SPECIAL. 00:20:06.738 --> 00:20:09.641 I HAVE THREE IMPORTANT QUESTION TO RAISE AT THIS HEARING. 00:20:10.275 --> 00:20:11.276 FUNDING. 00:20:11.343 --> 00:20:14.546 HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD? 00:20:14.780 --> 00:20:16.748 AND HOW WILL WILL. HOW WILL WE REACH THAT? 00:20:16.815 --> 00:20:21.386 LOCAL ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY BASED CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS? 00:20:22.187 --> 00:20:24.590 EQUITY. HOW WILL WE HISTORICALLY? 00:20:25.023 --> 00:20:25.991 HOW WILL HISTORICALLY 00:20:26.058 --> 00:20:29.461 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY BLACK COMMUNITIES, 00:20:29.528 --> 00:20:33.765 BE INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING WITH THE PROGRAMING LEGACY? 00:20:33.966 --> 00:20:36.501 WHAT INVESTMENTS WILL REMAIN IN OUR COMMUNITIES 00:20:36.768 --> 00:20:40.639 AFTER THE OLYMPIC AND PARA OLYMPIC GAMES CONCLUDE? 00:20:41.206 --> 00:20:43.008 THE OLYMPIC GAMES ARE ABOUT CELEBRATING 00:20:43.075 --> 00:20:44.476 THE BEST OF HUMANITY. 00:20:44.543 --> 00:20:46.478 THAT INCLUDES OUR CULTURE. 00:20:46.545 --> 00:20:47.279 I WANT TO MAKE SURE 00:20:47.346 --> 00:20:50.716 THAT WHEN WHEN THE WORLD COMES TO LOS ANGELES IN 2028, 00:20:51.316 --> 00:20:53.785 THEY DON'T JUST SEE OUR STADIUMS AND ATHLETES. 00:20:54.186 --> 00:20:54.753 I WANT THEM 00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:58.857 TO EXPERIENCE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR MUSIC, OUR ART, 00:20:59.157 --> 00:21:00.626 AND THE INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY 00:21:00.692 --> 00:21:02.694 THAT MAKES LOS ANGELES COUNTY SPECIAL. 00:21:03.061 --> 00:21:04.329 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, 00:21:04.396 --> 00:21:07.432 I WANT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS 00:21:07.666 --> 00:21:10.802 TO BENEFIT ECONOMICALLY FROM THESE GAMES. 00:21:11.036 --> 00:21:13.672 I LOOK FORWARD, FORWARD TO THE HEARING TODAY, 00:21:13.739 --> 00:21:16.375 AND I'LL ALSO BE LEAVING JUST A LITTLE BIT EARLY. 00:21:16.575 --> 00:21:17.576 BUT I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. 00:21:17.643 --> 00:21:19.678 AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CHAIRS. 00:21:19.745 --> 00:21:23.882 THANK YOU, JUAN. 00:21:24.316 --> 00:21:26.885 I WILL KEEP IT QUICK BECAUSE MY COLLEAGUES ARE DID 00:21:26.952 --> 00:21:30.255 A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE WE TALKED ABOUT WHY WE'RE HERE. 00:21:30.322 --> 00:21:32.858 WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 57. 00:21:32.924 --> 00:21:34.593 SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.293 TO THE OPPORTUNITY 00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:37.596 TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGACY THAT THE GAMES WILL LEAVE BEHIND 00:21:37.796 --> 00:21:39.064 AND TRULY SO GRATEFUL 00:21:39.131 --> 00:21:41.066 TO THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. 00:21:41.133 --> 00:21:42.234 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. 00:21:42.300 --> 00:21:44.136 ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MY COLLEAGUES. 00:21:44.202 --> 00:21:47.339 LET'S LET'S WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN IT OVER FOR SOME WELCOMES 00:21:48.106 --> 00:21:51.176 FROM EXPOSITION PARK IN FRONT OF THE CITY. 00:21:51.610 --> 00:21:54.346 WELL, THIS IS JUST A WE'RE NOT DOING QUESTION ANSWER 00:21:54.413 --> 00:21:55.013 FOR THIS PANEL. 00:21:55.080 --> 00:21:56.815 WE'LL BE GOING DIRECTLY TO THE NEXT PANEL AFTERWARDS. 00:21:56.882 --> 00:21:58.850 BUT WE APPRECIATE THE TWO OF YOU BEING HERE. 00:21:58.917 --> 00:22:01.019 WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, ALL THE WORK YOU'VE PUT IN 00:22:01.086 --> 00:22:03.522 YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE THESE GAMES 00:22:03.588 --> 00:22:04.456 SO SPECTACULAR. 00:22:04.523 --> 00:22:06.725 SO WE'LL FIRST GO TO YOU, MISS HUMPHRIES. 00:22:07.092 --> 00:22:08.460 WELL, IN RETURN, MR. 00:22:08.527 --> 00:22:09.161 CHAIR, 00:22:09.227 --> 00:22:10.996 WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 00:22:11.063 --> 00:22:14.266 NOT ONLY FOR CONVENING THIS HEARING, BUT AS YOU POINTED OUT, 00:22:14.766 --> 00:22:15.934 THIS IS YOUR LAST HEARING. 00:22:16.001 --> 00:22:17.869 SO WE WOULD BE REMISS TO 00:22:17.936 --> 00:22:20.072 NOT OFFER OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION 00:22:20.138 --> 00:22:22.174 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 00:22:22.708 --> 00:22:23.842 YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT 00:22:23.909 --> 00:22:27.312 PATRON OF EXPOSITION PARK, SO WE ARE SO THANKFUL 00:22:27.746 --> 00:22:28.313 AND WE LOOK FORWARD 00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:31.149 TO SEEING YOU IN DIFFERENT WAYS IN THE FUTURE. 00:22:31.850 --> 00:22:33.852 WITH THAT AS WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO 00:22:34.453 --> 00:22:38.123 REALLY APPRECIATE AND THANK THE VICE CHAIR 00:22:38.190 --> 00:22:41.259 AS WELL FOR HELPING CONVENE THIS MEETING. 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:44.996 IN OUR AS WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR HOME SENATOR 00:22:45.063 --> 00:22:48.133 AND ASSEMBLY MEMBERS IN OUR GREAT LOS ANGELES 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:50.936 DESTINATION HERE, AN ICON WHICH IS EXPOSITION PARK. 00:22:51.603 --> 00:22:53.905 I'M GOING TO THROW OUT A FEW WORDS. 00:22:53.972 --> 00:22:58.143 A DINOSAUR, A 1923 BUILT 00:22:58.210 --> 00:23:02.380 COLISEUM, A SPACESHIP, A SPACE SHUTTLE. 00:23:03.749 --> 00:23:04.516 INCREDIBLE 00:23:04.583 --> 00:23:07.819 ART, INCREDIBLE HISTORY, ALL OF THAT. 00:23:07.886 --> 00:23:09.521 I SHOULD SAY STORMTROOPERS. 00:23:09.588 --> 00:23:11.823 ALL OF THOSE HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, 00:23:11.890 --> 00:23:14.826 WHICH IS THAT THEY ALL LIVE HERE AT EXPOSITION PARK. 00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:19.364 WE ARE 160 ACRE STATE PROPERTY, AND IN THAT SENSE, 00:23:19.431 --> 00:23:21.967 WE ARE UNDER YOUR PURVIEW AND UNDER YOUR SUPPORT. 00:23:22.234 --> 00:23:24.770 AND WE HAVE BEEN SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE LEADERSHIP 00:23:24.836 --> 00:23:27.339 THAT YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED TO INVEST IN EXPOSITION PARK. 00:23:27.706 --> 00:23:29.941 AS WE PREPARE FOR THESE L.A. 00:23:30.008 --> 00:23:32.944 28 GAMES, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO WELCOME THE WORLD 00:23:33.011 --> 00:23:35.514 AND AS HAS MENTIONED, BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE, 00:23:36.148 --> 00:23:38.583 WE SEE OURSELVES AS THE BACKYARD OF THIS SOUTH L.A. 00:23:38.650 --> 00:23:41.286 COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE ABOUT TO BE THE FRONT YARD TO THE WORLD. 00:23:41.486 --> 00:23:43.355 AND AS WE HAVE THE GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT, 00:23:43.421 --> 00:23:45.524 IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE 00:23:45.590 --> 00:23:47.726 THAT WE'RE REPRESENTING BOTH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY 00:23:47.793 --> 00:23:50.529 AND ALSO THE BEST OF CALIFORNIA AND WHAT WE CAN OFFER. 00:23:50.929 --> 00:23:52.898 WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH L.A. 00:23:52.964 --> 00:23:55.000 28, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 00:23:55.066 --> 00:23:55.700 WE AS WELL 00:23:55.767 --> 00:23:58.170 HAVE CONTINUED QUESTIONS AROUND HOW WE CAN ENGAGE 00:23:58.236 --> 00:24:01.907 THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO HAVE FINANCED CREATIVE IDEAS 00:24:01.973 --> 00:24:05.143 THAT ARE BROUGHT INTO THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD EXPERIENCE. 00:24:05.677 --> 00:24:08.880 BUT WE HAVE A LONG, RICH HISTORY HERE AT EXPOSITION PARK 00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:13.118 IN HOSTING INCREDIBLE GAMES AND HOSTING INCREDIBLE MOMENTS. 00:24:13.185 --> 00:24:14.853 AS WAS MENTIONED BY SENATOR RICHARDSON, 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:17.055 WE DID HOST THE FIFA WORLD CUP FAN FEST. 00:24:17.255 --> 00:24:21.193 WE ALSO HELPED THE BICENTENNIAL FOR THE COUNTRY HERE 00:24:21.493 --> 00:24:22.994 JUST THIS SUMMER. 00:24:23.061 --> 00:24:26.398 AND WE'RE JUST 639 DAYS AWAY 00:24:26.464 --> 00:24:30.569 FROM HOSTING THE THIRD OLYMPIAD THAT WILL BE HERE AT THE PARK. 00:24:30.635 --> 00:24:33.004 WE HELD IT IN 1932. 00:24:33.305 --> 00:24:35.207 WE HELD IT IN 1984. 00:24:35.273 --> 00:24:37.309 AND LUCKY AS WE ALL GET TOGETHER 00:24:37.876 --> 00:24:41.012 TO GET TO WORK TOGETHER TO HOST THE 1928 GAMES. 00:24:41.313 --> 00:24:44.616 SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY 00:24:44.683 --> 00:24:47.085 THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS REALLY INCREDIBLE MOMENT, IN 00:24:47.152 --> 00:24:49.855 TIME FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER AND BE A PART OF HISTORY, 00:24:50.188 --> 00:24:51.890 WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 00:24:51.957 --> 00:24:53.692 REFLECTING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY 00:24:53.758 --> 00:24:56.561 AND WE ARE BRINGING THE VOICES OF THE LOCAL NEIGHBORS 00:24:56.628 --> 00:24:59.397 THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THE L.A. 00:24:59.464 --> 00:25:00.565 28 GAMES. 00:25:00.632 --> 00:25:04.135 BUT ALSO GIVEN THIS REALLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL 00:25:05.971 --> 00:25:09.374 LENS AND KIND OF WINDOW INTO WHAT 00:25:09.441 --> 00:25:12.744 WE CAN CREATE ON THEIR BEHALF FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 00:25:12.811 --> 00:25:16.181 SO WE APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU. 00:25:16.815 --> 00:25:21.486 PLEASE USE US AT ANY POINT AS A SITE, AS A DESTINATION, 00:25:21.753 --> 00:25:24.723 WITH OUR FOUR MUSEUMS, WITH OUR FOUR WORLD 00:25:24.789 --> 00:25:28.126 CLASS SPORTS STADIUMS AND ARENAS, AND ALSO 00:25:28.193 --> 00:25:30.328 WITH OUR INCREDIBLE HISTORY HERE. 00:25:30.395 --> 00:25:31.696 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HOSTING THIS HEARING. 00:25:31.763 --> 00:25:32.230 THANK YOU. 00:25:32.297 --> 00:25:34.799 APPRECIATE IT. 00:25:35.433 --> 00:25:36.835 WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. 00:25:36.902 --> 00:25:39.938 CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS, FOR BEING HERE. 00:25:40.005 --> 00:25:40.772 AND, MR. 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:44.175 CHAIRMAN, IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE 00:25:44.242 --> 00:25:48.413 YOUR VICTORY LAP HERE ON BEHALF OF MAYOR KAREN BASS. 00:25:48.813 --> 00:25:50.715 IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU. 00:25:50.782 --> 00:25:51.416 IT'S APPROPRIATE 00:25:51.483 --> 00:25:51.716 THAT WE'RE 00:25:51.783 --> 00:25:55.320 HAVING THIS HEARING TODAY IN THE SHADOW OF THE COLISEUM. 00:25:55.654 --> 00:25:59.157 AND IN JUST 21 MONTHS, THE COLISEUM WILL BECOME THE 00:25:59.224 --> 00:26:00.625 ONLY BUILDING IN THE WORLD 00:26:00.692 --> 00:26:04.095 TO HAVE HOSTED THREE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONIES. 00:26:04.696 --> 00:26:05.597 AND, MR. 00:26:05.664 --> 00:26:09.567 CHAIRMAN, YOU YOU TOLD THE STORY OF 1932 00:26:09.634 --> 00:26:13.939 AND THE FACT THAT PARTS WERE CELEBRATED WITH MEDALS, 00:26:14.005 --> 00:26:17.909 BUT ALSO THE 1932 GAMES CHANGED THE WAY THE WORLD SAW 00:26:17.976 --> 00:26:19.044 LOS ANGELES. 00:26:19.110 --> 00:26:22.047 WE WERE NO LONGER JUST A CITY OF MOVIEMAKING. 00:26:22.280 --> 00:26:22.981 WE WERE A CITY 00:26:23.048 --> 00:26:26.484 THAT HAD A CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION TO GIVE TO THE WORLD AS WELL. 00:26:26.918 --> 00:26:31.222 1984, OF COURSE, MAXIMIZED THAT EVEN MORE. 00:26:31.823 --> 00:26:34.726 THE IT WAS THE FOUNDATION OF THE CREATION OF THE L.A. 00:26:34.793 --> 00:26:37.162 OPERA, THE DISNEY CONCERT HALL, 00:26:37.228 --> 00:26:38.763 AND IN SO MANY, THE DEPARTMENT OF 00:26:38.830 --> 00:26:41.333 CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS, 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:46.204 THE 84 OLYMPICS CHANGED THE CULTURAL FABRIC OF THIS CITY. 00:26:47.405 --> 00:26:48.940 2028 WILL BRING US 00:26:49.007 --> 00:26:52.410 GAMES THAT DWARF THOSE EVENTS 00:26:53.011 --> 00:26:56.147 AND ARE ENTIRELY UNPRECEDENTED IN SCALE. 00:26:56.481 --> 00:26:59.617 5 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE LOOKING 00:26:59.684 --> 00:27:02.287 AT CALIFORNIA DURING THOSE GAMES. 00:27:02.787 --> 00:27:06.157 WE'LL HAVE 13 OR 14 MILLION TICKET 00:27:06.224 --> 00:27:09.627 HOLDERS, MILLIONS OF VISITORS COMING IN TO LOS ANGELES. 00:27:10.362 --> 00:27:12.731 AND IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE 00:27:12.797 --> 00:27:15.567 AND AN OPPORTUNITY OF UNPRECEDENTED SCALE. 00:27:16.167 --> 00:27:18.203 THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AS THE HOST CITY 00:27:18.470 --> 00:27:19.871 AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 00:27:19.938 --> 00:27:21.139 ARE THE ONLY TWO 00:27:21.206 --> 00:27:24.142 GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME, 00:27:24.609 --> 00:27:28.880 THAT HAVE PUT OUR MONEY UP AND ARE AT RISK. 00:27:28.947 --> 00:27:31.783 IF THESE GAMES ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL. 00:27:31.850 --> 00:27:34.953 BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN 00:27:35.020 --> 00:27:37.022 CLOSE PARTNERSHIP, THE CITY AND THE STATE, 00:27:37.288 --> 00:27:39.958 TO ENSURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY 00:27:40.025 --> 00:27:41.559 AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING 00:27:41.626 --> 00:27:45.296 THE GREATEST RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT THAT WE CAN. 00:27:45.663 --> 00:27:49.334 AND THAT'S IN MANY RESPECTS WHERE ARTS AND CULTURE COMES IN. 00:27:49.734 --> 00:27:50.535 ARTS AND CULTURE 00:27:50.602 --> 00:27:54.739 IS FUNDAMENTAL TO MAYOR BASS'S VISION OF A GAMES FOR ALL. 00:27:54.806 --> 00:27:58.009 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE 00:27:58.076 --> 00:28:01.880 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BENEFITS FROM THESE GAMES, 00:28:02.113 --> 00:28:04.082 AND WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH THE ARTS. 00:28:04.149 --> 00:28:06.384 WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT 00:28:06.918 --> 00:28:09.087 THAT COMES FROM THAT, THE KIND OF 00:28:09.154 --> 00:28:12.290 BRINGING NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER, CELEBRATING OUR STRENGTHS, 00:28:12.557 --> 00:28:15.527 THE STRENGTH OF OUR DIVERSITY THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE. 00:28:15.827 --> 00:28:18.129 WE ARE MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN DOING THAT. 00:28:18.196 --> 00:28:20.265 THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AS YOU'LL HEAR LATER 00:28:20.331 --> 00:28:21.533 THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL 00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:25.203 AFFAIRS, IS INVESTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS 00:28:25.537 --> 00:28:28.907 TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AN ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM 00:28:28.973 --> 00:28:33.111 WELL BEYOND THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD 00:28:33.178 --> 00:28:35.680 THAT WILL BE ORGANIZED BY THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. 00:28:36.014 --> 00:28:40.385 SO THE CITY ITSELF IS PUTTING MONEY FORWARD FOR THIS. 00:28:40.585 --> 00:28:42.687 AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ORGANIZING 00:28:42.754 --> 00:28:44.856 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, 00:28:44.923 --> 00:28:46.558 PHILANTHROPY AND CORPORATE SUPPORT 00:28:46.624 --> 00:28:49.594 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO EVEN MORE. 00:28:49.994 --> 00:28:53.164 WE CELEBRATE AND THANK YOU 00:28:53.731 --> 00:28:54.766 FOR THE INVESTMENT 00:28:54.833 --> 00:28:58.436 THAT THE STATE HAS ALREADY MADE, THE $5 MILLION THAT YOU KNOW 00:28:58.503 --> 00:29:01.206 OF CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL INVESTMENT. 00:29:01.973 --> 00:29:06.544 IT WILL BE IMPERATIVE FOR CONTINUING COOPERATION 00:29:06.611 --> 00:29:10.148 AND CONTINUING SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 00:29:10.215 --> 00:29:14.452 IT'LL BE ESSENTIAL TO MAXIMIZE THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME 00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:18.523 OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE NOW FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE LEGACY. 00:29:19.124 --> 00:29:23.161 AND IF WE DO THAT, IF WE LOCK ARMS AND DO THAT 00:29:23.495 --> 00:29:27.265 OVER THE NEXT 21 MONTHS, THEN WHEN THE PARALYMPIC 00:29:28.066 --> 00:29:31.469 CALLED RAIN IS EXTINGUISHED AT THE COLISEUM 00:29:32.303 --> 00:29:35.306 ON AUGUST 27TH OF 2028, 00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.474 WE'LL ALL HAVE 00:29:36.541 --> 00:29:37.575 REASON TO CELEBRATE 00:29:37.642 --> 00:29:40.011 NOT ONLY THE SUCCESS THAT WE SAW DURING THE GAMES, 00:29:40.311 --> 00:29:43.681 BUT THE FOUNDATION THAT WE'VE LAID FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS 00:29:43.882 --> 00:29:44.649 THROUGH INVESTMENT 00:29:44.716 --> 00:29:47.819 IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE OF LOS ANGELES AND CALIFORNIA. 00:29:47.886 --> 00:29:49.888 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. THANK YOU. 00:29:50.121 --> 00:29:52.423 THANK YOU, MR. GRANDE. APPRECIATE BOTH YOU BEING HERE. 00:29:52.490 --> 00:29:54.659 AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO STICK AROUND 00:29:54.726 --> 00:29:56.094 AS LONG AS YOU LIKE HERE IN THE DISCUSSION. 00:29:56.161 --> 00:29:57.262 BUT APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE 00:29:58.296 --> 00:30:01.232 AS WE CALL UP OUR NEXT PANEL. 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:03.868 I APPRECIATE THE REFERENCE TO THE PARALYMPIC CAULDRON, 00:30:03.935 --> 00:30:05.236 AND I DO WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT 00:30:05.303 --> 00:30:06.738 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VERY TRAGIC 00:30:06.804 --> 00:30:10.141 PASSING OF OUR GREAT MANY WHO WAS A WONDERFUL ACTOR 00:30:10.708 --> 00:30:14.779 WHO PASSED AWAY BY SUICIDE AT AGE 34, 00:30:15.413 --> 00:30:16.314 NOT LONG AGO, 00:30:16.381 --> 00:30:18.416 A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, A BIG CHAMPION 00:30:18.483 --> 00:30:20.818 FOR THE PARALYMPIC GAMES AND THE ADVOCATE. 00:30:20.885 --> 00:30:23.221 AND ANOTHER REMINDER OF THAT, 00:30:24.022 --> 00:30:26.691 HOW MUCH MORE WE NEED TO DO ON HELPING PEOPLE 00:30:26.958 --> 00:30:29.260 STRUGGLING THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. 00:30:29.327 --> 00:30:29.994 ALL RIGHT. 00:30:31.596 --> 00:30:32.864 SO BEFORE TURNING OVER TO OUR PANEL, 00:30:32.931 --> 00:30:34.599 I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, 00:30:34.666 --> 00:30:36.401 WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT 00:30:36.467 --> 00:30:38.636 THE QUESTIONS ARE ON THE TOPIC AT HAND. 00:30:38.703 --> 00:30:39.704 WE MAY 00:30:40.638 --> 00:30:42.173 RESERVE THE RIGHT TO INTERVENE IF THE DISCUSSION 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.174 GOES OFF TOPIC AND 00:30:45.076 --> 00:30:47.345 BUT BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST 00:30:48.213 --> 00:30:50.515 RECOGNIZE THE ARRIVAL OF OUR GOOD FRIEND 00:30:50.582 --> 00:30:52.917 AND COLLEAGUE, SENATOR PEREZ, WHO'S HERE. 00:30:52.984 --> 00:30:53.685 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:30:53.751 --> 00:30:56.487 SO LET'S NOW TURN IT OVER TO OUR FIRST PANEL, 00:30:57.121 --> 00:30:58.156 WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS THE HISTORY 00:30:58.223 --> 00:30:59.624 OF THE CULTURAL IMPACT, THE IMPORTANT LESSONS 00:30:59.691 --> 00:31:01.726 THAT WE SHOULD REFLECT UPON FOR THE 2028 GAMES. 00:31:02.293 --> 00:31:03.161 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DR. 00:31:03.228 --> 00:31:05.964 TINY PAUL, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT UCLA AND DIRECTOR 00:31:06.030 --> 00:31:07.832 OF THE ALASKAN CENTER FOR HISTORY AND POLICY. 00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:11.536 AND I LOVE THE FACT SHE'S WEARING THAT 1932 JERSEY. 00:31:12.537 --> 00:31:16.274 IT WAS WORN BY MY GRANDFATHER WHO COMPETED IN THE OLYMPICS. 00:31:16.341 --> 00:31:17.942 WOW. OKAY. 00:31:18.009 --> 00:31:19.711 THAT IS SUPER COOL. 00:31:19.777 --> 00:31:20.378 I LOVE IT. 00:31:20.445 --> 00:31:23.381 I LOVE IT. WELL, YEA, 00:31:23.715 --> 00:31:24.682 THAT IS VERY COOL. 00:31:24.749 --> 00:31:25.450 AND IT WILL. 00:31:25.516 --> 00:31:27.752 AND THEN WE'LL ALSO ASK 00:31:27.986 --> 00:31:29.887 ZEV YAROSLAVSKY, FORMER SUPERVISOR FOR L.A. 00:31:29.954 --> 00:31:31.556 COUNTY, CURRENT DIRECTOR OF THE L.A. 00:31:31.623 --> 00:31:34.359 INITIATIVE OF THE UCLA LUSKIN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 00:31:35.260 --> 00:31:38.096 WE'LL ASK BOTH OF THEM TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATIONS. 00:31:38.162 --> 00:31:38.630 AND THEN 00:31:39.964 --> 00:31:42.934 AND THEN, FOLKS, I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. 00:31:43.134 --> 00:31:45.103 BUT I'D LOVE TO. CAN YOU GIVE US THE STORY? 00:31:45.169 --> 00:31:47.338 WHAT YEAR? THE SO THIS IS. 00:31:47.405 --> 00:31:49.674 THIS IS FROM THE 1932 OLYMPICS. WOW. OKAY. 00:31:50.008 --> 00:31:55.213 MY GRANDFATHER COMPETED AS IN SAILING ON A SIX METER BOAT. 00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:58.383 AND THIS WAS THE SWEAT SHIRT THAT HE WORE TO COMPETE. 00:31:58.449 --> 00:32:01.719 SO. SO THIS IS MAYBE MY FATHER'S MOST PRIZED POSSESSION. 00:32:01.786 --> 00:32:04.188 AND I GOT SPECIAL PERMISSION TO WEAR IT TODAY. 00:32:04.255 --> 00:32:05.857 SO THAT'S LEFT. 00:32:05.923 --> 00:32:07.825 WHERE WAS THE SAILING IN 32? 00:32:07.892 --> 00:32:09.093 YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE. 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.862 I THINK IT WAS IN LONG BEACH. OKAY. 00:32:10.928 --> 00:32:12.330 I THINK IT WAS, BUT I'M NOT SURE. 00:32:12.397 --> 00:32:13.398 THAT'S VERY COOL. WELL, THANK YOU. 00:32:13.464 --> 00:32:15.500 THANKS FOR WEARING THE WONDERFUL PIECES. 00:32:15.566 --> 00:32:19.771 THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY DIRTY, DIRTY OLD SWEATER. 00:32:20.705 --> 00:32:21.873 SO MY NAME IS TONY PAUL. 00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:25.109 I'M A HISTORY PROFESSOR AT UCLA, AND I RUN THE ALASKAN CENTER 00:32:25.176 --> 00:32:27.045 FOR HISTORY AND POLICY. 00:32:27.111 --> 00:32:30.782 I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING CHAIR ELLEN AND VICE CHAIR WORD 00:32:30.848 --> 00:32:33.151 FOR CONVENING THIS MEETING AND INVITING ME TO PRESENT. 00:32:33.418 --> 00:32:37.021 I'VE BEEN ASKED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME HISTORIC 00:32:37.088 --> 00:32:40.325 CONTEXT FOR US, AND AS THE FIRST CITY 00:32:40.391 --> 00:32:43.761 TO HOST THE GAMES THREE TIMES, THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY 00:32:43.828 --> 00:32:45.296 TO DRAW FROM. 00:32:45.363 --> 00:32:47.999 I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A USABLE PAST. 00:32:48.066 --> 00:32:49.667 SO WHAT I'LL BE REALLY FOCUSING ON 00:32:49.734 --> 00:32:52.403 TODAY IS SOME OF THE LESSONS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM PREVIOUS 00:32:53.771 --> 00:32:55.740 SPORTING EVENTS, ACTUALLY, 00:32:55.807 --> 00:32:59.177 NOT JUST THE OLYMPICS, BUT BUT WORLD CUPS AS WELL. 00:32:59.744 --> 00:33:02.680 I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT WHICH UNFORTUNATELY YOU ALL CAN'T SEE. 00:33:02.747 --> 00:33:05.483 SO I'LL TURN. 00:33:05.917 --> 00:33:09.220 THE RESEARCH THAT I'M PRESENTING AS PART OF A PROJECT CALLED 00:33:09.287 --> 00:33:11.189 STAGING HERITAGES THAT I'VE BEEN CARRYING OUT 00:33:11.255 --> 00:33:13.324 FOR THE LAST YEAR WITH MY COLLABORATOR, 00:33:13.391 --> 00:33:17.028 ESMERALDA ZIANI, WHO'S BASED IN QATAR, QATAR MUSEUMS 00:33:17.095 --> 00:33:21.332 AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE THE 2022 00:33:22.266 --> 00:33:24.302 WORLD CUP, FIFA WORLD CUP THAT WAS HELD IN QATAR. 00:33:24.369 --> 00:33:25.036 SO WE'RE 00:33:25.103 --> 00:33:28.773 INTERESTED IN CULTURAL PLANNING AND THE CONTENT OF CULTURAL 00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:31.709 OFFERINGS AROUND MEGA SPORTING EVENTS. 00:33:32.377 --> 00:33:35.680 I'M GOING TO START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF L.A. 00:33:35.747 --> 00:33:40.084 84 AND THE ARTS FESTIVAL, WHICH REALLY SETS A KIND OF NEW 00:33:40.151 --> 00:33:43.121 STANDARD FOR WHAT AN OLYMPICS ART FESTIVAL COULD BE. 00:33:43.488 --> 00:33:45.957 AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO FIVE LESSONS 00:33:46.190 --> 00:33:48.359 THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THESE OTHER CASE STUDIES. 00:33:48.426 --> 00:33:50.928 AND I'LL JUST MENTION MY 00:33:51.162 --> 00:33:52.663 MY COLLEAGUE ESMERALDA HAS SUBMITTED 00:33:52.730 --> 00:33:54.298 WRITTEN TESTIMONY FOR YOU 00:33:54.365 --> 00:33:57.935 AND THE FULL REPORTS OF OUR RESEARCH ARE AVAILABLE 00:33:58.002 --> 00:33:59.404 ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE AUDIENCE. 00:33:59.470 --> 00:34:00.905 AND ALSO WE HAVE SOME COPIES OUT IN THE FRONT, 00:34:00.972 --> 00:34:02.440 SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE. 00:34:04.175 --> 00:34:05.009 SO L.A. 00:34:05.076 --> 00:34:06.544 80 FOR 00:34:07.311 --> 00:34:07.545 SURE. 00:34:07.612 --> 00:34:09.414 ELLEN, I KNOW YOU MENTIONS 1912, 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.615 BUT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GO BACK 00:34:10.681 --> 00:34:12.784 EVEN FURTHER AND SAY THAT ARTS HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED 00:34:12.850 --> 00:34:14.685 IN THE MODERN OLYMPICS SINCE THE GAMES 00:34:14.752 --> 00:34:18.256 WERE RECREATED BY BARON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN IN 1896. 00:34:18.656 --> 00:34:22.093 HE ENVISIONED SPORTS AS, QUOTE, A PRODUCER OF ARTS 00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:23.895 AND AN OCCASION FOR ARTS 00:34:23.961 --> 00:34:27.298 AND AS WE KNOW, THE IOC SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES 00:34:27.365 --> 00:34:28.032 HOST CITIES 00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:30.768 TO OFFER A CULTURAL COMPONENT WITHIN THEIR OLYMPIC SPREAD. 00:34:31.102 --> 00:34:33.704 AND L.A., I THINK, REALLY HELPS YOU ESTABLISH THAT 00:34:34.172 --> 00:34:37.742 THE 84 OLYMPIC ARTS FESTIVAL WAS ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE. 00:34:37.809 --> 00:34:38.876 IT INCLUDED 00:34:38.943 --> 00:34:42.513 72 PERFORMING ARTS PRODUCTIONS, MORE THAN 30 00:34:42.580 --> 00:34:45.516 VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONS, AND THEN SEVEN MINI 00:34:45.583 --> 00:34:48.753 FESTIVALS THAT TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE LARGER FESTIVAL. 00:34:49.053 --> 00:34:49.554 IT WAS LAUDED 00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:52.056 AS THE LARGEST ARTS FESTIVAL THAT HAD EVER TAKEN 00:34:52.123 --> 00:34:53.991 PLACE IN AMERICA. 00:34:54.058 --> 00:34:56.828 IT RAN OVER TEN WEEKS PRECEDING 00:34:57.061 --> 00:35:00.598 THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. 00:35:00.665 --> 00:35:03.501 THE FIRST SEVEN WEEKS CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL 00:35:03.935 --> 00:35:06.771 AND THEN THE LAST THREE WEEKS SHOWCASED THE CULTURAL 00:35:06.838 --> 00:35:09.674 RICHNESS OF LOS ANGELES AND THE UNITED STATES. 00:35:10.208 --> 00:35:12.076 IT WAS DIRECTED BY ROBERT FITZPATRICK, 00:35:12.143 --> 00:35:14.145 WHO WAS THEN THE PRESIDENT, CAL ARTS. 00:35:14.212 --> 00:35:16.113 AND HIS VISION REALLY EMPHASIZED 00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:18.883 AN ARTS FESTIVAL THAT WAS EXPERIMENTAL, 00:35:18.950 --> 00:35:21.719 THAT WAS INNOVATIVE, AND THAT WOULD BREAK BOUNDARIES. 00:35:21.986 --> 00:35:24.155 AND HE AIMED TO RECRUIT ARTISTS AND WORKS 00:35:24.222 --> 00:35:26.491 THAT HAD NEVER BEFORE BEEN SEEN IN L.A. 00:35:26.824 --> 00:35:29.694 AND TO BRING ARTISTS AND PERFORMANCES TO L.A. 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:32.964 THAT REALLY CHALLENGED SOME OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS. 00:35:33.030 --> 00:35:33.564 THE CENTRAL 00:35:33.631 --> 00:35:36.901 THEME OF THE ARTS FESTIVAL WAS A BROAD INTERNATIONALISM, 00:35:37.101 --> 00:35:39.370 AND I THINK THIS REALLY SAYS IT ALL. 00:35:39.437 --> 00:35:42.406 LOS ANGELES IS POISED BETWEEN TWO EAST 00:35:42.874 --> 00:35:45.142 EUROPE, NEW YORK AND THE ORIENT. 00:35:45.543 --> 00:35:49.046 TOKYO, SEOUL AND BEIJING ARE AS INFLUENTIAL HERE 00:35:49.113 --> 00:35:51.148 AS BOSTON, PARIS AND MILAN. 00:35:51.215 --> 00:35:54.185 LIKEWISE, CULTURAL TRADITIONS THAT DATE BACK TO THE DAYS 00:35:54.252 --> 00:35:56.521 OF THE SPANISH EXPLORATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA, 00:35:56.787 --> 00:35:58.389 COMBINED WITH THE CITY'S OPENNESS 00:35:58.456 --> 00:36:01.392 TO THE NEW AND UNTESTED, TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE UNIQUE 00:36:01.459 --> 00:36:02.793 AND ALL THE WORLDS. 00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:05.630 AND SO WHAT WE CAN SEE HERE IS NOT JUST AN ARTS FESTIVAL 00:36:05.696 --> 00:36:08.533 THAT'S CREATING HISTORY, BUT THAT'S USING HISTORY, 00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:11.502 AND THAT'S DRAWING ON CULTURE TO REALLY CRAFT 00:36:11.569 --> 00:36:13.304 THE IMAGE OF THE CITY THAT WILL BE 00:36:13.371 --> 00:36:16.207 PRESENTED TO THE WORLD DURING DURING THIS EVENT. 00:36:17.808 --> 00:36:18.175 SO I'M GOING TO 00:36:18.242 --> 00:36:21.445 MOVE INTO SOME OF OUR LESSONS HERE. 00:36:21.512 --> 00:36:24.415 OUR FIRST IS REALLY ABOUT AUDIENCES. 00:36:24.482 --> 00:36:27.785 AND DESPITE OUR INSTINCT TO THINK ABOUT THE OLYMPICS 00:36:27.852 --> 00:36:29.987 AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT L.A. 00:36:30.054 --> 00:36:30.755 TO THE WORLD, 00:36:30.821 --> 00:36:34.859 TO WELCOME THE WORLD TO L.A., WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW 00:36:34.926 --> 00:36:38.095 IS THAT AUDIENCES FOR OLYMPIC 00:36:38.329 --> 00:36:41.332 ARTS FESTIVALS ARE PREDOMINANTLY LOCAL. 00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:45.069 THIS IS KIND OF SURPRISING, BUT LARGE VISITOR NUMBERS 00:36:45.136 --> 00:36:47.305 ACTUALLY DON'T GUARANTEE ATTENDANCE 00:36:47.371 --> 00:36:49.540 AT CULTURAL OFFERINGS SUCH AS MUSEUMS. 00:36:49.874 --> 00:36:53.044 IN FACT, IN LONDON AND IN PARIS, 00:36:53.444 --> 00:36:57.348 VISITORS TO MUSEUMS DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY. 00:36:57.415 --> 00:36:58.616 DURING THE OLYMPICS 00:36:58.683 --> 00:37:01.252 AND LONDON 2012, THE BRITISH MUSEUM RECORDED 00:37:01.319 --> 00:37:05.723 NEARLY 170,000 FEWER VISITORS THAN THE SAME PERIOD 00:37:05.790 --> 00:37:07.091 THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 00:37:07.158 --> 00:37:09.594 SEVERAL PARIS MUSEUMS EXPERIENCED DECLINES 00:37:09.660 --> 00:37:12.863 DESPITE APPROXIMATELY 11.2 MILLION VISITORS 00:37:12.930 --> 00:37:14.632 COMING TO GREATER PARIS. 00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:19.103 SO WE WE KNOW THAT OUR AUDIENCES NEED TO BE LOCAL. 00:37:19.170 --> 00:37:22.006 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING THOSE AUDIENCES. 00:37:22.406 --> 00:37:24.942 AND ACCORDING TO SURVEYS, SPORTS TICKET HOLDERS 00:37:25.009 --> 00:37:27.144 TEND TO NOT GO TO CULTURAL OFFERINGS 00:37:27.211 --> 00:37:28.546 UNLESS THEY'RE INTEGRATED 00:37:28.613 --> 00:37:30.915 WHERE THEY ALREADY ARE, LIKE NEAR VENUES. 00:37:31.415 --> 00:37:34.619 AND MOST CULTURAL PARTICIPANTS MAY NOT HOLD SPORTS TICKETS. 00:37:35.486 --> 00:37:37.021 SO WE REALLY NEED TO THINK STRATEGICALLY 00:37:37.088 --> 00:37:38.556 ABOUT WHO WE'RE SERVING. 00:37:38.623 --> 00:37:41.759 AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES TIMING FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE. 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.727 THE WEEKS 00:37:42.793 --> 00:37:44.395 ACTUALLY LEADING UP TO THE OLYMPICS 00:37:44.462 --> 00:37:46.397 MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE KIND OF TWO WEEKS 00:37:46.464 --> 00:37:47.932 THAT THE GAMES TAKE TO TAKE PLACE 00:37:47.999 --> 00:37:51.636 AND THEN DURING THE PARALYMPICS AFTERWARDS. 00:37:51.969 --> 00:37:54.538 AND IN TERMS OF CONTENT AND HOW L.A. 00:37:54.605 --> 00:37:56.407 PRESENTS ITSELF, I THINK THIS BRINGS UP 00:37:56.474 --> 00:37:59.010 A KIND OF INTERESTING DYNAMIC, WHICH IS THAT L.A. 00:37:59.076 --> 00:38:00.878 IS NOT JUST PRESENTING ITSELF TO THE WORLD. 00:38:00.945 --> 00:38:03.681 IT'S ACTUALLY PRESENTING ITSELF TO ITSELF. 00:38:04.048 --> 00:38:05.750 SO WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. 00:38:06.817 --> 00:38:08.653 AND IN TERMS OF WHAT WE PRESENT, 00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:11.489 I JUST WANT TO SAY AS AN ASIDE, THAT CULTURAL PROGRAMING 00:38:11.555 --> 00:38:13.457 DOESN'T NEED TO BE ABOUT SPORTS. 00:38:13.524 --> 00:38:14.058 THE L.A. 00:38:14.125 --> 00:38:17.461 84 ART FESTIVALS RELATIONSHIP WITH ATHLETIC EVENTS 00:38:17.528 --> 00:38:18.829 IS WORTH MENTIONING, 00:38:18.896 --> 00:38:21.632 AND THE AAF WAS ENVISIONED AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD STAND 00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:25.202 ITS OWN, NOT AS JUST A COROLLARY TO THE SPORTING EVENTS. 00:38:25.603 --> 00:38:28.406 AND THEN AS THIS QUOTE FROM ROBERT FITZPATRICK SUGGESTS, 00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:31.142 YOU KNOW, WHAT HE WAS ENVISIONING WAS REALLY AN ARTS 00:38:31.208 --> 00:38:35.046 FESTIVAL OF EXCELLENCE THAT WOULD RIVAL THE EXCELLENCE 00:38:35.112 --> 00:38:36.914 OR BE COMPARABLE TO THE EXCELLENCE 00:38:36.981 --> 00:38:39.784 BEING DEMONSTRATED IN IN ATHLETICS AT THE SAME TIME. 00:38:40.184 --> 00:38:44.755 SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CAPITALIZING ON THE MOMENT, 00:38:44.822 --> 00:38:47.525 TRYING TO DO SOMETHING REALLY CREATIVE WHILE WE HAVE, 00:38:47.725 --> 00:38:47.958 YOU KNOW, 00:38:48.025 --> 00:38:51.696 THE ENERGY AND THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY AND OF THE WORLDS. 00:38:53.097 --> 00:38:55.066 ALSO, JUST TO SAY, IN TERMS OF CONTENT 00:38:55.132 --> 00:38:58.769 IN L.A., 84 OF ALL THE PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS, 00:38:59.170 --> 00:39:02.573 NOTABLY ONLY ONE WAS EXPLICITLY DEDICATED TO SPORTS 00:39:02.640 --> 00:39:04.675 AND TWO MORE LINKED TO THE OLYMPICS. 00:39:04.742 --> 00:39:08.913 SO IT WAS REALLY KIND OF ITS OWN DISTINCT SORT OF THING. 00:39:10.681 --> 00:39:13.684 MY SECOND LESSON IS ABOUT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION 00:39:13.751 --> 00:39:15.753 DURING THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. 00:39:16.253 --> 00:39:19.590 WORKING THROUGH AN EXISTING CULTURAL LANDSCAPE 00:39:19.657 --> 00:39:21.425 THAT GOES BEYOND LARGE, 00:39:21.492 --> 00:39:24.862 ESTABLISHED INSTITUTIONS IS WHAT LEADS TO A SUCCESS. 00:39:25.329 --> 00:39:28.232 AND THE MOST IMPACTFUL CULTURAL OFFERS EMPLOY 00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:29.500 A CO-CREATION MODEL 00:39:29.567 --> 00:39:33.304 WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN BOTH L.A. 00:39:33.370 --> 00:39:36.073 84 AND PARIS AND ONES. 00:39:36.140 --> 00:39:38.642 AND WHAT HAPPENS IN L.A. 00:39:38.709 --> 00:39:40.244 84 WAS THAT THEY 00:39:40.311 --> 00:39:42.279 THEY OPTED INTO A CO-PRODUCING MODEL 00:39:42.346 --> 00:39:43.814 FOR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, 00:39:43.881 --> 00:39:46.917 AND PERFORMANCE COMPANIES WOULD SUBMIT PROGRAMING IDEAS, 00:39:47.284 --> 00:39:48.119 AND THEN THEY 00:39:48.185 --> 00:39:49.987 WOULD ASSEMBLE EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS 00:39:50.054 --> 00:39:52.556 THAT ALIGNED WITH THE OLYMPIC THEME. 00:39:52.623 --> 00:39:55.059 BUT ONE OF THE CENTRAL TENSIONS IN 84 00:39:55.126 --> 00:39:58.629 WAS THE BALANCE BETWEEN BRINGING INTERNATIONAL ART TO L.A. 00:39:58.696 --> 00:40:01.165 AND SHOWCASING L.A. CULTURE TO THE WORLD. 00:40:01.632 --> 00:40:05.369 AND THE FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL ART LEFT A LOT OF 00:40:05.436 --> 00:40:08.939 LOCAL ARTISTS AND INSTITUTIONS FEELING REALLY EXCLUDED. 00:40:09.373 --> 00:40:12.743 THIS ENDED UP LEADING TO A NUMBER OF FRINGE FESTIVALS, 00:40:12.810 --> 00:40:16.080 WHICH WERE SEIZED BY SMALLER ARTS GROUPS WHO'D BEEN LEFT OUT. 00:40:16.814 --> 00:40:18.649 AND I AM INCLUDING A COUPLE OF QUOTES HERE. 00:40:18.716 --> 00:40:20.384 THE FIRST IS AN OP ED FROM THE L.A. 00:40:20.451 --> 00:40:22.720 SENTINEL, WHICH EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION 00:40:23.888 --> 00:40:26.957 THAT MORE LOCAL ARTISTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED 00:40:27.024 --> 00:40:30.127 SO THAT VISITORS TO THE FESTIVAL WOULD CLEARLY SEE THAT 00:40:30.194 --> 00:40:33.998 AMERICA HAS MORE THAN IMPORTED STARS AND SUPER ATHLETES. 00:40:34.398 --> 00:40:36.801 AND THEN THE SECOND QUOTE THERE COMES FROM PETER SELLERS, 00:40:36.867 --> 00:40:40.137 WHO DIRECTED THE 1990 LOS ANGELES FESTIVAL. 00:40:40.204 --> 00:40:43.107 AND HE HAD KIND OF REACTED TO 84 AND SAID, NO, 00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:44.742 THERE WILL BE NO EUROPEAN 00:40:44.809 --> 00:40:46.644 AND NO EAST COAST CULTURE ON THIS FESTIVAL. 00:40:46.710 --> 00:40:49.079 THIS FESTIVAL WILL BE VERY, VERY L.A.. 00:40:52.016 --> 00:40:52.349 OUR THIRD 00:40:52.416 --> 00:40:55.219 LESSON HAS TO DO WITH ACCESS, WITH ACCESSIBILITY. 00:40:55.452 --> 00:40:58.222 AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ACCESS AND REALLY BROAD TERMS, 00:40:58.289 --> 00:41:00.224 NOT JUST IN TERMS OF DISABILITY ACCESS, 00:41:00.291 --> 00:41:04.228 BUT REALLY THE ACCESS OF ANY LOCAL COMMUNITY 00:41:04.461 --> 00:41:05.229 WHO MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE 00:41:05.296 --> 00:41:08.799 OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN THE ARTS FESTIVAL, ACCESS 00:41:08.866 --> 00:41:11.869 MEANS NOT JUST BEING ABLE TO EXPERIENCE 00:41:11.936 --> 00:41:14.672 CULTURE, BUT BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT CULTURE. 00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:17.975 MY COLLABORATOR ESMERALDA LIKES TO ALWAYS REMIND ME 00:41:18.275 --> 00:41:21.045 ACCESSIBILITY IS ABOUT MORE THAN RAMPS, 00:41:21.111 --> 00:41:23.047 AND IT'S ABOUT MORE THAN TRANSLATION. 00:41:23.113 --> 00:41:26.283 IT'S ABOUT INCLUDING COMMUNITIES IN PLANNING AND IN CURATION 00:41:26.350 --> 00:41:29.186 SO THAT THEY HAVE A STAKE IN WHAT IS BEING SHOWN 00:41:30.287 --> 00:41:32.189 ONCE IN 2012 THROUGH A PROGRAM 00:41:32.256 --> 00:41:35.192 CALLED ONES AND UNLIMITED THAT ARE REALLY EXCELLENT JOB. 00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:35.926 WITH THAT, 00:41:35.993 --> 00:41:38.762 THEY BUILT A MULTI-YEAR CULTURAL PROGRAM WITH COMMUNITY 00:41:39.763 --> 00:41:43.067 MUSEUM COLLABORATION AND DISABLED CULTURAL PRODUCTION, 00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:46.704 AND BY INCLUDING COMMUNITIES BROADLY AND 00:41:47.338 --> 00:41:49.840 THE VISITOR NUMBERS THAT SAW WERE REALLY GOOD 00:41:49.907 --> 00:41:52.843 BECAUSE THOSE COMMUNITIES HAD A STAKE IN 00:41:52.910 --> 00:41:55.779 WHAT WAS GOING ON. 00:41:56.213 --> 00:41:56.947 FIRST LESSON 00:41:57.014 --> 00:42:00.351 I'VE MENTIONED COMMUNITY BASED AND CO-CREATION MODELS, 00:42:00.417 --> 00:42:02.653 BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT COMMUNITY 00:42:02.720 --> 00:42:06.123 PARTICIPATION NEEDS RESOURCES AND IT NEEDS AUTHORITY. 00:42:06.557 --> 00:42:09.860 YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF RESOURCE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 00:42:11.195 --> 00:42:13.597 THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD CAN DO REALLY WELL IS HELP 00:42:13.664 --> 00:42:17.301 LEND VISIBILITY TO DIFFERENT ARTS OFFERINGS. 00:42:17.635 --> 00:42:21.705 BUT WHAT I'LL LEARN IS THAT VISIBILITY 00:42:21.772 --> 00:42:23.574 WITHOUT RESOURCES WILL FAVOR 00:42:23.641 --> 00:42:26.911 INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY HAVE CAPACITY. 00:42:27.177 --> 00:42:29.046 SO RESOURCING IS REALLY IMPORTANT, 00:42:29.113 --> 00:42:31.982 AND SHARED AUTHORITY IS REALLY ABOUT WHOSE VOICES 00:42:32.049 --> 00:42:32.750 GET TO BE HEARD. 00:42:32.816 --> 00:42:35.252 AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING 00:42:35.319 --> 00:42:38.555 ABOUT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND DIASPORA COMMUNITIES. 00:42:38.889 --> 00:42:42.226 DURING THE OLYMPICS, COUNTRY HOUSES AND EMBASSIES 00:42:42.293 --> 00:42:45.396 TEND TO BE GIVEN A LOT OF VOICE OR THEY HAVE A LOT OF VOICE 00:42:45.462 --> 00:42:47.898 AND HOW INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES ARE REPRESENTED. 00:42:48.732 --> 00:42:52.236 BUT THE CULTURAL REPRESENTATION SUPPORTED BY STATE 00:42:52.303 --> 00:42:52.970 COUNTRY HOUSE 00:42:53.037 --> 00:42:56.173 DOESN'T ALWAYS RESONATE WITH LOCAL IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. 00:42:56.240 --> 00:42:58.042 AND SO THERE CAN BE A TENSION 00:42:58.108 --> 00:43:01.645 BETWEEN HOW STATE NARRATIVES ALIGN WITH DIASPORA EXPERIENCES. 00:43:01.979 --> 00:43:03.714 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN LONDON. 00:43:03.781 --> 00:43:04.715 THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSHBACK 00:43:04.782 --> 00:43:06.850 IN 2012 ON SOME OF THE COUNTRY HOUSES 00:43:07.084 --> 00:43:08.652 AND A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY POP UPS. 00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:10.254 THAT HAPPENED AS A RESPONSE. 00:43:10.321 --> 00:43:12.556 AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN L.A. 00:43:12.623 --> 00:43:16.894 BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A DIVERSE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HERE. 00:43:18.629 --> 00:43:21.098 AND THEN MY FIFTH AND FINAL LESSON IS THAT LEGACY BEGINS. 00:43:21.165 --> 00:43:23.767 NOW, L.A., AS WE ALL KNOW, WILL HOST ITS THIRD 00:43:23.834 --> 00:43:26.403 OLYMPIC GAMES AND ITS FIRST PARALYMPIC GAMES. 00:43:26.670 --> 00:43:28.405 REALLY GREAT LEGACIES ARE POSSIBLE. 00:43:28.472 --> 00:43:30.441 WE SAW THIS IN 1984. 00:43:30.507 --> 00:43:33.110 LEGACY IS ABOUT CAPITALIZING ON THE OLYMPIC 00:43:33.177 --> 00:43:34.712 AND PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT TO CREATE 00:43:34.778 --> 00:43:37.514 LASTING CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE HOST CITY 00:43:37.581 --> 00:43:38.882 AND ITS COMMUNITIES. 00:43:38.949 --> 00:43:41.118 BECAUSE HARD DID THIS REALLY, REALLY WELL 00:43:41.185 --> 00:43:42.753 DURING THE WORLD CUP, 00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:46.123 THEY CEMENTED AND FUNDED THEIR PUBLIC ART INFRASTRUCTURE 00:43:46.190 --> 00:43:48.859 AND THE CITY WAS TURNED INTO A KIND OF OPEN AIR MUSEUM 00:43:49.126 --> 00:43:50.260 WITH ACQUISITIONS 00:43:50.327 --> 00:43:51.295 SUCH AS THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM 00:43:51.362 --> 00:43:55.332 LEFT THERE THAT LASTED BEYOND THE TOURNAMENT PERIOD. 00:43:55.632 --> 00:43:57.634 PARIS ALSO DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THIS, 00:43:57.701 --> 00:44:00.270 USING TEMPORARY CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE 00:44:00.337 --> 00:44:01.638 TO SERVE INSTITUTIONS 00:44:01.705 --> 00:44:04.742 IN WAYS THAT WOULD LAST BEYOND THE GAMES TIME. 00:44:04.808 --> 00:44:07.911 THEY DEVELOPED VIRTUAL CONTENTS FOR THEIR MUSEUMS AND ALSO 00:44:07.978 --> 00:44:10.881 MULTILINGUAL INTERPRETATION THAT STILL EXISTS TODAY. 00:44:11.615 --> 00:44:11.982 IN ORDER 00:44:12.049 --> 00:44:13.217 TO CEMENT THESE LEGACIES, THOUGH, 00:44:13.283 --> 00:44:15.085 WE REALLY NEED TO START PLANNING FOR THEM NOW 00:44:15.152 --> 00:44:16.186 AND THINKING ABOUT 00:44:16.253 --> 00:44:19.223 WHAT WILL REMAIN, WHO WILL OWN IT, WHO WILL MAINTAIN IT, 00:44:19.289 --> 00:44:22.926 AND WHO CAN USE IT GOING FORWARD. 00:44:22.993 --> 00:44:26.196 SO LOOKING AHEAD, A MAJOR GOAL OF OUR RESEARCH PROJECT HAS BEEN 00:44:26.263 --> 00:44:29.933 TO HELP INSTITUTIONS NAVIGATE THE GAMES GOVERNANCE SYSTEM 00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:33.937 CLEARLY AND UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHERE THEY CAN PARTICIPATE. 00:44:34.538 --> 00:44:38.108 I'LL SAY THAT THE GOVERNANCE LANDSCAPE PRESENTS CHALLENGES 00:44:38.175 --> 00:44:38.542 TO L.A. 00:44:38.609 --> 00:44:40.844 INSTITUTIONS AND PLANNING HOW THEY MIGHT FIT IN. 00:44:41.311 --> 00:44:43.147 WE HAVE A THREE TIER SYSTEM HERE. 00:44:43.213 --> 00:44:45.482 WE HAVE THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD, WE HAVE THE CITY, 00:44:45.549 --> 00:44:48.252 AND WE HAVE THE COUNCIL, YOU ALL WHO HAVE PLANS. 00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:49.019 AND THEN 00:44:49.086 --> 00:44:52.489 WE WILL ALSO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY CULTURAL OFFERS. 00:44:52.556 --> 00:44:54.792 AND IN COMPARISON TO OUR OTHER CASE STUDIES, 00:44:55.225 --> 00:44:56.527 THIS IS HIGHLY ATYPICAL. 00:44:56.593 --> 00:44:57.594 IT'S HIGHLY ATYPICAL 00:44:57.661 --> 00:45:01.398 FOR MORE RECENT CULTURAL DELIVERY MODELS NOT TO HAVE 00:45:01.465 --> 00:45:02.366 A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE 00:45:02.433 --> 00:45:06.370 THAT CONCENTRATES ITS DECISION MAKING INTO KIND OF ONE 00:45:06.603 --> 00:45:08.872 UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION ONES IN PARIS, 00:45:08.939 --> 00:45:11.241 QATAR AND VANCOUVER ALL ALL HAD THAT. 00:45:11.308 --> 00:45:14.344 SO ELLIE'S LATER CAN BE A STRENGTH. 00:45:14.678 --> 00:45:17.815 BUT MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ALSO NEED A CLEAR 00:45:17.881 --> 00:45:22.619 EXPLANATION OF HOW THESE DIFFERENT PARTS CONNECT. 00:45:22.686 --> 00:45:24.755 SINCE YOU CONCLUDE THAT CULTURE, 00:45:24.822 --> 00:45:27.925 I BELIEVE, CAN HELP LOS ANGELES WELCOME THE WORLDS, 00:45:27.991 --> 00:45:31.028 AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US IS TO LEAVE A STRONGER 00:45:31.095 --> 00:45:35.165 INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, ACCESS AND CULTURAL AUTHORITY. 00:45:35.232 --> 00:45:37.734 AFTER 2028, 00:45:37.801 --> 00:45:42.639 WE HAVE SEVEN RESEARCH REPORTS AVAILABLE IN YOUR PACKAGE, 00:45:42.706 --> 00:45:43.907 BUT ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE 00:45:43.974 --> 00:45:45.642 FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT GO INTO EVERYTHING 00:45:45.709 --> 00:45:47.711 I'VE TALKED ABOUT IN A LOT MORE DETAIL 00:45:47.778 --> 00:45:51.482 AND YOU CAN ACCESS THEM VIA THE QR CODE THAT'S HERE. 00:45:51.548 --> 00:45:56.453 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:45:56.520 --> 00:45:58.789 THANK YOU. 00:45:59.356 --> 00:46:00.457 LET'S NOW GO TO A SUPERVISORY ACTION 00:46:00.524 --> 00:46:02.259 ASKING ARE YOU DOING POWERPOINT OR NO? 00:46:02.326 --> 00:46:04.361 TURN MY CHAIR BACK AROUND. YEAH. 00:46:04.428 --> 00:46:08.532 SORRY TO MAKE YOU FORGET I'M TOO OLD FOR POWERPOINT 00:46:09.967 --> 00:46:13.470 OF. FIRST OF ALL, WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION BY 00:46:14.705 --> 00:46:17.774 A COLLEAGUE OF MINE AT UCLA IN DIRECTOR. 00:46:17.841 --> 00:46:21.011 NOW THE MOSCONE CENTER FOR HISTORY AND POLICY. SO 00:46:22.546 --> 00:46:24.882 GOOD SELECTION TO HAVE YOU HAVE HER DIRECTED 00:46:25.916 --> 00:46:27.951 SENATOR ELLEN 00:46:28.585 --> 00:46:31.288 I JUST WANT TO ALSO 00:46:31.522 --> 00:46:35.726 CONGRATULATE YOU ON 12 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE. 00:46:35.792 --> 00:46:37.461 YOU'RE MY STATE SENATOR. 00:46:37.528 --> 00:46:42.633 YOU'RE MY FORMER INTERN, AND YOU DIDN'T EMBARRASS ME. 00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:45.936 HA HA HA HA HA HA. 00:46:46.003 --> 00:46:47.704 AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE 00:46:47.771 --> 00:46:50.941 THAT YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER IS NOT IS NOT OVER. 00:46:51.308 --> 00:46:52.976 BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 00:46:53.043 --> 00:46:54.678 UP UNTIL NOW, 00:46:55.679 --> 00:46:58.849 I DON'T HAVE A POWERPOINT, AND I KNEW 00:46:58.916 --> 00:47:02.953 I'D SEEN TONY'S OUTLINE FOR WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO SAY. 00:47:03.020 --> 00:47:05.055 SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS 00:47:05.122 --> 00:47:06.823 OF SOMEONE WHO LIVED THROUGH THAT PERIOD. 00:47:06.890 --> 00:47:07.958 BY THE WAY, HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR? 00:47:08.025 --> 00:47:15.532 THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE. 00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:18.302 I WAS I WAS THERE FOR 84. 00:47:19.203 --> 00:47:21.538 I WAS THERE AT THE BEGINNING. 00:47:22.406 --> 00:47:23.740 AND I'M GOING TO BE VERY POSITIVE. 00:47:23.807 --> 00:47:27.744 I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY CRITICAL ANALYSIS HERE. 00:47:27.978 --> 00:47:31.915 BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT WHAT I BELIEVE THE THE 00:47:32.849 --> 00:47:34.051 ARTS FESTIVAL, THE OLYMPICS 00:47:34.117 --> 00:47:38.522 ARTS FESTIVAL IN 1984 DID FOR FOR US FOR LOS ANGELES. 00:47:39.122 --> 00:47:42.459 YOU KNOW, I WANT TO PUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT'S HAPPENED 00:47:42.526 --> 00:47:45.929 TO THE CULTURAL FOOTPRINT OF LOS ANGELES SINCE 1984. 00:47:46.396 --> 00:47:49.433 NOW, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE 00:47:49.499 --> 00:47:51.702 COMPLETELY HONEST TO SAY THAT EVERY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 00:47:51.768 --> 00:47:53.270 HAVE HAPPENED SINCE 1984 HAPPENED 00:47:53.337 --> 00:47:56.607 BECAUSE OF THE CULTURE, BECAUSE OF THE OLYMPIC ARTS FESTIVAL. 00:47:57.207 --> 00:47:59.576 BUT IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THE OLYMPICS 00:47:59.643 --> 00:48:02.079 ART FESTIVAL WAS CATALYTIC. 00:48:02.145 --> 00:48:04.281 IT CATALYZED SO MANY THINGS. 00:48:04.348 --> 00:48:07.818 FIRST OF ALL, IT GALVANIZED SO MANY COMPONENT 00:48:07.884 --> 00:48:11.722 PARTS OF OUR OF WHAT WAS THEN THE ART, THE CULTURAL FOOTPRINT. 00:48:12.689 --> 00:48:14.625 IT WAS 00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:19.196 IT WASN'T A SHOW. 00:48:19.263 --> 00:48:22.699 IT WAS IT WAS A CAUSE IN THE SORT OF A CULTURAL CAUSE. 00:48:23.133 --> 00:48:26.503 AND MANY OF US DID NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND 00:48:26.570 --> 00:48:28.272 THAT AT THE TIME. 00:48:28.338 --> 00:48:29.573 BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. 00:48:29.640 --> 00:48:33.343 I THINK MY LATE WIFE BARBARA DRAGGED ME TO A KABUKI 00:48:34.645 --> 00:48:37.080 PERFORMANCE SOMEWHERE IN THE PASADENA AREA. 00:48:37.147 --> 00:48:39.583 I DID NOT WANT TO GO. 00:48:39.650 --> 00:48:41.551 I HAD ENOUGH TO DO. 00:48:41.618 --> 00:48:43.820 IT TURNED ME AROUND WHEN IT CAME TO 00:48:45.255 --> 00:48:48.425 THAT ART FORM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY QUITE 00:48:48.492 --> 00:48:51.461 FASCINATING AND AN EXCITING, 00:48:51.528 --> 00:48:53.664 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WAS, WAS THE OPERA. 00:48:53.730 --> 00:48:54.431 IT'S BEEN MENTIONED 00:48:54.498 --> 00:48:56.700 A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE 00:48:57.834 --> 00:48:59.236 IGNORED. 00:48:59.836 --> 00:49:01.605 WE HAD NO OPERA COMPANY HERE. 00:49:01.672 --> 00:49:03.106 IN FACT, THE ONLY MAJOR 00:49:03.173 --> 00:49:05.042 ARTISTIC COMPANY THAT WE HAD IN LOS ANGELES, 00:49:05.108 --> 00:49:08.478 I BELIEVE AT THE TIME WAS LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC OPERA. 00:49:08.545 --> 00:49:10.614 IF THEY CAME HERE, THEY CAME HERE. 00:49:10.681 --> 00:49:13.216 IT WAS WHEN A COMPANY WAS ON TOUR 00:49:13.283 --> 00:49:15.285 OR FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY. 00:49:15.352 --> 00:49:16.286 WE STILL HAVE IT. 00:49:16.353 --> 00:49:20.057 WELL, WE'VE HAD A SEMBLANCE OF A BALLET COMPANY, 00:49:20.357 --> 00:49:23.160 BUT FOR MOST OF OUR HISTORY, THE BALLET WAS 00:49:24.528 --> 00:49:25.796 WAS WHEN THE BOLSHOI OR THE 00:49:25.862 --> 00:49:29.599 ROYAL BALLET WOULD COME HERE FROM EUROPE AND PERFORM HERE. 00:49:29.666 --> 00:49:31.335 AND, BY THE WAY, TO SELL OUT AUDIENCES 00:49:31.401 --> 00:49:33.970 AT THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM RIGHT UP THE STREET, 00:49:34.037 --> 00:49:36.506 7000 PEOPLE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. 00:49:36.573 --> 00:49:39.543 THERE WAS AN AUDIENCE FOR THAT SORT OF THING. 00:49:39.609 --> 00:49:42.379 BUT THE OPERA CAME ABOUT 00:49:42.446 --> 00:49:46.249 BECAUSE PLACIDO DOMINGO WAS HERE AND HE LOOKED AROUND 00:49:46.783 --> 00:49:52.622 AND AS HE WAS WANT TO DO, WHY DON'T WE HAVE AN OPERA HERE? 00:49:53.056 --> 00:49:55.459 AND FROM THAT FROM THAT 00:49:55.859 --> 00:49:58.929 SEVERAL WORD SENTENCE BECAME AN OPERA. 00:49:58.995 --> 00:50:01.098 WE'RE NOW CELEBRATING OUR 40TH YEAR, 00:50:01.164 --> 00:50:02.833 JUST FINISHING THE 40TH YEAR. 00:50:02.899 --> 00:50:08.538 THE OPERA WAS WAS BORN IN 1986 AS A RESULT OF THE OLYMPIC ARTS 00:50:08.605 --> 00:50:12.943 FESTIVAL AND THE PRESENCE HERE OF OF PLACIDO DOMINGO. 00:50:13.009 --> 00:50:17.814 AND DID TURN MY LIFE AROUND BECAUSE AS WHEN I BECAME 00:50:17.881 --> 00:50:19.049 A COUNTY SUPERVISOR, 00:50:19.116 --> 00:50:22.219 WE HAVE THE OVERSIGHT OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC CENTER. 00:50:23.587 --> 00:50:25.389 I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE OPERA 00:50:25.455 --> 00:50:28.358 FOR A NUMBER OF POLICY AND FINANCIAL REASONS TO HELP 00:50:28.425 --> 00:50:30.927 THE OPERA GET THROUGH A TOUGH TIME. 00:50:30.994 --> 00:50:33.964 AND MY SON, WHO WAS IN THE MONROE 00:50:34.030 --> 00:50:36.666 HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM 00:50:36.733 --> 00:50:38.869 AND ONE OF THE CATEGORIES WAS OPERA, BY THE WAY. 00:50:38.935 --> 00:50:42.873 I HATED OPERA AT THE TIME. 00:50:42.939 --> 00:50:45.041 THE ONLY OPERA EVER SEEN WAS HANSEL AND GRETEL. 00:50:45.108 --> 00:50:48.678 WHEN I WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KID AND I IT DIDN'T WORK. 00:50:48.745 --> 00:50:51.114 IT DIDN'T CONNECT WITH ME. 00:50:51.181 --> 00:50:52.082 BUT I HEARD 00:50:52.149 --> 00:50:53.683 THE WAFTING OF THE MUSIC 00:50:53.750 --> 00:50:55.886 THAT MY SON WAS LISTENING ON CASSETTE TAPES. 00:50:56.086 --> 00:50:58.155 SOME OF THE YOUNGER LEGISLATORS MAY REMEMBER 00:50:58.221 --> 00:51:00.857 WHAT A CASSETTE TAPE IS. THE 00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:05.495 AND I HEARD THE MUSIC COMING UP FROM CARMEN 00:51:05.562 --> 00:51:08.899 AND FROM LA TRAVIATA, AND I SAID, THAT STUFF IS GOOD STUFF. 00:51:10.367 --> 00:51:11.435 I COULD GET INTO THIS. 00:51:11.501 --> 00:51:15.338 AND THEN I'M A COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND THE OPERA CALLS ON ME. 00:51:15.405 --> 00:51:16.773 AND I STARTED GOING TO THE OPERA 00:51:16.840 --> 00:51:19.009 AND I'M NOW ON THE OPERA BOARD AND I'VE BECOME A HUGE 00:51:19.843 --> 00:51:20.777 ADVOCATE FOR THE OPERA. 00:51:20.844 --> 00:51:21.878 JUST ONE PERSON. 00:51:21.945 --> 00:51:24.848 YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU'RE GOING TO TOUCH. 00:51:24.915 --> 00:51:27.884 THANKS TO THE OLYMPIC ARTS FESTIVAL OF 1984, 00:51:28.785 --> 00:51:29.586 I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE MUCH 00:51:29.653 --> 00:51:31.087 MORE TIME, BUT I WANT TO GO THROUGH 00:51:31.154 --> 00:51:33.757 THE LITANY OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED CULTURALLY, 00:51:33.824 --> 00:51:36.927 THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT IN LOS ANGELES. 00:51:37.894 --> 00:51:39.963 AND FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE INSTITUTIONS 00:51:40.030 --> 00:51:41.264 AND FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS, 00:51:41.331 --> 00:51:43.133 THERE'S AN INSTITUTION BEHIND IT. 00:51:43.200 --> 00:51:44.935 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE EMPLOYED 00:51:45.001 --> 00:51:48.705 AND THEY THEY LOOK LIKE LOS ANGELES IN MET IN MOST CASES. 00:51:49.673 --> 00:51:52.609 SO WHAT ARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE 00:51:52.676 --> 00:51:54.578 INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HERE? 00:51:54.644 --> 00:51:57.814 WHAT I'VE CALLED THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE ARTS IN LOS ANGELES, 00:51:58.215 --> 00:52:00.784 AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, THE GETTY VILLAS, THE 00:52:00.984 --> 00:52:06.356 THE GETTY CENTER, BRAND NEW THE THE REDOING OF THE LOT, 00:52:06.423 --> 00:52:09.326 THE EXPANSION OF THIS CAMPUS, THE REDOING OF THE NATURAL 00:52:09.693 --> 00:52:12.762 HISTORY MUSEUM, THE EXPANSION OF THE OF THIS MUSEUM, 00:52:13.797 --> 00:52:16.633 THE THE 00:52:16.900 --> 00:52:19.636 REDEVELOPMENT OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART. 00:52:20.403 --> 00:52:22.305 OH, CAMPUS IN THE MIRACLE MILE. 00:52:22.372 --> 00:52:24.574 BY THE WAY, THE L.A. 00:52:24.641 --> 00:52:26.543 COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART STARTED IN WHAT IS NOW 00:52:26.610 --> 00:52:27.611 THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, 00:52:27.677 --> 00:52:29.980 THE OLDEST INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING IN L.A. 00:52:31.014 --> 00:52:33.884 BUT THEY NOW HAVE THE BRAND NEW MUSEUM 00:52:33.950 --> 00:52:38.788 ON THE MIRACLE MILE, THE DISNEY CONCERT HALL, THE THE SORAYA, 00:52:38.855 --> 00:52:43.126 THE CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. 00:52:43.193 --> 00:52:45.328 AND I COULD GO ON HOLLYWOOD BOWL 00:52:46.363 --> 00:52:48.465 TRANSFORMATION FROM A 1950S 00:52:49.633 --> 00:52:53.169 FACILITY TO A 21ST CENTURY PERFORMING ARTS FACILITY. 00:52:53.470 --> 00:52:55.005 AND THERE ARE MORE. 00:52:55.071 --> 00:52:57.841 ALL OF THAT'S HAPPENED IT REALLY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, 00:52:58.241 --> 00:52:59.342 20 TO 25 YEARS. 00:52:59.409 --> 00:53:01.144 THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. 00:53:01.211 --> 00:53:03.246 IN ANY OTHER CITY, PARIS, ROME, 00:53:04.281 --> 00:53:05.515 TOKYO, IT DOESN'T MATTER. 00:53:05.582 --> 00:53:07.817 IT HAD GOTTEN JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. 00:53:08.151 --> 00:53:10.754 IF WE HAD JUST DONE DISNEY HALL IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, 00:53:10.820 --> 00:53:13.023 WE WOULD HAVE CALLED IT A PRETTY GOOD COUPLE OF DECADES. 00:53:13.089 --> 00:53:14.658 BUT WE'VE HAD IT ALL. 00:53:14.724 --> 00:53:19.162 AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WHAT THE 1984 OLYMPICS 00:53:19.229 --> 00:53:21.865 ARTS FESTIVAL DID WAS KIND OF THAT 00:53:22.265 --> 00:53:26.236 THAT JUNCTION BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE WHERE WE 00:53:26.303 --> 00:53:30.040 WE HAD A CULTURAL FOOTPRINT HERE, BUT IT WAS 00:53:30.774 --> 00:53:33.643 MINIMAL COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR CITIES. 00:53:34.044 --> 00:53:35.178 AND WHAT THIS 00:53:35.245 --> 00:53:39.482 DID WAS CATAPULT US INTO IT, ALLOWED US TO THINK MUCH BIGGER. 00:53:39.549 --> 00:53:42.385 SO THAT YOU GALVANIZE THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY, 00:53:42.619 --> 00:53:44.754 YOU GALVANIZE THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMUNITY. 00:53:45.055 --> 00:53:48.325 IT SPAWNED THE PACIFIC STANDARD TIME 00:53:49.225 --> 00:53:51.728 EXHIBITS THAT TOOK PLACE IN 1987 00:53:51.795 --> 00:53:55.031 AND BEYOND, OR WHATEVER THE YEAR WAS, 87. 00:53:55.098 --> 00:53:58.201 WE HAD OUR SECOND SO-CALLED WE JUST CALLED IT THE L.A. 00:53:58.268 --> 00:53:59.369 ARTS FESTIVAL 00:53:59.436 --> 00:54:03.039 OF THE UNDER PETER SELLARS DIRECTION AND SO FORTH. 00:54:03.340 --> 00:54:05.475 AND ALL OF THAT STARTED. 00:54:06.743 --> 00:54:08.011 THEY STARTED, BUT THAT 00:54:08.078 --> 00:54:11.681 GOT ACCELERATED BY THE OLYMPICS ARTS FESTIVAL. 00:54:12.015 --> 00:54:16.419 SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THIS THING WOULD HAVE. 00:54:16.853 --> 00:54:19.789 I'M DISAPPOINTED 00:54:19.856 --> 00:54:20.523 THAT WE HAVEN'T. 00:54:20.590 --> 00:54:22.892 AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE FROM FROM THE 00:54:22.959 --> 00:54:23.827 CULTURAL OLYMPIAD FOLKS. 00:54:23.893 --> 00:54:27.931 AND I'M GOING TO BE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHERE THEY ARE. 00:54:27.998 --> 00:54:32.502 WE WERE IN 84, REMEMBER, WE GOT THE BID BID WAS 00:54:33.169 --> 00:54:36.573 WAS GRANTED IN 1978. 00:54:36.640 --> 00:54:39.209 THE ARTS FESTIVAL 00:54:39.275 --> 00:54:43.346 WAS PROBABLY IN THE WORKS BY 81 OR 82. 00:54:43.413 --> 00:54:44.280 I DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR, 00:54:44.347 --> 00:54:47.017 BUT IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THE OLYMPIC GAMES, NOT 00:54:47.550 --> 00:54:49.052 NOT TWO YEARS BEFORE THE OLYMPIC GAMES. 00:54:49.119 --> 00:54:52.188 SO WE'VE LOST A LOT OF TIME. 00:54:52.255 --> 00:54:54.224 NONETHELESS, 00:54:54.290 --> 00:54:55.992 WHATEVER WE DO HERE, 00:54:56.059 --> 00:54:58.828 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GALVANIZE THE CULTURAL ENERGIES 00:54:58.895 --> 00:54:59.996 OF OUR CITY. 00:55:00.063 --> 00:55:03.033 AND FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO WEREN'T PARTICULARLY PLUGGED 00:55:03.099 --> 00:55:05.235 IN TO SOME OF THE CULTURAL 00:55:06.102 --> 00:55:08.371 ASSETS THAT WE HAD AND 00:55:10.140 --> 00:55:11.408 CATAPULTED, CATALYZE IT 00:55:11.474 --> 00:55:14.077 INTO SOMETHING THAT IS BIGGER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS. 00:55:14.778 --> 00:55:17.013 SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN A CITY 00:55:17.080 --> 00:55:18.815 THAT'S DIVERSE, 00:55:19.816 --> 00:55:23.453 PROBABLY THE MOST DIVERSE CITY AND COUNTY IN THE WORLD 00:55:23.820 --> 00:55:27.323 AND IN THE OLYMPICS IS THE MOST EXCITING 00:55:27.691 --> 00:55:29.859 ATHLETIC EVENT, IN THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE 00:55:29.926 --> 00:55:32.495 ATHLETIC ABOUT THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS 00:55:33.963 --> 00:55:35.532 THAT THERE IS ON THE PLANET. 00:55:35.598 --> 00:55:39.602 AND TO THAT HERE AND TO HAVE THAT LIKE SO MANY OTHER THINGS 00:55:39.969 --> 00:55:42.305 GALVANIZED BY 00:55:43.440 --> 00:55:47.010 CATALYZE THE CULTURAL FOOTPRINT OF LOS ANGELES EVEN FURTHER 00:55:47.944 --> 00:55:50.313 WILL BE A GREAT, GREAT VICTORY FOR US. 00:55:51.314 --> 00:55:52.682 ANYWAY, I'LL STOP WITH THAT. YEAH. 00:55:52.749 --> 00:55:53.383 THANK YOU. 00:55:53.450 --> 00:55:54.050 THANK YOU. 00:55:54.117 --> 00:55:57.487 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY, MANY YEARS OF LEADERSHIP IN THIS 00:55:57.554 --> 00:56:00.323 AND SO MANY OTHER AREAS FOR OUR REGION. 00:56:01.391 --> 00:56:03.326 I JUST THANK ME FOR ME FOR YOUR INTERNSHIPS. 00:56:03.393 --> 00:56:04.861 YES. WELL, THAT TOO. AND THAT'S YOU. 00:56:04.928 --> 00:56:06.763 THAT'S YOU DID A GREAT JOB FOR 00:56:08.465 --> 00:56:08.898 HEALTH CARE. 00:56:08.965 --> 00:56:10.834 HEALTH. WE DID. HEALTH POLICY. 00:56:10.900 --> 00:56:12.435 THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. 00:56:12.502 --> 00:56:15.038 LET ME JUST START I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR YOUR 00:56:15.105 --> 00:56:17.107 YOUR COMMENTS, DR. PAUL, ABOUT 00:56:18.608 --> 00:56:20.977 ABOUT THE DECREASING 00:56:21.044 --> 00:56:23.379 ATTENDANCE IN SEVERAL OF THE MUSEUMS. 00:56:23.980 --> 00:56:25.415 AND I'D LOVE TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS 00:56:25.482 --> 00:56:30.086 AS TO WHY THAT IS, HOW WE CAN COUNTERACT THAT DECLINE. 00:56:30.320 --> 00:56:34.090 I ALSO I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CATACOMBS IN CINCINNATI 00:56:34.424 --> 00:56:35.558 ACTUALLY SAW A SPIKE. 00:56:35.625 --> 00:56:38.561 SO THERE WERE SOME THERE WERE SOME CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS 00:56:38.628 --> 00:56:41.531 THAT ACTUALLY HAD AN INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE. 00:56:43.500 --> 00:56:46.669 CAN YOU CAN YOU CAN THE TWO OF YOU SPEAK TO 00:56:47.737 --> 00:56:48.204 YOU KNOW, 00:56:48.271 --> 00:56:49.339 HOW DID THAT EXPERIENCE COMPARE 00:56:49.405 --> 00:56:51.374 TO 84 WITH REGARDS TO ATTENDANCE 00:56:51.441 --> 00:56:53.510 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES? 00:56:53.576 --> 00:56:56.312 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM CULTURAL ATTENDANCE 00:56:56.379 --> 00:56:58.014 AT THE WORLD CUP, WHICH, YOU KNOW, 00:56:58.081 --> 00:57:00.850 PERHAPS WAS LESS OF A FOCUS THIS SUMMER THEN 00:57:01.050 --> 00:57:04.587 I THINK WE HOPE TO SEE WITH WITH WITH WITH 28. 00:57:04.654 --> 00:57:07.557 SO I LOVE TO TO TO THINK ABOUT HOW HOW ARE WE 00:57:08.024 --> 00:57:11.928 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM 84 AND AND 24 00:57:12.829 --> 00:57:15.532 WITH REGARDS TO HAVING A REALLY ROBUST ATTENDANCE 00:57:16.332 --> 00:57:20.003 FROM FROM LOCALS AND TOURISTS ALIKE? 00:57:20.069 --> 00:57:20.270 YEAH, 00:57:21.404 --> 00:57:21.871 YEAH. 00:57:23.072 --> 00:57:23.239 YEAH. 00:57:23.306 --> 00:57:25.575 SO THERE I MEAN, 00:57:25.642 --> 00:57:28.144 YOU'RE QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT THERE CAN BE SOME VARIATION 00:57:28.211 --> 00:57:31.648 FROM INSTITUTION TO INSTITUTION, AND THERE MIGHT BE 00:57:31.714 --> 00:57:34.751 SOME REASONS WHY PARIS AND LONDON SAW SOME DECLINES. 00:57:34.818 --> 00:57:37.320 I ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT TICKET PRICES 00:57:37.387 --> 00:57:40.857 MAY HAVE BEEN RAISED DURING THE OLYMPICS 00:57:41.124 --> 00:57:43.827 AT SOME INSTITUTIONS, AND THAT MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE. 00:57:44.060 --> 00:57:45.461 AND WHY DO THEY DO THAT? 00:57:45.528 --> 00:57:46.963 WHY DO THEY DO THAT? 00:57:47.030 --> 00:57:47.931 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. 00:57:47.997 --> 00:57:50.033 I MEAN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO 00:57:50.099 --> 00:57:53.203 TO BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM THE OLYMPICS. 00:57:54.137 --> 00:57:57.974 SO I THINK LOCATION OF INSTITUTIONS 00:57:58.041 --> 00:57:59.375 IS REALLY IMPORTANCE. 00:57:59.442 --> 00:58:00.977 I MEAN, SOME WILL BE, 00:58:01.044 --> 00:58:04.414 YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO VENUES, WHICH MAKES THEM KIND OF EASY 00:58:04.480 --> 00:58:05.348 TO HOP INTO. 00:58:05.415 --> 00:58:07.717 AND THAT COULD THAT COULD CREATE A BUMP. 00:58:07.784 --> 00:58:11.120 SOME WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSED DURING THE OLYMPICS 00:58:11.187 --> 00:58:14.290 BECAUSE THEY'RE WITHIN THIS SECURITY PERIMETER. 00:58:15.758 --> 00:58:17.594 I MEAN, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN THINK ABOUT 00:58:17.660 --> 00:58:22.131 IS KIND OF GATHERING CULTURE OUT, LIKE GETTING IT OUT OF THE, 00:58:22.198 --> 00:58:23.766 YOU KNOW, INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS 00:58:23.833 --> 00:58:26.569 INTO SPACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE SHOWN 00:58:26.803 --> 00:58:31.541 CULTURAL OFFERINGS THAT TAKE PLACE LIKE NEAR FAN ZONES OR, 00:58:31.908 --> 00:58:34.544 YOU KNOW, NEAR VENUES OR WHICH ARE KIND OF SUPER ACCESSIBLE 00:58:34.611 --> 00:58:35.578 IN A VERY EASY WAY. 00:58:35.645 --> 00:58:38.982 WE WANT TO MAKE THIS REALLY EASY FOR OUR AUDIENCES. 00:58:39.048 --> 00:58:42.685 I THINK THE REALITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DURING THAT, YOU KNOW, 00:58:43.253 --> 00:58:46.856 SHORT PERIOD THAT THE GAMES ARE ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE, 00:58:47.357 --> 00:58:49.759 THE FOCUS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A LOT ON SPORT. 00:58:49.826 --> 00:58:50.460 AND I THINK THAT 00:58:50.526 --> 00:58:51.527 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ARTS 00:58:51.594 --> 00:58:52.729 FESTIVALS, WE NEED TO BE THINKING 00:58:52.795 --> 00:58:54.898 ABOUT A MUCH LONGER PERIOD, RIGHT? 00:58:55.398 --> 00:58:57.767 AND THE SUCCESSES IN 84 OF THE EXCESSES 00:58:57.834 --> 00:58:58.668 AND YOU KNOW, LONDON 00:58:58.735 --> 00:59:02.972 2012 AND PARIS REALLY WERE A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, BUILDING 00:59:04.407 --> 00:59:07.343 LONGER TERM ARTS OFFERINGS THAT COULD TAKE PLACE 00:59:07.410 --> 00:59:10.246 WEEKS, MONTHS, EVEN YEARS LEADING UP TO THE GAMES. 00:59:10.313 --> 00:59:13.983 SO I THINK JUST FOCUSING ON THAT RATHER THAN ON THIS KIND OF, 00:59:14.050 --> 00:59:15.151 YOU KNOW, REALLY SET TO WEEK 00:59:15.218 --> 00:59:18.221 PERIOD IS PROBABLY A GOOD STRATEGY FOR US. 00:59:18.655 --> 00:59:19.789 I DON'T KNOW. 00:59:19.856 --> 00:59:22.892 I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND VISITOR NUMBERS FOR L.A. 00:59:22.959 --> 00:59:24.294 84. UNFORTUNATELY, 00:59:24.360 --> 00:59:27.897 I'VE BEEN DEEP IN THE ARCHIVES AND AND MAYBE SOME CONDUCT. 00:59:27.964 --> 00:59:29.432 YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS. 00:59:29.499 --> 00:59:30.767 I DIDN'T KNOW IT AT ONE TIME. 00:59:30.833 --> 00:59:33.436 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOCKED ME 00:59:33.503 --> 00:59:36.139 AFTER THE 84 GAMES WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, 00:59:36.205 --> 00:59:38.641 THE HOTEL BUSINESS COMMUNITY SAID THAT THEY 00:59:38.708 --> 00:59:42.178 THAT THEY HAD LESS OCCUPANCY DURING THE SUMMER OF 1984 00:59:42.512 --> 00:59:44.747 THAN THEY HAD HAD IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND A REASON 00:59:45.715 --> 00:59:47.750 THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AROUND IN 1984, 00:59:48.618 --> 00:59:51.688 EVERYBODY WAS PANIC STRICKEN, THAT THERE WOULD BE TRAFFIC JAMS 00:59:51.754 --> 00:59:54.357 ALL OVER THE PLACE, TERRORISM, THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER THING. 00:59:55.091 --> 00:59:58.695 AND I GUESS I ASK THE QUESTION, IF YOU WANTED TO GO TO PARIS 00:59:58.761 --> 01:00:02.231 AND YOU WEREN'T PARTICULARLY A FAN OF GYMNASTICS OR TRACK 01:00:02.298 --> 01:00:05.802 AND FIELD, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GONE IN 2024. 01:00:05.868 --> 01:00:07.603 YOU WOULD HAVE GONE TO 2023 OR 25 01:00:07.670 --> 01:00:09.639 BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH ALL THAT TRAFFIC 01:00:09.706 --> 01:00:10.573 AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF, 01:00:10.640 --> 01:00:13.543 WHICH, BY THE WAY, DID NOT MATERIALIZE HERE. 01:00:13.609 --> 01:00:18.448 WE DIDN'T HAVE TRAFFIC, BUT THAT WAS THE OLYMPICS SCARE, 01:00:18.514 --> 01:00:21.651 NOT OLYMPIC TYPE PEOPLE AWAY, JUST GENERAL TOURISTS. 01:00:21.718 --> 01:00:24.153 SO THEY WERE ACTUALLY DOWN AND RESIDENTS LEAVE TOWN. 01:00:24.220 --> 01:00:25.621 WELL, THEY DID. THEY DID DO. 01:00:25.688 --> 01:00:27.090 AND THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T COME TO WORK. 01:00:28.725 --> 01:00:31.627 I COULD SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT 01:00:33.730 --> 01:00:36.733 THE FACT IS THAT 01:00:36.799 --> 01:00:40.303 WHEN PEOPLE PROMOTED THE OLYMPIC GAMES, BOTH IN 84 01:00:40.370 --> 01:00:44.240 AND FOR 28, 24 AT THE TIME, IT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE 01:00:44.307 --> 01:00:45.908 IT'S GOING TO BRING TOURISM. IT'S GOING TO BRING THAT. 01:00:45.975 --> 01:00:48.411 NO, IT DOESN'T BRING TOURISM. IT ACTUALLY NO. 01:00:48.478 --> 01:00:52.815 WE MAKE THE ECONOMY MAKES IT MAKES IT BACK ON OTHER STUFF. 01:00:53.483 --> 01:00:58.221 BUT IF YOU WERE A HOTEL OWNER, IT WASN'T THE BEST YEAR 01:00:58.287 --> 01:00:59.856 OF THE DECADE. 01:01:00.223 --> 01:01:02.358 I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE. 01:01:02.425 --> 01:01:05.628 THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU CAN PROBABLY DIG THAT UP. 01:01:05.695 --> 01:01:08.631 YEAH, JUST BUILDING ON SENATOR RICHARDSON'S COMMENTS, 01:01:08.698 --> 01:01:09.799 ARE THERE ANY LESSONS LEARNED? 01:01:09.866 --> 01:01:12.201 OBVIOUSLY, WORLDCUP, VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, 01:01:12.268 --> 01:01:14.437 MUCH SMALLER OPERATION IN LOS ANGELES, 01:01:14.737 --> 01:01:16.205 BUT ANY LESSONS LEARNED FROM 01:01:16.272 --> 01:01:18.775 SOME OF THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE 01:01:18.841 --> 01:01:20.009 THIS SUMMER 01:01:20.076 --> 01:01:23.012 AND THE INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT 01:01:23.079 --> 01:01:25.081 THAT YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING ABOUT OR 01:01:25.681 --> 01:01:26.549 IT'S INSTRUCTIVE. 01:01:28.051 --> 01:01:28.851 YOU KNOW, WE 01:01:28.918 --> 01:01:31.521 WE CARRIED OUT THIS RESEARCH KIND OF IN THE MONTHS 01:01:31.587 --> 01:01:32.989 LEADING UP TO THE WORLD CUP. 01:01:33.056 --> 01:01:35.425 SO I DON'T HAVE ANY I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE DATA 01:01:35.491 --> 01:01:37.360 FOR THE WORLD CUP IN LOS ANGELES YET. 01:01:37.427 --> 01:01:38.494 HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING? 01:01:38.561 --> 01:01:39.529 NO. OKAY. 01:01:39.595 --> 01:01:39.796 ALL RIGHT. 01:01:39.862 --> 01:01:41.230 WE WILL ASK ANOTHER PANEL ABOUT 01:01:41.297 --> 01:01:43.966 I MEAN, I'VE NOTICED THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED CUTTER. 01:01:44.200 --> 01:01:46.702 YEAH 22. 01:01:46.903 --> 01:01:47.670 YEAH. 01:01:48.404 --> 01:01:50.473 AND OF COURSE, IT'S SUCH A MORE CONCENTRATED WORLD CUP 01:01:50.540 --> 01:01:52.575 AND ALL THE GAMES WERE SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. BUT 01:01:54.043 --> 01:01:54.911 DID YOU NOTICE A DIFFERENCE 01:01:54.977 --> 01:01:56.712 BETWEEN THE WORLD, THE WORLD CUP CULTURAL FESTIVAL 01:01:56.779 --> 01:01:59.382 AND THE OLYMPICS FESTIVALS THAT YOU'VE STUDIED THERE? 01:01:59.449 --> 01:02:01.717 OR IS IT JUST KIND OF GENERAL SAME IDEA? 01:02:02.085 --> 01:02:03.352 DO YOU MEAN DIFFERENT 01:02:03.419 --> 01:02:07.156 AS YOU COMPARED THESE IN LONDON, IN QATAR AND IN PARIS? 01:02:07.523 --> 01:02:07.790 YEAH. 01:02:07.857 --> 01:02:09.959 I MEAN, I THINK QATAR IS A BIT OF A 01:02:10.026 --> 01:02:13.029 IS A BIT OF AN OUTLIER IN TERMS OF BEING A VERY DIFFERENT CITY. 01:02:13.096 --> 01:02:14.864 AND THE REASON WE INCLUDED IT IS BECAUSE THAT'S 01:02:14.931 --> 01:02:16.466 WHERE MY COLLABORATOR IS BASED. 01:02:16.532 --> 01:02:18.868 AND SO SHE HAD ACCESS TO SOME REALLY FANTASTIC DATA 01:02:19.569 --> 01:02:21.037 FROM THERE AND WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED 01:02:21.104 --> 01:02:23.039 IN THE MUSEUM OFFERINGS. 01:02:23.106 --> 01:02:26.175 BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BIG SHIFT 01:02:26.242 --> 01:02:30.780 BETWEEN 84 AND LONDON IN PARIS JUST IN TERMS OF KIND 01:02:30.847 --> 01:02:31.147 OF HOW 01:02:31.214 --> 01:02:35.118 WE DEAL WITH LOCAL AUDIENCES, HOW WE THINK ABOUT CO-CREATION, 01:02:35.318 --> 01:02:37.520 HOW WE INVOLVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 01:02:37.787 --> 01:02:41.691 I THINK THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, IN THE PUBLIC HISTORY WORLD 01:02:41.757 --> 01:02:43.826 AND MAYBE MORE BROADLY, THE ARTS AND 01:02:43.893 --> 01:02:46.095 MUSEUM WORLD IN 1984, THAT KIND OF WASN'T 01:02:46.162 --> 01:02:48.498 THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS SPOKEN AT THE TIME, 01:02:48.564 --> 01:02:50.666 WHEREAS NOW THERE'S A LOT MORE EMPHASIS ON, 01:02:51.701 --> 01:02:51.934 YOU KNOW, 01:02:52.001 --> 01:02:55.138 INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY WITHIN THE ARTS SPACE. 01:02:55.204 --> 01:02:58.074 AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MAJOR THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE. 01:02:58.674 --> 01:03:02.345 AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD JUST BE THE 1984 01:03:02.411 --> 01:03:06.249 FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL, UNLIKE, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN 01:03:06.315 --> 01:03:07.750 INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE. 01:03:07.817 --> 01:03:10.853 WHEREAS PARIS AND LONDON WERE A LOT 01:03:10.920 --> 01:03:14.357 MORE FOCUSED ON KIND OF DISPLAYING WHAT THEY HAD. 01:03:14.423 --> 01:03:15.925 AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT L.A. 01:03:15.992 --> 01:03:19.328 CAN CAN DO NOW, BEING THE KIND OF ARTS CAPITAL THAT IT IS. 01:03:19.395 --> 01:03:20.263 YEAH. YEAH. 01:03:20.329 --> 01:03:20.730 THOUGH, 01:03:20.796 --> 01:03:22.532 YOU KNOW, THE KABUKI EXPERIENCE YOU HAD 01:03:22.598 --> 01:03:24.700 WAS AN EXAMPLE OF BRINGING IN THE INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE. 01:03:25.101 --> 01:03:25.601 YEAH, RIGHT. 01:03:25.668 --> 01:03:26.469 YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 01:03:26.536 --> 01:03:26.869 AND THAT'S 01:03:26.936 --> 01:03:27.803 I MEAN, THAT'S NOT TO SAY 01:03:27.870 --> 01:03:31.574 THE INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE WAS WAS BAD, BUT I THINK ALI WAS 01:03:31.641 --> 01:03:34.477 A VERY DIFFERENT CITY IN 1980 THAN IT IS TODAY. 01:03:34.677 --> 01:03:36.212 YOU KNOW, I THINK NEW YORK WAS KIND 01:03:36.279 --> 01:03:39.215 OF THE UNDISPUTED ARTS CAPITAL OF THE US. 01:03:39.282 --> 01:03:41.484 AND I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THAT'S THAT THAT'S TRUE ANYMORE. 01:03:41.717 --> 01:03:42.685 YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 01:03:42.752 --> 01:03:45.388 LET ME TURN TO THE REAL GOOD POINT THAT, 01:03:46.088 --> 01:03:48.624 YOU KNOW, SINCE SINCE 84, IT WAS ALREADY HAPPENING. 01:03:48.691 --> 01:03:51.561 BUT SINCE 84, L.A. 01:03:51.627 --> 01:03:53.829 IS IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE AN ARTIST, 01:03:53.896 --> 01:03:54.197 IF YOU'RE AN UP 01:03:54.263 --> 01:03:57.400 AND COMING ARTIST OF EUROPE, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, WHATEVER. 01:03:57.466 --> 01:04:00.369 AND WHATEVER FORM OF ART YOU WANT TO BE HERE. 01:04:00.436 --> 01:04:02.004 YEAH, BECAUSE THERE ARE 01:04:03.339 --> 01:04:04.373 CONSTRAINTS ON YOU HERE. 01:04:04.440 --> 01:04:05.374 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PART 01:04:05.441 --> 01:04:08.077 OF THE ROCKEFELLER FAMILY OR THE VANDERBILT FAMILY. 01:04:08.578 --> 01:04:11.347 ANYBODY WHO'S GOT AN IDEA, AS WE SEEN. 01:04:11.414 --> 01:04:14.650 YEAH, YOU CAN YOU CAN MAKE IT 01:04:15.418 --> 01:04:19.121 TO STEAL THE NEW YORK THEME SONG. 01:04:19.422 --> 01:04:21.357 IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HERE, YOU CAN MAKE IT ANYWHERE. 01:04:21.424 --> 01:04:22.658 YEAH, AND THEY CAN. THEY DO. 01:04:22.725 --> 01:04:25.127 AND SOME OF THEM USED TO MAKE IT HERE AND THEN LEAVE. 01:04:25.361 --> 01:04:28.931 NOW IF PEOPLE MAKE IT HERE AND THIS REMAINS THEIR HOME, RIGHT. 01:04:28.998 --> 01:04:30.900 SO THIS IS A CULTURAL CAPITAL REALLY 01:04:30.967 --> 01:04:33.236 A CULTURAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, NO QUESTION. 01:04:33.302 --> 01:04:34.704 YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 01:04:34.770 --> 01:04:36.639 WE'VE GOT TO SENATORS VOTE 01:04:36.706 --> 01:04:37.206 NO. REALLY 01:04:37.273 --> 01:04:38.774 APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION 01:04:38.841 --> 01:04:41.010 AND HOPE THAT WE CAN GET A COPY OF THAT POWERPOINT 01:04:41.244 --> 01:04:42.144 SO WE CAN 01:04:42.211 --> 01:04:45.681 CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE THE THE INFORMATION 01:04:45.748 --> 01:04:46.882 THAT YOU PRESENTED. 01:04:46.949 --> 01:04:47.984 I WANTED TO START 01:04:48.050 --> 01:04:51.754 WITH OUR DEAR SUPERVISOR, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD. 01:04:51.821 --> 01:04:55.157 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE INSTITUTIONAL LIVING KNOWLEDGE 01:04:55.825 --> 01:04:57.893 TO HELP US WORK THROUGH THIS 01:04:58.928 --> 01:04:59.695 BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS I'VE 01:04:59.762 --> 01:05:03.065 BEEN THERE, DONE THAT QUALITY RIGHT TO THIS THIS CONVERSATION. 01:05:03.132 --> 01:05:06.469 AND YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT. 01:05:06.535 --> 01:05:10.239 WE'VE LOST A LOT OF TIME AND BUT THAT WE DO 01:05:10.606 --> 01:05:13.476 ALL OF THE ASSETS IN THE ENERGY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 01:05:13.876 --> 01:05:15.378 GIVEN THAT 01:05:15.678 --> 01:05:20.216 THIS PROCESS STARTED FAR EARLIER IN 1984. 01:05:20.283 --> 01:05:23.819 WE ARE NOW TWO YEARS IN 600 DAYS PLUS TO GO. 01:05:24.320 --> 01:05:26.088 WHAT IS YOUR 01:05:26.155 --> 01:05:30.059 WHAT IS YOUR SENSE HAVING WORKED WITH COUNTIES, CITIES, STATE 01:05:30.526 --> 01:05:33.062 DIRECTLY AS AS A AS AN ELECTED LEADER, 01:05:33.129 --> 01:05:35.231 BUT ALSO HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE OF L.A. 01:05:35.298 --> 01:05:39.769 28, WHAT CAN WE DO TO THEN BEGIN TO REALLY MATERIALLY SET 01:05:40.569 --> 01:05:43.706 ON A COURSE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ENSURE 01:05:43.773 --> 01:05:45.274 THAT OUR MAJOR CULTURAL 01:05:45.341 --> 01:05:48.344 INSTITUTIONS AND OUR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND, 01:05:48.978 --> 01:05:51.280 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE A LOT TO INVEST 01:05:51.347 --> 01:05:56.285 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SORT OF THE CITY WITHIN THE CITY. 01:05:56.352 --> 01:05:58.721 HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES 01:05:59.255 --> 01:06:00.623 ARE ALSO GOING TO BE TOUCHED BY THIS? 01:06:00.690 --> 01:06:02.024 WHAT CAN WE BE DOING, PARTICULARLY 01:06:02.091 --> 01:06:04.960 THOSE AT THE STATE LEVEL IN OUR LOCAL PARTNERS? 01:06:05.528 --> 01:06:07.330 LOOK, WHAT'S DONE IS DONE. 01:06:07.396 --> 01:06:09.965 AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY 01:06:11.133 --> 01:06:11.434 I HAVE 01:06:11.500 --> 01:06:13.769 SOME IDEAS, BUT THIS WAS JUST NOT 01:06:15.604 --> 01:06:18.074 WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING, 01:06:18.140 --> 01:06:20.543 YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A LONGER RUNWAY LEADING UP TO THE 01:06:21.477 --> 01:06:25.915 TO THE GAMES AND PARTICULARLY THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD, 01:06:25.981 --> 01:06:27.750 ESPECIALLY SINCE WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING 01:06:27.817 --> 01:06:29.885 TO HAVE THE GAMES IN 24 AND TURNED OUT TO BE 28. 01:06:29.952 --> 01:06:31.253 SO WE HAD A LOT OF TIME 01:06:31.320 --> 01:06:34.056 AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN 84, 01:06:34.490 --> 01:06:35.991 A LOT OLDER NOW, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE 01:06:36.058 --> 01:06:38.794 WHO ARE YOUNGER, PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE CUTTING EDGE, 01:06:39.128 --> 01:06:41.764 WHO WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AND TRIED TO GET GALVANIZE 01:06:42.298 --> 01:06:44.667 THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY, THE THE L.A. 01:06:44.734 --> 01:06:47.436 28 COMMITTEE, THE CITY, THE COUNTY. 01:06:48.204 --> 01:06:49.105 AND IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN. 01:06:49.171 --> 01:06:51.040 AND I'M NOT TRYING TO POINT A FINGER HERE, 01:06:51.107 --> 01:06:52.575 BUT IT JUST IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN. 01:06:52.641 --> 01:06:56.312 AND IT IT WAS IT IT IT IT WAS IT 01:06:57.113 --> 01:07:00.282 IT TOOK SECOND, SECOND LEVEL OF PRIORITY. 01:07:01.717 --> 01:07:03.953 AND I DON'T THINK THERE 01:07:04.019 --> 01:07:08.324 WAS ONE PERSON WHO HAD THE CAPACITY 01:07:09.091 --> 01:07:13.696 OR THE WILL TO REALLY TAKE THIS ON LIKE A BOB FITZPATRICK DID 01:07:13.929 --> 01:07:18.901 FOR THE 84 OLYMPICS ARTS FESTIVAL. 01:07:18.968 --> 01:07:21.003 SO IT'S DONE. 01:07:21.604 --> 01:07:24.573 AND SO I THINK I DON'T KNOW WHAT 01:07:24.940 --> 01:07:25.541 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR 01:07:25.608 --> 01:07:26.909 FROM THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD PEOPLE, 01:07:26.976 --> 01:07:29.078 BUT I SUSPECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO 01:07:29.145 --> 01:07:33.115 TO DO THE BEST OLYMPIA CULTURAL OLYMPIAD THEY CAN WITH 01:07:33.315 --> 01:07:35.851 WITH WHAT THEY HAVE NOW IN THE TIME THEY HAVE LEFT. 01:07:36.285 --> 01:07:38.654 I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE LOSE ON TIME. 01:07:38.721 --> 01:07:40.356 IF YOU WANTED TO GET A PLACIDO DOMINGO 01:07:40.423 --> 01:07:44.260 BACK IN 1984, YOU COULDN'T CALL THEM UP IN 1983 AND SAY, 01:07:44.326 --> 01:07:46.462 HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON JULY 27TH? 01:07:46.529 --> 01:07:48.931 WE'D LIKE YOU TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 01:07:48.998 --> 01:07:51.434 KNOW, HE'S HE'S BOOKED UP FOR FIVE YEARS. 01:07:51.500 --> 01:07:53.169 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ARTISTS 01:07:53.235 --> 01:07:56.238 WHO ARE BOOKED UP FOR FOUR OR FIVE, SIX YEARS. 01:07:56.305 --> 01:07:56.872 I MEAN, THE L.A. 01:07:56.939 --> 01:07:58.808 OPERA'S TALKING ABOUT 01:07:58.874 --> 01:08:01.744 THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING IN 2031. 01:08:02.411 --> 01:08:05.181 SO THAT'S THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WE LOSE. 01:08:05.247 --> 01:08:10.219 AND BUT THAT DOESN'T THAT THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD IS A FLOP. 01:08:11.220 --> 01:08:12.555 IT CAN BE SOMETHING. 01:08:12.621 --> 01:08:14.723 AND REALLY, IN A WAY, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE 01:08:14.790 --> 01:08:16.826 THAT THEY HAVE IS TO 01:08:16.892 --> 01:08:18.961 LOOK AT WHAT THE ASSETS THEY HAVE 01:08:19.028 --> 01:08:20.763 THERE, NEED SOME RESOURCES 01:08:20.830 --> 01:08:23.265 AND GIVE THEM THE TIME THEY HAVE TO MAKE SOMETHING GOOD. 01:08:23.599 --> 01:08:26.535 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY EVERY DAY 01:08:27.169 --> 01:08:28.370 CULTURALLY. 01:08:28.437 --> 01:08:31.240 I MEAN, THINGS THAT NONE OF YOU AND ME KNOW ABOUT. 01:08:32.107 --> 01:08:36.145 AND I HAD A LUNCH, A COUPLE OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO 01:08:36.212 --> 01:08:36.946 WITH JOEL WAX, 01:08:37.012 --> 01:08:40.082 MY FORMER COLLEAGUE, AND NOW RUNS THE ANDY WARHOL 01:08:41.250 --> 01:08:42.318 FOUNDATION IN NEW YORK. 01:08:42.384 --> 01:08:44.420 AND WE HAD LUNCH AT LANGER'S. 01:08:44.487 --> 01:08:45.955 AND AFTER WE'RE GETTING TO LUNCH, 01:08:46.021 --> 01:08:47.156 HE SAID, I'VE GOT A MEETING DOWN 01:08:47.223 --> 01:08:50.426 IN WASHINGTON BOULEVARD AND LA CIENEGA. 01:08:50.493 --> 01:08:52.928 AND I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN THERE? 01:08:53.496 --> 01:08:55.664 HE SAYS, WELL, THAT'S THAT'S THE FASTEST 01:08:56.799 --> 01:08:58.067 GALLERY PLACE 01:08:58.134 --> 01:09:00.836 FOR CONTEMPORARY ART ANYWHERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 01:09:01.570 --> 01:09:03.806 AND I SAID, I DRIVE THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD 01:09:03.873 --> 01:09:06.609 FIVE TIMES A WEEK. I HAD NO IDEA. 01:09:06.675 --> 01:09:08.377 SO I DID DRIVE DOWN THERE. 01:09:08.444 --> 01:09:09.378 AND THERE ARE 01:09:09.445 --> 01:09:12.047 THERE ARE THESE KINDS OF POCKETS ALL OVER TOWN, 01:09:12.114 --> 01:09:14.416 NOT JUST IN THE CITY, BUT IN THE COUNTY. 01:09:14.483 --> 01:09:16.986 AND THEY'RE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. 01:09:17.052 --> 01:09:18.654 SO MAYBE THAT 01:09:18.854 --> 01:09:22.324 THIS IS NOT MY MY STRONG SUIT, BUT MAYBE THESE ARE 01:09:22.391 --> 01:09:25.561 THE KINDS OF ASSETS THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED FOR SOMETHING. 01:09:26.262 --> 01:09:29.798 BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE LOST A LOT OF TIME. 01:09:29.865 --> 01:09:31.667 WE'VE GOT TO WE 01:09:31.734 --> 01:09:33.302 AND IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT 01:09:33.369 --> 01:09:36.772 THAT SITTING IN THIS ROOM, IT'S JUST TIME HAD PASSED US BY 01:09:36.839 --> 01:09:38.507 AND THERE WERE OTHER OTHER PRIORITIES. 01:09:38.574 --> 01:09:40.743 AND I APPRECIATE THOSE EXAMPLES. 01:09:40.809 --> 01:09:42.578 AND I GUESS, TONY, I GUESS I WANT TO ASK YOU, 01:09:42.645 --> 01:09:46.081 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, GIVEN THE TIME THAT'S PASSED, 01:09:46.849 --> 01:09:49.485 WHAT WOULD BE THE ONE THING THAT WE COULD DO 01:09:49.852 --> 01:09:52.354 TO ENSURE WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT? 01:09:52.421 --> 01:09:54.290 AND I'M REALLY THE POINT 01:09:54.356 --> 01:09:57.293 YOU MADE ABOUT THE LASTING LEGACY PIECE 01:09:57.359 --> 01:09:59.395 IN THE CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE 01:09:59.461 --> 01:10:01.130 BEING SOMETHING LEFT BEHIND BY THIS. 01:10:01.196 --> 01:10:03.999 SO WHAT IS THE ONE THING IN 600 DAYS 01:10:04.300 --> 01:10:08.203 THAT WOULD REALLY HELP US DO WHAT THE SUPERVISOR LAID OUT, 01:10:08.637 --> 01:10:10.005 MAKING SURE WE BRING ALL OF 01:10:10.072 --> 01:10:14.276 THOSE GREAT ASSETS TOGETHER TO BEAR FOR A CULTURAL OLYMPIAD? 01:10:14.343 --> 01:10:14.610 YOU KNOW, 01:10:14.677 --> 01:10:14.944 I THINK 01:10:15.010 --> 01:10:16.278 THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD QUESTION 01:10:16.345 --> 01:10:17.446 FOR THE ARTS COMMUNITY 01:10:17.513 --> 01:10:20.316 BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RELYING ON IS WHAT, 01:10:20.950 --> 01:10:23.419 YOU KNOW, WHAT COMMUNITIES 01:10:23.485 --> 01:10:26.689 AND WHAT INSTITUTIONS ARE ALREADY PLANNING. 01:10:27.122 --> 01:10:28.123 AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO BE 01:10:28.190 --> 01:10:31.226 ASKING IS HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT THEM TO DO WHAT THEY 01:10:31.293 --> 01:10:33.128 WHAT THEY WANT TO DO REALLY WELL AND SET 01:10:33.195 --> 01:10:37.333 MAXIMIZE THEIR AUDIENCES. 01:10:37.399 --> 01:10:40.769 SO THAT'S THE LASTING LEGACY PIECE YOU FEEL THAT'S THERE. 01:10:40.836 --> 01:10:41.770 I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. 01:10:41.837 --> 01:10:42.171 YOU'RE SAYING 01:10:42.237 --> 01:10:44.840 THAT THE LOCAL ARTISTS WILL BE THE ONES TO SHAPE 01:10:44.907 --> 01:10:47.509 THE LASTING LEGACY? I SO YEAH. 01:10:48.177 --> 01:10:48.611 THANKS 01:10:50.879 --> 01:10:56.752 FOR A THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 01:10:56.819 --> 01:10:58.721 I REALLY APPRECIATED IT. 01:10:58.787 --> 01:11:01.523 YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE MATERIALS 01:11:01.590 --> 01:11:06.795 AND IT'S COMPARING BOTH 1984 VERSUS 2024. 01:11:06.862 --> 01:11:10.499 AND I THINK IT WAS A REPORT THAT WAS PRODUCED FOR US 01:11:10.566 --> 01:11:14.470 BY THE UCLA DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY BACK IN 2015. 01:11:14.536 --> 01:11:17.573 AND AS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 01:11:17.640 --> 01:11:20.976 SOME OF THE FINANCING FOR, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS 01:11:21.043 --> 01:11:23.112 AND WHATNOT, HOW THAT OPERATES, IT'S 01:11:23.345 --> 01:11:27.516 I FOUND IT REALLY INTERESTING TO READ HERE THAT MANY OF THE 01:11:28.751 --> 01:11:32.054 OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES HAVE KIND OF CHANGED SINCE 1984. 01:11:32.121 --> 01:11:35.724 AND SO THE REPORT NOTES TWO PRINCIPAL CHANGES 01:11:35.791 --> 01:11:37.960 THAT AFFECT FINANCES AND REVENUES ARE NOTEWORTHY. 01:11:38.027 --> 01:11:42.631 IN 1984, THE LA O C OR THE LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS ORGANIZING 01:11:43.365 --> 01:11:44.767 CONTROLLED THE SALE OF TELEVISION 01:11:44.833 --> 01:11:46.135 RIGHTS, RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS 01:11:46.201 --> 01:11:48.504 AND NEGOTIATED THEIR DISTRIBUTION TO THE IOC 01:11:48.570 --> 01:11:48.704 OR THE 01:11:48.771 --> 01:11:52.508 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND THE USOC AND TO ITSELF 01:11:52.574 --> 01:11:53.942 TODAY, THE PROTOCOLS ARE REVERSED. 01:11:54.009 --> 01:11:57.646 THE IOC CONTROLS THE TELEVISION RIGHTS NEGOTIATION, RECEIVES 01:11:57.713 --> 01:11:58.380 THE PROCEEDS. 01:11:58.447 --> 01:12:00.249 IT DETERMINES HOW THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED 01:12:00.315 --> 01:12:02.317 TO THE LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 01:12:02.384 --> 01:12:04.787 AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION. 01:12:04.853 --> 01:12:07.856 LATER ON IN THE REPORT, IT NOTES IT IS POSSIBLE 01:12:07.923 --> 01:12:09.291 THAT THE CITY MAY BE ASKED TO ASSUME 01:12:09.358 --> 01:12:12.027 TOTAL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR STAGING AN OPERATING 01:12:12.094 --> 01:12:13.629 THE OLYMPICS BEFORE IT KNOWS HOW MUCH 01:12:13.696 --> 01:12:15.764 TELEVISION AND SPONSORSHIP REVENUE 01:12:15.831 --> 01:12:17.299 IT WILL RECEIVE FROM THE IOC. 01:12:17.366 --> 01:12:20.002 WHILE THE IOC IS EXPECTED TO GIVE RIO DE JANEIRO, 01:12:20.269 --> 01:12:24.440 THE HOST OF THE 2016 GAMES, $1.5 BILLION IN SUCH REVENUES. 01:12:24.773 --> 01:12:26.108 THE AMOUNT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE 01:12:26.175 --> 01:12:30.312 IN 2024 HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED AND WON'T BE FOR SOME TIME. 01:12:31.246 --> 01:12:34.717 AND IT'S NOTED THROUGHOUT THE END OF THIS REPORT 01:12:34.783 --> 01:12:37.019 IS IT'S IT'S LOOKING AT COMPARISONS 01:12:37.419 --> 01:12:41.523 HOW REVENUES AND FINANCES WERE HANDLED PREVIOUSLY, HOW 01:12:41.590 --> 01:12:44.093 THEY WERE HANDLED BY THE KIND OF HOSTING ENTITY. 01:12:44.426 --> 01:12:47.863 AND NOW IT'S THE IOC THAT KIND OF CONTROLS 01:12:47.930 --> 01:12:51.433 WHETHER IT'S TELEVISION SPONSORSHIPS, WHETHER IT'S 01:12:52.034 --> 01:12:53.969 COMMUNICATIONS OR MARKETING. 01:12:54.937 --> 01:12:56.939 IT EVEN NOTES THAT 01:12:57.606 --> 01:13:00.008 THE HOST CITY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE IS REQUIRED TO ENTER 01:13:00.075 --> 01:13:02.010 INTO JOINT VENTURE MARKETING AGREEMENT 01:13:02.077 --> 01:13:04.813 WITH THE USOC, WHICH TRANSFERS A LARGE PORTION 01:13:05.247 --> 01:13:08.417 OF MARKETING REVENUES FROM THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE TO ITSELF. 01:13:09.051 --> 01:13:12.354 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND INTERESTING WHEN WE WENT TO GO 01:13:13.055 --> 01:13:16.158 AND WE SPENT SOME TIME IN PARIS, I SPENT SOME TIME TALKING 01:13:16.225 --> 01:13:17.526 WITH THEM ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS 01:13:17.593 --> 01:13:21.396 IN INVESTMENTS THAT THE OLYMPICS HAD MADE INTO THEIR COMMUNITY. 01:13:21.463 --> 01:13:23.332 THEY BUILT OUT A VERY LARGE POOL 01:13:23.398 --> 01:13:27.236 AND A NUMBER OF OTHER KIND OF STADIUMS BECAUSE THEY LACKED 01:13:27.469 --> 01:13:28.604 STADIUMS IN THAT REGARD. 01:13:28.670 --> 01:13:29.471 THEY'RE NOT YOU KNOW, 01:13:29.538 --> 01:13:30.739 L.A. WERE VERY FLUSH 01:13:30.806 --> 01:13:33.175 WITH KIND OF SPORTING ARENAS AND STADIUMS HERE 01:13:34.476 --> 01:13:36.445 THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT. 01:13:36.512 --> 01:13:38.847 AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE 01:13:38.914 --> 01:13:42.317 ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES FROM 1984 VERSUS NOW 01:13:42.384 --> 01:13:45.521 IS THAT THAT REVENUE AND THOSE FINANCES 01:13:45.587 --> 01:13:48.557 ARE CONTROLLED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE. 01:13:48.624 --> 01:13:51.093 AND SO SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS COULD RETURN BACK 01:13:51.460 --> 01:13:53.896 TO THE CITY OF L.A., AS WELL AS OTHER CITIES 01:13:53.962 --> 01:13:55.063 THAT ARE HOSTING EVENTS. 01:13:55.130 --> 01:13:56.899 I REPRESENT PASADENA, 01:13:56.965 --> 01:13:58.500 WHICH HAS THE ROSE BOWL, ARCADIA, 01:13:58.567 --> 01:14:00.736 WHICH HAS THE SANTA ANITA RACETRACK. 01:14:00.803 --> 01:14:02.905 AND SO I WOULD JUST LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 01:14:02.971 --> 01:14:04.373 ARE WE ANTICIPATING 01:14:04.439 --> 01:14:05.340 ADDITIONAL REVENUES 01:14:05.407 --> 01:14:07.176 FLOWING BACK TOWARDS THE CITY 01:14:07.242 --> 01:14:09.444 SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, 01:14:09.678 --> 01:14:11.213 MAKE SOME OF THOSE UPGRADES, 01:14:11.280 --> 01:14:14.283 THIS INVESTMENT INTO ALSO ARTS AND CULTURE? 01:14:15.050 --> 01:14:18.187 I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT AND TO SEE YOU KNOW WHAT 01:14:18.453 --> 01:14:19.021 I GUESS 01:14:19.087 --> 01:14:22.591 WHAT WE'RE GIVEN THAT THE FINANCING STRUCTURE HAS 01:14:22.658 --> 01:14:25.127 BEEN FLIPPED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE HOSTED THE GAMES. 01:14:25.761 --> 01:14:30.199 YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I'M THE ONE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 01:14:30.966 --> 01:14:33.402 I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU SHOULD ASK OF THE L.A. 01:14:33.468 --> 01:14:34.870 28 COMMITTEE 01:14:34.937 --> 01:14:38.040 AND SOME OF THE CITY OFFICIALS AND STATE OFFICIALS. 01:14:38.106 --> 01:14:40.475 BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE HOOK, TOO, A QUARTER OF $1,000,000,000 01:14:40.843 --> 01:14:44.279 AT SOME POINT IF IT GOES IF THERE'S A DEFICIT, 01:14:45.013 --> 01:14:48.784 I CAN SAY THIS, THAT THAT PAPER, I THINK, IS A PAPER 01:14:50.152 --> 01:14:52.154 SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, WROTE THAT 01:14:53.222 --> 01:14:54.189 SO ELOQUENTLY. 01:14:54.256 --> 01:14:57.960 I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WASN'T MY CONTRIBUTION ELOQUENCE. 01:14:58.026 --> 01:15:01.129 BUT WE DID THAT PAPER IN 2015. 01:15:01.196 --> 01:15:04.166 YES, IT WAS THE FIRST THING I DID AT UCLA WHEN I CAME BACK 01:15:04.233 --> 01:15:07.436 AFTER RETIRING FROM PUBLIC LIFE AND 01:15:08.704 --> 01:15:11.039 WHAT WE WARNED AT THAT TIME 01:15:11.106 --> 01:15:13.475 WAS THAT 01:15:13.542 --> 01:15:17.012 BECAUSE THE BID BOSTON HAD JUST 01:15:17.079 --> 01:15:18.447 ABANDONED THEIR BID. 01:15:18.513 --> 01:15:21.750 THEY WERE THEY HAD A LOCK ON ON GETTING THE USOC NOMINATION 01:15:21.817 --> 01:15:24.519 AND THEY WOULD COMPETE FOR THE GAMES FOR 24. 01:15:24.953 --> 01:15:27.089 THEY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT TO RISK 01:15:27.789 --> 01:15:30.392 THE FINANCIAL CALAMITY THAT SOME PEOPLE 01:15:30.459 --> 01:15:32.327 THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IN BOSTON. 01:15:32.394 --> 01:15:36.331 BOSTON DOES NOT HAVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE ATHLETIC INFRASTRUCTURE 01:15:36.398 --> 01:15:37.599 THAT WE HAVE HERE. 01:15:37.666 --> 01:15:41.336 AND SO THEY BAILED AND THE CITY STEPPED FORWARD. 01:15:41.403 --> 01:15:43.071 AND MY GOOD FRIEND 01:15:43.138 --> 01:15:46.808 PAUL KRIKORIAN WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. 01:15:46.875 --> 01:15:51.813 AND AND I THINK I WENT AND LOBBIED HIM ON THIS, TOO. I, I 01:15:53.749 --> 01:15:55.951 THE CITY HAD TO SIGN 01:15:56.018 --> 01:15:59.688 A COMMITMENT, A CONTRACTUALLY BINDING COMMITMENT 01:15:59.955 --> 01:16:04.893 BEFORE THEY EVEN KNOW KNEW WHAT THEIR COSTS WERE GOING TO BE. 01:16:04.960 --> 01:16:09.531 THEY HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING IN 2015 WHAT WOULD BE IN 01:16:09.598 --> 01:16:12.935 PLAY IN 2024, LET ALONE, AS IT TURNED OUT, 2028. 01:16:13.235 --> 01:16:18.307 THEY SIGNED AN AGREEMENT THAT BASICALLY WAS A BLANK CHECK. 01:16:19.207 --> 01:16:23.745 AND I CALLED THREE DIFFERENT PROMINENT LAWYERS TOWN. 01:16:24.112 --> 01:16:24.780 THEY'RE ALL ALIVE 01:16:24.846 --> 01:16:27.215 STILL AND I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE THEIR NAMES, BUT 01:16:27.883 --> 01:16:30.986 MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY ARE, WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD. 01:16:31.053 --> 01:16:32.521 I SHOWED HIM A COPY OF THE OF 01:16:32.587 --> 01:16:35.857 WHAT WAS CALLED THE JOINDER AGREEMENT, THE COMMITMENT. 01:16:36.591 --> 01:16:40.195 AND ONE OF THE LAWYERS WHO SAID I'VE QUOTED HIM MANY TIMES, 01:16:40.262 --> 01:16:43.598 HE SAID I WOULD NEVER ALLOW MY CLIENT TO SIGN SUCH A DOCUMENT, 01:16:44.166 --> 01:16:45.500 BUT THAT'S WHAT THE CITY SIGNED. 01:16:46.702 --> 01:16:48.503 AND NOW HAVING SAID 01:16:48.570 --> 01:16:53.175 THAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF ASSETS HERE. 01:16:54.376 --> 01:16:57.045 THAT'S A LOT OF VENUE ASSETS. 01:16:57.646 --> 01:17:00.082 THERE IS NO REASON 01:17:00.148 --> 01:17:02.150 IF LOAN WERE RIGHT. 01:17:02.217 --> 01:17:06.822 AND I BELIEVE THERE'S NO REASON WHY THIS OLYMPICS 01:17:07.055 --> 01:17:09.825 CAN'T MAKE A MAKE A PROFIT 01:17:09.891 --> 01:17:10.726 ON PAPER. 01:17:10.792 --> 01:17:11.426 OKAY. 01:17:11.493 --> 01:17:13.695 THEORETICALLY, IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A PROFIT. 01:17:14.629 --> 01:17:19.134 THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO GET 7 BILLION IN CHANGE IN REVENUES 01:17:19.201 --> 01:17:20.669 AND THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE 01:17:20.736 --> 01:17:23.372 THE SAME THAT THAT'S WHAT THEIR BUDGETS ARE SAYING. 01:17:24.406 --> 01:17:27.009 I'M SURE THOSE ARE DYNAMIC 01:17:27.075 --> 01:17:31.480 ESTIMATES, BUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 01:17:31.546 --> 01:17:36.618 1984 AND 2028 IS THAT THE CITY HAD NO WORRIES IN 1984 01:17:36.685 --> 01:17:38.120 BECAUSE THERE WAS A CHARTER AMENDMENT 01:17:38.186 --> 01:17:41.656 THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS 70% OF THE VOTERS VOTED TO 01:17:42.257 --> 01:17:43.792 PROHIBIT THE CITY 01:17:43.859 --> 01:17:46.194 FROM USING TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES. 01:17:47.496 --> 01:17:48.096 I HELPED WRITE 01:17:48.163 --> 01:17:52.267 THAT CHARTER AMENDMENT. 01:17:52.334 --> 01:17:54.870 THE PROBLEM WAS IT WE DIDN'T. 01:17:55.370 --> 01:17:58.407 IT ONLY APPLIED TO THE 84 GAMES 01:17:58.473 --> 01:18:00.175 BECAUSE NONE OF US THOUGHT WE'D BE ALIVE TO SEE 01:18:00.242 --> 01:18:03.178 ANOTHER GAMES COME TO LOS ANGELES 01:18:03.245 --> 01:18:04.546 OLYMPICS TO COME TO LOS ANGELES. 01:18:04.613 --> 01:18:06.948 JUST WHO WOULD HAVE DREAMT THAT? 01:18:07.015 --> 01:18:08.417 AND HERE WE ARE. 01:18:08.483 --> 01:18:10.552 SO THERE IS NO SUCH GUARANTEE 01:18:11.787 --> 01:18:13.755 OR PROHIBITION IN THE CITY CHARTER 01:18:13.822 --> 01:18:15.424 AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE CITY 01:18:15.490 --> 01:18:17.659 WON'T BE ON THE HOOK AND THE STATE IS ON THE HOOK. 01:18:17.726 --> 01:18:18.693 BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME 01:18:18.760 --> 01:18:20.862 ESCAPE AT THE STATE HAS THE LEGISLATION, 01:18:20.929 --> 01:18:22.631 AS MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY. 01:18:22.697 --> 01:18:23.999 BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE ISSUE. 01:18:24.066 --> 01:18:26.868 THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN THE GAMES AT A PROFIT. 01:18:27.536 --> 01:18:28.170 AND HONESTLY, 01:18:28.236 --> 01:18:31.006 I THINK THE LEGACY OF THE GAMES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ORGANIZE IT, 01:18:31.406 --> 01:18:33.241 UNLESS THEY MAKE AT LEAST AS MUCH OF A PROFIT 01:18:33.308 --> 01:18:35.243 AS IN THE 84 GAMES, IT'LL BE A FAILURE. 01:18:35.310 --> 01:18:36.478 BUT THEY SHOULD MAKE A PROFIT. 01:18:36.545 --> 01:18:39.381 I MEAN, SAY THAT TONGUE IN CHEEK, THEY SHOULD MAKE A PROFIT 01:18:40.248 --> 01:18:41.450 BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW 01:18:42.417 --> 01:18:45.520 IS WHERE IS THAT? 01:18:45.987 --> 01:18:46.655 YOU KNOW, 01:18:46.988 --> 01:18:48.790 HOW MUCH MONEY IS IT ACTUALLY GOING TO COST 01:18:48.857 --> 01:18:50.926 AND WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? 01:18:50.992 --> 01:18:53.462 AND I THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE 01:18:53.795 --> 01:18:54.896 IN THE L.A. 28 01:18:54.963 --> 01:18:58.633 COMMITTEE ARE IN A DISCUSSION, IF NOT A SHOUTING MATCH. 01:18:59.434 --> 01:19:01.336 WE HAD THE SAME SHOUTING MATCH WITH THE L.A. 01:19:01.403 --> 01:19:05.574 84 COMMITTEE BACK THEN, BUT IT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE. 01:19:05.907 --> 01:19:12.180 BUT THERE IS THAT RISK, AND IT'S A ONE LAST THING I'LL SAY. 01:19:12.247 --> 01:19:14.749 I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO NATIONAL POLITICS, 01:19:15.383 --> 01:19:18.053 BUT THE 01:19:18.120 --> 01:19:20.956 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO IS IS A MAJOR 01:19:21.022 --> 01:19:23.358 FISCAL PARTNER IN THE SECURITY ISSUE 01:19:24.759 --> 01:19:28.964 AND IN THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE, IN THE BUS SYSTEM 01:19:29.030 --> 01:19:34.936 THAT THEY WANT TO CREATE FOR THE EIGHT FOR THE 28 GAMES. 01:19:35.003 --> 01:19:38.273 YOU TELL ME BETWEEN NOW AND 2028 01:19:38.640 --> 01:19:40.075 WHETHER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 01:19:40.142 --> 01:19:41.877 IS GOING TO RELEASE SOME OF THAT MONEY, 01:19:41.943 --> 01:19:43.378 WHAT THE CONDITIONS OF THAT 01:19:43.445 --> 01:19:46.248 RELEASE OF THAT MONEY, WHICH IS I THINK IT'S IN THEIR BUDGET. 01:19:47.282 --> 01:19:47.549 I THINK 01:19:47.616 --> 01:19:50.051 IT'S OVER $1,000,000,000 FOR SECURITY ALONE. 01:19:50.852 --> 01:19:53.121 AND I MAY BE OVER MY SKIS HERE, BUT. 01:19:53.321 --> 01:19:57.225 MR.. KRIKORIAN, WHO'S IN THIS 01:19:57.292 --> 01:19:59.394 IN THE MIDST OF THIS STUFF, HE WOULD BE A BETTER 01:19:59.461 --> 01:20:00.862 SOURCE OF THAT. 01:20:00.929 --> 01:20:03.899 THAT MONEY HAS TO COME OUR WAY. 01:20:03.965 --> 01:20:06.902 AND THERE'S THREE QUARTERS OF $1,000,000,000, AS REPORTED, 01:20:06.968 --> 01:20:11.072 FOR BEING ABLE TO BRING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM OTHER 01:20:11.373 --> 01:20:12.374 OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 01:20:12.440 --> 01:20:14.976 IN CALIFORNIA, THE LEGISLATURE JUST PASSED A LAW. 01:20:15.043 --> 01:20:17.746 THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IT TO ALLOW THAT HAPPEN. 01:20:17.812 --> 01:20:19.881 BUT THEY'RE GOING HAVE TO PAY THOSE THOSE OFFICERS. 01:20:21.316 --> 01:20:22.350 THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HOUSE THEM. 01:20:22.417 --> 01:20:23.718 THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THAT MONEY 01:20:23.785 --> 01:20:25.020 GOING TO COME FROM? 01:20:25.086 --> 01:20:27.756 THESE ARE HUGE CHUNKS OF DOUGH. 01:20:27.822 --> 01:20:30.425 IF YOU HAVE A $7 BILLION 01:20:30.492 --> 01:20:32.594 BUDGET, I'M NOT EVEN SURE THIS IS ON THE L.A. 01:20:32.661 --> 01:20:35.330 28TH BUDGET, THESE KINDS OF THINGS. 01:20:35.697 --> 01:20:39.401 BUT $750 MILLION JUST FOR THAT, 01:20:39.734 --> 01:20:42.370 BILLION DOLLARS FOR SECURITY, WHICH WOULDN'T JUST BE 01:20:42.437 --> 01:20:44.606 LOCAL SECURITY, WOULD BE FEDERAL SECURITY AS WELL. 01:20:45.473 --> 01:20:46.841 THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 01:20:46.908 --> 01:20:49.878 AND AT SOME POINT, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME TRANSPARENCY 01:20:50.312 --> 01:20:51.913 TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GUARANTEEING 01:20:52.948 --> 01:20:55.483 THE THE MONEY. 01:20:55.550 --> 01:20:56.451 KNOW WHEN THE L.A. 01:20:56.518 --> 01:20:59.554 OPERA ALMOST WENT BANKRUPT IN 2009 01:20:59.621 --> 01:21:02.991 TEN, DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, THEY CAME TO ME 01:21:03.358 --> 01:21:05.961 AND THEY SAID, WE HAVE A BANK WILLING TO LEND US 01:21:06.027 --> 01:21:08.997 MONEY. 01:21:09.064 --> 01:21:10.632 WE'RE HAVING A BIG THE RING FESTIVAL, 01:21:10.699 --> 01:21:13.168 THE WAGNER RING FESTIVAL, WHICH IS A BIG THING. 01:21:13.235 --> 01:21:15.303 PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SEE THIS THING. 01:21:15.837 --> 01:21:19.874 AND THEN THE RECESSION HIT AND PEOPLE STOPPED TRAVELING. 01:21:20.108 --> 01:21:23.011 AND SO THEY HAD A $32 MILLION BUDGET, 01:21:23.612 --> 01:21:26.982 $12 MILLION OF IT WAS ASSUMED TO BE TICKET SALES FROM PEOPLE 01:21:27.048 --> 01:21:31.786 COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY AND THEY DIDN'T MATERIALIZE. 01:21:31.853 --> 01:21:33.888 SO THEY NEEDED TO BORROW $2,012 MILLION. 01:21:33.955 --> 01:21:35.123 THEY CAME TO ME AND THEY SAID, WELL, 01:21:35.190 --> 01:21:37.859 THE COUNTY BE WILLING TO GUARANTEE THE LOAN. 01:21:37.926 --> 01:21:38.760 WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM A BANK. 01:21:38.827 --> 01:21:40.962 A BANK WANTS A GUARANTOR. 01:21:41.029 --> 01:21:42.597 AND I SAID, GEEZ, WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT FOR 01:21:42.664 --> 01:21:43.965 ANY OF THE RESIDENT COMPANIES 01:21:44.032 --> 01:21:46.234 AT THE COUNTY MUSIC CENTER BEFORE EVER. 01:21:47.068 --> 01:21:49.537 BUT LET ME SEE IF WE CAN GET THE VOTES FOR IT ON THE BOARD. 01:21:49.604 --> 01:21:50.238 AND WE DID, 01:21:51.206 --> 01:21:52.240 BUT I SAID I WANT, WANTED. 01:21:52.307 --> 01:21:53.141 AND HE TOLD ME 01:21:53.208 --> 01:21:55.644 THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD TOLD ME AT THE TIME, MARK STERN, 01:21:56.144 --> 01:21:58.780 HE SAID, WHO'S PART OWNER OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS. 01:21:58.847 --> 01:22:02.784 SO WE'RE NOT TALKING THIS WAY, MARK. 01:22:02.851 --> 01:22:06.621 MARK SAID, WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL PAY, WHO WILL 01:22:08.356 --> 01:22:10.959 MAKE GOOD ON THE LOAN. 01:22:11.026 --> 01:22:11.860 THEY JUST 01:22:12.127 --> 01:22:14.396 IT'S GOING TO BE SPREAD OUT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 01:22:14.462 --> 01:22:16.898 OKAY. SHOW ME THE LIST OF WHO THEY ARE. 01:22:16.965 --> 01:22:18.300 WELL, THEY WANTED TO BE ANONYMOUS. 01:22:18.366 --> 01:22:20.635 I SAID, WELL, I CAN'T GO TO MY COLLEAGUES IF I DON'T KNOW. 01:22:20.902 --> 01:22:23.004 AND SO HE SHOWED ME THE LIST AND IT WAS THE USUAL 01:22:23.071 --> 01:22:24.572 SUSPECTS OF PEOPLE WHO STEP UP 01:22:24.639 --> 01:22:27.342 WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS PHILANTHROPIC 01:22:27.409 --> 01:22:28.109 INVESTMENT. 01:22:28.176 --> 01:22:30.712 AND IT WORKED AND THEY PAID IT BACK EARLY. 01:22:30.979 --> 01:22:35.083 I SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S NOT $7 BILLION. 01:22:35.150 --> 01:22:37.919 IT WAS ONLY $12 MILLION THAT WE WERE ON THE HOOK FOR. 01:22:37.986 --> 01:22:39.321 BUT I WOULDN'T 01:22:40.722 --> 01:22:41.389 I WOULDN'T 01:22:41.456 --> 01:22:44.125 DO THAT UNLESS I HAD EXTRAORDINARY 01:22:44.592 --> 01:22:47.162 CONFIDENCE AND TRANSPARENCY FROM THE PEOPLE TO WHOM 01:22:47.228 --> 01:22:49.130 FOR WHOM WE WERE GUARANTEEING THE LOAN 01:22:49.197 --> 01:22:51.099 THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. 01:22:51.166 --> 01:22:54.569 AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN THE CASE BETWEEN 01:22:54.636 --> 01:22:56.271 THE 28 COMMITTEE IN THE CITY. 01:22:56.338 --> 01:22:58.473 IT'S GOT TO BE AND I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE 01:22:58.540 --> 01:23:01.843 ISSUES OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND THEY'RE COMPETING 01:23:02.277 --> 01:23:05.280 FOR THEIR PEOPLE, COMPETING TO BE SPONSORS AND ALL THAT STUFF. 01:23:05.347 --> 01:23:06.848 THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 01:23:06.915 --> 01:23:10.151 BUT THERE SHOULD BE A CONVERSATION BETWEEN 01:23:10.218 --> 01:23:11.653 THE CEO OF THE L.A. 01:23:11.720 --> 01:23:14.756 28 COMMITTEE AND THE CEO OF THE CITY, THE MAYOR 01:23:15.790 --> 01:23:17.359 AND THE PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL, 01:23:17.425 --> 01:23:19.894 MAYBE A COUPLE OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYBE SOME 01:23:20.228 --> 01:23:21.596 SOME SENSE OF WHERE IT'S AT. 01:23:21.663 --> 01:23:23.298 THEY'RE NOT BE FLYING IN THE DARK. 01:23:23.365 --> 01:23:25.066 PETER UEBERROTH COULD HAVE NEVER DONE THAT 01:23:25.133 --> 01:23:28.570 BECAUSE HE KNEW THE CITY WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY LAW 01:23:29.571 --> 01:23:31.206 FROM FUNDING 01:23:31.806 --> 01:23:32.807 A DEFICIT. 01:23:32.874 --> 01:23:36.244 SO HE WAS MOTIVATED AND HE'D GO TO YOU AS A SPONSOR 01:23:36.311 --> 01:23:39.848 TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO MAXIMIZE WHAT WE GET. 01:23:39.914 --> 01:23:41.716 YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE OLD STORY THEY HAD 01:23:41.783 --> 01:23:43.151 WHO WAS GOING TO BE THE OFFICIAL FILM 01:23:43.218 --> 01:23:46.554 OF THE 1984 GAMES FILM, WHICH USED TO BE WHAT? 01:23:46.621 --> 01:23:48.857 HOW WE TOOK PICTURES. RIGHT. 01:23:48.923 --> 01:23:51.259 AND IT WAS A IT WAS A COMPETITION BETWEEN 01:23:51.326 --> 01:23:52.494 KODAK AND FUJI. 01:23:52.560 --> 01:23:54.763 AND KODAK DIDN'T THINK THAT THE L.A. 01:23:55.563 --> 01:23:59.401 84 COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE THE GUTS TO TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT 01:23:59.601 --> 01:24:01.936 FOR THE OFFICIAL FILM TO A JAPANESE COMPANY, 01:24:02.604 --> 01:24:04.639 TO A FOREIGN COMPANY. 01:24:04.706 --> 01:24:07.175 THEY DID BECAUSE THEY ADDED KODAK. 01:24:07.242 --> 01:24:08.810 AND THAT SENT A MESSAGE. 01:24:08.877 --> 01:24:12.180 THAT'S NOT IT MAY BE HAPPENING NOW, BUT WE DON'T KNOW. 01:24:13.047 --> 01:24:15.750 AND ANYWAY, I 01:24:15.817 --> 01:24:17.585 I'M STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS. 01:24:17.652 --> 01:24:20.021 I DON'T THINK CASEY WASSERMAN WANTS 01:24:20.088 --> 01:24:22.524 IT WANTS TO BE IN A DEFICIT OR HIS TEAM 01:24:22.590 --> 01:24:24.192 WANTS TO BE IN THE DEFICIT. 01:24:24.259 --> 01:24:26.161 I DON'T THINK THE MAYOR WANTS TO BE IN A DEFICIT 01:24:28.196 --> 01:24:29.431 AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR IT TO BE 01:24:29.497 --> 01:24:32.167 BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR CAPITAL 01:24:33.101 --> 01:24:36.070 REQUIREMENTS OTHER THAN BUILDING A SWIMMING POOL SUPPLY 01:24:36.604 --> 01:24:39.073 AND ATTRACT TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IN THE WHOLE SCHEME OF 01:24:39.140 --> 01:24:41.476 THINGS IS NOT A IS NOT THAT BIG A DEAL. 01:24:41.843 --> 01:24:43.778 THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUILD SO FAR. 01:24:43.845 --> 01:24:44.846 THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUILD THE GOES. 01:24:44.913 --> 01:24:46.448 I TALKED ABOUT THE CULTURAL 01:24:46.514 --> 01:24:48.616 ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. 01:24:49.884 --> 01:24:52.220 LOOK AT ALL THE ATHLETIC VENUES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT 01:24:52.454 --> 01:24:55.690 AND THE DORMITORIES THAT UCLA INTO A.C. 01:24:55.990 --> 01:24:58.092 THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT. THEY GOT A LOT GOING 01:24:58.159 --> 01:25:00.195 FOR US HERE. IF IT'S IF IT'S DONE RIGHT. 01:25:00.462 --> 01:25:04.365 SO I'M NOT THAT PESSIMISTIC, BUT I WOULD HAVE NEVER SIGNED 01:25:04.432 --> 01:25:08.636 A CONTRACT THAT GAVE AWAY, YOU KNOW, THE CROWN JEWELS. 01:25:09.871 --> 01:25:10.071 ALL RIGHT. 01:25:10.138 --> 01:25:12.240 WELL, I THINK WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION FROM 01:25:12.874 --> 01:25:15.977 MAYBE TWO QUESTIONS FROM FROM SENATOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER 01:25:16.044 --> 01:25:23.885 MACKINNON, THEN WARD, AND THEN WE'RE ON OUR NEXT PANEL. YES. 01:25:24.219 --> 01:25:26.187 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE MY BILL. 01:25:26.254 --> 01:25:30.124 WE DID GET THE BILL SIGNED TO BRING IN POLICE OFFICERS 01:25:30.358 --> 01:25:30.792 OUT OF STATE. 01:25:30.859 --> 01:25:34.462 AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING. 01:25:35.363 --> 01:25:37.665 WE ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S 01:25:38.366 --> 01:25:40.502 OLYMPICS AS WELL AS IT'S L.A. 28. 01:25:40.568 --> 01:25:43.438 AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE IN THIS ONE. 01:25:43.505 --> 01:25:45.874 I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO FAIL US. 01:25:45.940 --> 01:25:47.876 I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS. 01:25:47.942 --> 01:25:49.043 ABOUT 84, 01:25:49.110 --> 01:25:52.714 HOW DID THE CITY AND COUNTY COORDINATE THEIR SEPARATE PLANS 01:25:52.780 --> 01:25:55.216 FOR COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES? 01:25:55.450 --> 01:25:57.685 BECAUSE PART OF MY DISTRICT SITS IN LOS ANGELES. 01:25:57.752 --> 01:26:01.756 BUT I ALSO HAVE INGLEWOOD, HAWTHORNE, GARDENA AND LAWNDALE 01:26:02.123 --> 01:26:03.091 THAT SITS OUTSIDE. 01:26:03.157 --> 01:26:06.928 HOW DID THEY COORDINATE WITH CITIES OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES? 01:26:07.662 --> 01:26:08.363 IN WHAT? 01:26:08.429 --> 01:26:09.130 IN WHAT TERMS? 01:26:09.197 --> 01:26:12.033 WHAT THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD WAS IT JUST IN L.A., OR WAS IT 01:26:12.300 --> 01:26:13.868 WAS IT ALSO IN OTHER CITIES? 01:26:13.935 --> 01:26:16.604 IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. YEAH, IT WAS PASADENA. 01:26:16.671 --> 01:26:18.873 THE THE KABUKI WAS IN PASADENA. 01:26:18.940 --> 01:26:21.943 I REMEMBER THE HOT NIGHT IN PASADENA, 01:26:23.311 --> 01:26:25.847 AND IT WAS EVERYWHERE. 01:26:25.914 --> 01:26:27.849 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I DON'T THINK 01:26:27.916 --> 01:26:29.517 THERE WAS A PROBLEM COORDINATING. 01:26:29.584 --> 01:26:30.652 IT IT WAS, 01:26:31.786 --> 01:26:34.122 YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO 01:26:34.188 --> 01:26:36.391 THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COORDINATED. 01:26:36.457 --> 01:26:38.092 BUT NO, 01:26:38.726 --> 01:26:42.230 IT WAS A THE CULTURAL ARTS FESTIVAL. 01:26:42.297 --> 01:26:44.933 THE OLYMPIC ARTS FESTIVAL WAS WAS UBIQUITOUS 01:26:45.133 --> 01:26:47.936 THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MAYBE EVEN OUTSIDE THE COUNTY. 01:26:48.469 --> 01:26:49.137 THANK YOU. 01:26:49.203 --> 01:26:49.637 YEAH, 01:26:49.704 --> 01:26:50.305 I THINK THERE WERE 01:26:50.371 --> 01:26:53.174 THERE WERE ACTUALLY EVEN EVENTS UP IN SANTA BARBARA. 01:26:53.241 --> 01:26:55.176 I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS VERY DIFFUSE. 01:26:55.243 --> 01:26:56.377 AND I THINK THAT KIND OF, 01:26:56.444 --> 01:26:56.611 YOU KNOW, 01:26:56.678 --> 01:26:58.012 TO GO BACK TO THE EARLIER QUESTION 01:26:58.079 --> 01:27:00.481 ABOUT HOW CAN ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING AUDIENCES 01:27:00.949 --> 01:27:04.385 GETTING STUFF OUT AND, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO NOT ALL 01:27:04.452 --> 01:27:06.054 BE CONCENTRATED RIGHT IN CENTRAL 01:27:06.120 --> 01:27:09.023 L.A., WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE CONGESTION WILL BE. 01:27:09.791 --> 01:27:11.859 YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO, YEAH. 01:27:11.926 --> 01:27:12.226 THANK YOU, MR. 01:27:12.293 --> 01:27:12.527 CHAIR. 01:27:12.594 --> 01:27:13.695 I'M REALLY I THINK BUILDING ON SOME OF 01:27:13.761 --> 01:27:15.396 YOUR COMMENTS, IT WASN'T LOST ON ME. 01:27:15.463 --> 01:27:17.365 IT HIT ME PRETTY STRONGLY 01:27:17.432 --> 01:27:19.701 THAT THAT DISCONNECT RIGHT BETWEEN A LOT OF OUR ARTS 01:27:20.301 --> 01:27:22.971 AND INSTITUTIONS AND THESE SPORTING EVENTS RIGHT NOW. 01:27:23.037 --> 01:27:26.874 AND SO YOU HAD ALSO KIND OF OBSERVED THAT SOMETIMES THERE 01:27:26.941 --> 01:27:29.510 THERE WAS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP THERE, 01:27:29.577 --> 01:27:31.212 AND THAT'S WHEN THINGS A SUCCESS. 01:27:31.279 --> 01:27:32.580 AND I REMEMBER TALKING WITH SOME OF THE L.A. 01:27:32.647 --> 01:27:35.683 28 CITY OFFICIALS IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS AS WELL. 01:27:35.750 --> 01:27:39.721 WITH THAT ALREADY AWARENESS AND INTENTION OF REALLY BRINGING 01:27:39.787 --> 01:27:42.123 COMMUNITY IDEAS, COMMUNITY LOCATIONS 01:27:42.190 --> 01:27:43.858 INTO THE OVERALL PLANNING, 01:27:43.925 --> 01:27:45.960 BECAUSE WE WANT TO STAY CONNECTED FOR SO MANY REASONS. 01:27:46.027 --> 01:27:47.362 WE WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 01:27:47.428 --> 01:27:49.197 THAT IS THE CULTURAL HUB 01:27:49.263 --> 01:27:50.632 THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE, TO BLOSSOM 01:27:50.698 --> 01:27:52.500 AND TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE TO THE WORLD. 01:27:52.567 --> 01:27:53.434 BUT THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE 01:27:53.501 --> 01:27:54.702 ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, 01:27:54.769 --> 01:27:57.105 YOU KNOW, MORE IMMEDIATE AND ONGOING BENEFIT, 01:27:57.538 --> 01:28:00.475 BOTH FINANCIALLY AND CULTURALLY, TO THIS REGION. 01:28:00.541 --> 01:28:03.244 AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT FIRST PANEL 01:28:03.311 --> 01:28:03.978 TO BE ABLE TO LAY 01:28:04.045 --> 01:28:06.114 THAT FOUNDATION OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, 01:28:06.180 --> 01:28:07.849 BECAUSE WE'VE LEARNED THOSE LESSONS 01:28:07.915 --> 01:28:10.652 NOT JUST FROM HERE IN 84, BUT ALSO IN MORE RECENT GAMES 01:28:10.718 --> 01:28:11.019 AS WELL. 01:28:11.085 --> 01:28:12.086 IT'S GOING TO INFORM 01:28:12.153 --> 01:28:12.687 THE DECISIONS 01:28:12.754 --> 01:28:14.022 THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THOSE INVESTMENTS, 01:28:14.088 --> 01:28:15.556 BECAUSE I DO HAVE THAT CONCERN 01:28:15.623 --> 01:28:17.825 THAT WE MIGHT BE PUSHING ANGELINOS OUT OR PUSHING 01:28:17.892 --> 01:28:20.328 CALIFORNIANS OUT OF A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. 01:28:20.395 --> 01:28:22.463 I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, 01:28:22.730 --> 01:28:25.099 NO, I WAS THERE AND I GOT THIS INSPIRATION 01:28:25.166 --> 01:28:26.300 AND I HAD A GREAT MEMORY 01:28:26.367 --> 01:28:28.636 AND A GREAT TIME AND MAYBE SOMETHING TURNED 01:28:28.703 --> 01:28:30.738 FOR THE BETTER IN YOUR OWN LIFE. RIGHT. 01:28:30.805 --> 01:28:31.806 AND I'M WONDERING, 01:28:31.873 --> 01:28:32.273 YOU KNOW, 01:28:32.340 --> 01:28:34.375 SUPERVISOR OSOFSKY, YOU HAD MENTIONED AS WELL, TOO, 01:28:34.442 --> 01:28:34.809 AND SORT OF 01:28:34.876 --> 01:28:36.744 I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT LINE OF QUESTIONING ABOUT, 01:28:36.811 --> 01:28:38.680 WELL, HOW DO WE SHOWCASE OR HOW DO WE 01:28:38.746 --> 01:28:41.783 HOW DO WE REALLY POINT TO THE INVESTMENTS THAT WERE MADE 01:28:41.849 --> 01:28:45.953 AND WHAT THAT MEANT FOR ONGOING BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY? 01:28:46.020 --> 01:28:47.388 AND I THINK WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, 01:28:47.455 --> 01:28:48.790 YOU KNOW, THIS AMAZING WORLD CLASS 01:28:48.856 --> 01:28:51.325 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S HERE IN THE GETTY OR 01:28:52.026 --> 01:28:54.495 OR THAT OR THE DISNEY CENTER OR OTHER OTHER LOCATIONS. 01:28:55.196 --> 01:28:57.598 BUT WHAT ABOUT AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVELS? 01:28:57.865 --> 01:28:58.966 YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS 01:28:59.033 --> 01:29:00.034 THAT MIGHT HAVE COME OUT OF THERE 01:29:00.101 --> 01:29:02.937 THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF GOT THEIR THEIR THEIR FOUNDATION? 01:29:03.204 --> 01:29:05.339 WHAT ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS? WHAT ABOUT OUR YOUTH? 01:29:05.707 --> 01:29:08.276 YOU KNOW, WHERE CAN WE THINK MORE BROADLY 01:29:08.342 --> 01:29:09.977 ABOUT THAT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 01:29:10.044 --> 01:29:12.313 AND HOW THAT WAS ABLE TO CATALYZE 01:29:12.380 --> 01:29:15.216 THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT NEXT GENERATION 01:29:15.717 --> 01:29:19.754 TO REALLY HAVE HAD MOMENT IN TIME THROUGH THE OLYMPICS, 01:29:20.388 --> 01:29:23.858 TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEMSELVES INTO NEW DIRECTIONS AND 01:29:25.560 --> 01:29:27.628 I START TELLING 01:29:28.863 --> 01:29:29.797 YOU TOOK IT. 01:29:29.864 --> 01:29:31.199 WELL, I THINK THE ANSWER IS 01:29:31.265 --> 01:29:33.167 I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION FOR US. 01:29:33.234 --> 01:29:33.868 YEAH. 01:29:34.302 --> 01:29:38.906 WHICH WOULD BE VERY UNCHARACTERISTIC OF ME. 01:29:38.973 --> 01:29:42.410 YOU KNOW, YOU PUT ON THE BEST FESTIVAL YOU CAN, 01:29:44.045 --> 01:29:46.414 YOU TRY TO OUTREACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN 01:29:46.481 --> 01:29:49.484 AND HAVE A FOOTPRINT THAT IS AS BROAD AS IT CAN BE 01:29:50.184 --> 01:29:52.386 AND THEN LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. 01:29:52.453 --> 01:29:55.823 I MEAN, I TELL YOU THAT YOU NEVER KNOW. 01:29:56.424 --> 01:29:58.259 WHO KNEW 01:29:58.459 --> 01:30:00.795 IN 19 01:30:00.862 --> 01:30:03.397 WHATEVER, 84 OR 83, THAT 01:30:04.065 --> 01:30:04.799 THAT MIGHT ONE DAY 01:30:04.866 --> 01:30:08.102 BE A COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND BE IN A POSITION TO, 01:30:08.603 --> 01:30:10.938 YOU KNOW, TO PLAY A ROLE IN THE CULTURAL FOOTPRINT, 01:30:11.005 --> 01:30:13.040 EXPANSION OF THE CULTURAL FOOTPRINT, 01:30:13.107 --> 01:30:18.112 OR TO SAVE THE OPERA, OR FOR THAT MATTER, WHO KNEW? 01:30:18.179 --> 01:30:21.682 I TOLD THE STORY TO TELL, AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF, 01:30:21.749 --> 01:30:25.019 BUT I SUPPOSE THE LAST COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD 01:30:25.520 --> 01:30:26.921 ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I THINK IT WAS 01:30:28.456 --> 01:30:29.023 THE STORY 01:30:29.090 --> 01:30:31.993 OF MY GOING, THIS IS NOT CULTURAL. 01:30:32.059 --> 01:30:32.960 IT IS FOR ME. 01:30:33.027 --> 01:30:36.964 I WENT DOWN TO WATCH THE WOMEN'S MARATHON ON THE FIRST SUNDAY 01:30:37.031 --> 01:30:40.568 AFTER THE GAME STARTED IN FRONT OF MINE AND I WENT DOWN 01:30:40.635 --> 01:30:43.070 TO LA BREA AND RODEO ROAD AND 01:30:44.739 --> 01:30:47.742 THAT WAS ABOUT MILE 21 OF THE OF THE MARATHON. 01:30:47.809 --> 01:30:50.545 AND HERE COMES JOAN BENOIT, 01:30:50.611 --> 01:30:53.981 WHO'S, YOU KNOW, JUST CRUISING TO VICTORY 01:30:54.048 --> 01:30:55.917 AND YOU COULD EVEN SEE GREAT WHITES. 01:30:55.983 --> 01:30:58.586 IT WAS THE NORWEGIAN WHO WAS 3 MINUTES BEHIND HER. 01:30:58.953 --> 01:31:00.354 IT WAS A WIPE OUT. 01:31:00.421 --> 01:31:03.191 AND I'M LOOKING AT HER AND I'M SAYING, 01:31:03.257 --> 01:31:04.826 I WANT TO DO THIS. 01:31:04.892 --> 01:31:07.161 AND I WAS I WAS A RUNNER IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I QUIT. 01:31:08.162 --> 01:31:11.098 AND AFTER I GRADUATED AND I SMOKED TWO PACKS A DAY 01:31:11.165 --> 01:31:13.201 FOR 12 YEARS, AND THEN I QUIT THAT. 01:31:13.267 --> 01:31:14.869 AND THEN I DECIDED TO GET BACK IN SHAPE. 01:31:14.936 --> 01:31:16.671 AND I STARTED RUNNING AGAIN. 01:31:16.737 --> 01:31:19.040 AND I GO TO THE I SEE JOAN BENOIT AND 01:31:20.541 --> 01:31:21.309 OFF I GO. 01:31:21.375 --> 01:31:25.112 AND I TELL MY WIFE AND MY BUDDY, I SAID, I'M 01:31:25.413 --> 01:31:27.014 I WANT TO START JOGGING WITH YOU, YOU KNOW? 01:31:27.081 --> 01:31:28.916 SO I DID. 01:31:28.983 --> 01:31:30.484 AND I ENDED UP RUNNING 01:31:30.551 --> 01:31:34.055 THREE MARATHONS AND RAN UP UNTIL THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. 01:31:34.555 --> 01:31:37.024 I YOU THAT STORY BECAUSE I'M THE OLDEST MALE 01:31:37.091 --> 01:31:40.528 TO LIVE IN MY FAMILY THAT I KNOW OF THE OLDEST PRIOR 01:31:40.595 --> 01:31:45.099 TO MYSELF WAS MY COUSIN SECOND COUSIN FIRST COUSIN REMOVED, 01:31:45.900 --> 01:31:48.803 WHO WAS 72 AND DIED IN THE OPERATING ROOM 01:31:49.704 --> 01:31:52.673 UNDER RECOVERING FROM HIS SECOND BYPASS. 01:31:53.641 --> 01:31:56.377 AND EVERYBODY ELSE NEVER MADE IT TO 70. 01:31:57.278 --> 01:32:00.314 AND ALL THE MALES IN MY FAMILY NEVER MADE IT TO 70. 01:32:00.815 --> 01:32:04.051 AND I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING HERE TODAY TELLING. 01:32:04.118 --> 01:32:06.520 YOU I'M PLAYING WITH THE HOUSE MONEY. WHY? 01:32:06.587 --> 01:32:08.122 BECAUSE I EXERCISED. 01:32:08.189 --> 01:32:09.590 WHY DID I EXERCISE? 01:32:09.657 --> 01:32:13.361 BECAUSE THE 1984 OLYMPIC GAMES TOOK ME DOWN 01:32:13.427 --> 01:32:17.331 A LEBRON RODEO, A JOG DOWN THERE FOUR MILES FROM MY HOUSE, 01:32:17.865 --> 01:32:20.301 WATCHED THAT THING AND WATCHED HER. 01:32:21.068 --> 01:32:22.837 JOHN BENOIT CRUISED BY. 01:32:22.904 --> 01:32:25.439 AND THE IRONY OF IT IS WHEN I RAN MY FIRST MARATHON 01:32:25.506 --> 01:32:27.675 WHICH WAS IN 85 AND NEW YORK CITY MARATHON, 01:32:28.276 --> 01:32:31.345 SHE WAS GIVING AUTOGRAPHS, SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS TO PEOPLE, 01:32:31.612 --> 01:32:33.748 REGISTERING FOR THEIR BIBS. 01:32:33.814 --> 01:32:34.715 AND I GOT A PICTURE 01:32:34.782 --> 01:32:39.854 SITTING IN MY HOUSE OF HER AND SHE SAVED MY LIFE. 01:32:39.921 --> 01:32:43.457 NOW, THAT'S JUST ONE PERSON. 01:32:43.524 --> 01:32:46.193 THERE ARE MILLIONS OF STORIES LIKE THAT. 01:32:46.260 --> 01:32:47.962 EXACTLY. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE. 01:32:48.029 --> 01:32:48.429 AND I'M 01:32:48.496 --> 01:32:48.796 HAPPY TO 01:32:48.863 --> 01:32:49.597 I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE 01:32:49.664 --> 01:32:50.097 TO KIND OF REACH 01:32:50.164 --> 01:32:50.765 BACK INTO MEMORY 01:32:50.831 --> 01:32:52.266 ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACTED YOUR LIFE, 01:32:52.333 --> 01:32:53.935 BECAUSE THERE PROBABLY ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS, 01:32:54.001 --> 01:32:55.303 IF NOT MILLIONS OF OTHERS. 01:32:55.369 --> 01:32:57.104 AND THAT, I THINK, IS ACTUALLY THE BENEFIT 01:32:57.171 --> 01:32:58.973 THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON. 01:32:59.040 --> 01:33:02.443 THIS IS HOW DID THIS ACTUALLY AFFECT ME AS A LOCAL RESIDENT? 01:33:02.510 --> 01:33:04.812 AS A CITY RESIDENT HERE, I DON'T WANT TO FLEE. 01:33:04.879 --> 01:33:05.479 I KNOW IN PARIS 01:33:05.546 --> 01:33:06.714 THERE WAS A LOT OF STORIES OF PEOPLE 01:33:06.781 --> 01:33:08.516 THAT WERE LEAVING THE CITY BECAUSE THEY JUST DIDN'T 01:33:08.582 --> 01:33:09.216 WANT TO DEAL WITH IT. 01:33:09.283 --> 01:33:11.585 BUT ALSO THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, AIRBNB, THEIR PLACE OUT 01:33:12.253 --> 01:33:14.522 AND COSTS WERE BEING DRIVEN UP, OF COURSE, 01:33:14.588 --> 01:33:17.525 BUT THEY LOST THAT MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY BE A PART OF, 01:33:17.858 --> 01:33:18.559 YOU KNOW, THAT 01:33:18.626 --> 01:33:20.761 THAT EVENT AND THAT HISTORY AND WHAT THAT COULD HAVE DONE 01:33:20.828 --> 01:33:22.630 FOR THEM AND THEIR LIVES AND THAT INSPIRATION. 01:33:22.697 --> 01:33:24.699 AND I WANT THAT FOR OUR YOUTH AS WELL, TOO. 01:33:24.765 --> 01:33:26.100 SO I THINK THE CONSCIENTIOUS SORT OF 01:33:26.167 --> 01:33:29.837 THREADING ABOUT ALL OF THE THE SEEDS THAT WE HAVE HERE 01:33:29.904 --> 01:33:31.973 AS A COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO INTEGRATE 01:33:32.039 --> 01:33:34.408 THOSE AND MAXIMIZE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES 01:33:34.475 --> 01:33:35.242 ARE GOING TO RESULT 01:33:35.309 --> 01:33:38.512 IN MANY OF THOSE STORIES AS WELL FOR FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION. 01:33:39.113 --> 01:33:40.281 AND I'LL JUST KIND OF CLOSE AS WELL 01:33:40.348 --> 01:33:41.716 AND RECOGNIZE THAT, YES, NOT ONLY DO 01:33:41.782 --> 01:33:42.350 WE NEED THE MONEY 01:33:42.416 --> 01:33:43.985 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, 01:33:44.051 --> 01:33:46.153 BUT WE ALSO GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A BETTER ATTITUDE 01:33:46.721 --> 01:33:48.089 AND A LITTLE BIT OF AN INSPIRATION, 01:33:48.155 --> 01:33:49.857 A LITTLE FORWARD THINKING, EXCITEMENT 01:33:49.924 --> 01:33:51.025 ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES 01:33:51.092 --> 01:33:51.492 PRESENT HERE, 01:33:51.559 --> 01:33:53.327 BECAUSE THESE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE AMERICA'S GAMES 01:33:53.394 --> 01:33:55.396 AS MUCH AS THEY ARE LOS ANGELES'S GAMES. 01:33:55.463 --> 01:33:57.298 AND SO, YES, HE'S GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE SKIN IN THE GAME. 01:33:57.365 --> 01:33:58.566 WE WOULD HOPE HE WOULD SEE IT THAT WAY 01:33:58.632 --> 01:34:00.601 BECAUSE THAT MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTEREST 01:34:00.668 --> 01:34:01.502 ON THE COMMENTS 01:34:01.569 --> 01:34:02.636 THAT WE HEARD, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, 01:34:02.703 --> 01:34:05.039 THE OTHER WEEK OR NOT, YOU KNOW, VERY HELPFUL 01:34:05.673 --> 01:34:06.841 WHEN IT COMES TO THINK OF LIKE, 01:34:06.907 --> 01:34:08.909 YOU KNOW, GETTING OTHERS INTERESTED 01:34:08.976 --> 01:34:10.277 AND BEING ABLE TO COME TO CALIFORNIA. 01:34:10.344 --> 01:34:12.179 WE KNOW WE HAVE BEEN HIT HARD. 01:34:12.246 --> 01:34:14.849 OUR TOURISM AUTHORITIES ARE ALREADY MEASURING THAT 01:34:14.915 --> 01:34:17.418 AT OUR THEME PARKS, AT OUR NATIONAL PARKS, 01:34:17.485 --> 01:34:18.486 ALL THE RESOURCES. 01:34:18.552 --> 01:34:21.822 WHAT MAKES CALIFORNIA WHAT DRAWS PEOPLE HERE IS HIT. 01:34:21.889 --> 01:34:24.125 AND SO UNTIL THAT ATTITUDE TURNS AROUND, 01:34:24.191 --> 01:34:25.760 WE'RE ALREADY RUNNING LIKE SORT OF 01:34:25.826 --> 01:34:27.895 AGAINST THE WIND RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO, 01:34:27.962 --> 01:34:29.930 YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT LEVEL OF NOT JUST FEDERAL, 01:34:29.997 --> 01:34:31.565 YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL, 01:34:31.632 --> 01:34:32.099 BUT ALSO 01:34:32.166 --> 01:34:34.001 KIND OF SPIRITUAL INVESTMENT THAT'S GOING TO DRAW 01:34:34.068 --> 01:34:36.070 THAT INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION HERE. 01:34:36.137 --> 01:34:36.404 AND SO I 01:34:36.470 --> 01:34:38.372 JUST KIND OF PUT THAT CALL OUT, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR L.A. 01:34:38.439 --> 01:34:40.741 CITY PANEL COMING UP NEXT HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT 01:34:40.808 --> 01:34:41.175 THESE THINGS, TOO. 01:34:41.242 --> 01:34:42.777 AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION. 01:34:42.843 --> 01:34:43.511 THANK YOU. 01:34:43.577 --> 01:34:44.412 THE COMMENTS, CERTAINLY. 01:34:44.478 --> 01:34:47.148 BUT SAN DIEGO AND LOS ANGELES CLOSER TOGETHER. YES. 01:34:47.915 --> 01:34:48.282 ALL RIGHT. 01:34:48.349 --> 01:34:50.918 LET'S A QUICK QUICK QUESTION FROM FROM SENATOR. 01:34:50.985 --> 01:34:51.218 EXCELLENT. 01:34:51.285 --> 01:34:53.421 AND THEN WE WILL NEED TO BE GETTING ON TO THE NEXT PANEL 01:34:53.487 --> 01:34:54.789 WHERE WE'LL BE REALLY FOCUSING IN ON THE 01:34:54.855 --> 01:34:56.524 I THINK I'D LIKE TO GET BACK 01:34:56.590 --> 01:34:58.559 TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HISTORY. 01:34:58.626 --> 01:35:01.429 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION THE OLD TERM. 01:35:01.495 --> 01:35:03.164 BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. 01:35:03.230 --> 01:35:05.232 YOU'VE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. 01:35:05.299 --> 01:35:07.601 AND AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 01:35:07.668 --> 01:35:12.606 SO MY QUESTION IF IF THE THEME IS GAMES FOR ALL AND 2028, 01:35:13.140 --> 01:35:16.210 THEN WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR FROM YOUR EYES 01:35:16.577 --> 01:35:19.380 THAT YOU WOULD SAY, YOU BETTER DO THIS 01:35:19.447 --> 01:35:20.981 AND YOU BETTER LOOK OUT FOR THAT 01:35:21.048 --> 01:35:23.417 AND YOU SHOULD INCLUDE THIS WITH WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 01:35:23.484 --> 01:35:26.520 WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE PANELISTS ALREADY, 01:35:26.720 --> 01:35:28.889 WE WANT DIVERSITY. WE WANT INCLUSION. 01:35:28.956 --> 01:35:30.257 WE WANT MAKE SURE THAT 01:35:30.324 --> 01:35:32.426 IN OUR COMMUNITIES EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATING 01:35:32.660 --> 01:35:34.428 AND LEARNING ABOUT THE ARTS AND CULTURE. 01:35:34.495 --> 01:35:37.164 WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE TELLING US 01:35:37.498 --> 01:35:40.835 IF WE HAD THAT MAGIC PHONE TO TELL MR. 01:35:40.901 --> 01:35:46.173 OLYMPIC HERE IN CALIFORNIA, IN LOS ANGELES, TO LOOK OUT FOR, 01:35:47.408 --> 01:35:48.709 YOU KNOW, I 01:35:48.776 --> 01:35:52.446 DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD ADVISE YOU GENERALLY, BUT 01:35:53.147 --> 01:35:56.150 WHAT I WOULD ADVISE IS 01:35:57.251 --> 01:35:58.786 DO A GREAT JOB 01:35:58.853 --> 01:36:02.723 AND AND DON'T OVER DON'T SPEND MORE THAN YOU'RE TAKING IN. 01:36:02.790 --> 01:36:06.393 YEAH, THAT THAT TO ME, THAT'S THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST. 01:36:06.460 --> 01:36:08.863 BECAUSE IF THAT OLYMPIC GAMES RUNS IN THE RED AND 01:36:09.964 --> 01:36:12.466 EVERYBODY'S LEGACY 01:36:12.533 --> 01:36:14.969 IS TARNISHED FOREVER, WHEN, WHEN, 01:36:15.035 --> 01:36:18.305 WHEN THE ORANGE COUNTY WENT BANKRUPT IN 1994. 01:36:18.372 --> 01:36:20.007 1994. 01:36:20.074 --> 01:36:21.308 YEAH, THEY DECLARED BANKRUPTCY 01:36:21.375 --> 01:36:24.078 THE DAY I WAS SWORN INTO THE COUNTY BOARD. 01:36:24.145 --> 01:36:26.247 NOT ONE MEMBER OF THEIR BOARD OF EVER 01:36:26.313 --> 01:36:28.649 GOT REELECTED OR ELECTED TO ANY OTHER OFFICE. 01:36:29.917 --> 01:36:31.919 IT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO HAVE ON YOUR RESUMé THAT YOU WERE 01:36:31.986 --> 01:36:34.755 PRESIDING OVER A BANKRUPTCY 01:36:34.989 --> 01:36:37.258 AND WHETHER IT'S THE THE 28 COMMITTEE THAT GOES 01:36:37.324 --> 01:36:40.661 BANKRUPT OF THE CITY THAT GOES BANKRUPT, IT DOESN'T MATTER 01:36:41.795 --> 01:36:42.229 THAT. 01:36:42.696 --> 01:36:46.634 AND THE ODDS ARE AND I'D SAY THIS PRAYERFULLY, 01:36:47.601 --> 01:36:50.471 THE ODDS ARE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN 01:36:50.538 --> 01:36:53.073 BECAUSE THEY THEY THEY IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. 01:36:53.807 --> 01:36:56.577 BUT WE'RE WE'RE JUST PRAYING. 01:36:56.810 --> 01:36:58.646 WE DON'T HAVE ANY. 01:36:58.712 --> 01:36:59.413 THAT'S NOT ME. 01:36:59.480 --> 01:37:02.917 BUT THE POWERS THAT BE DON'T HAVE A WINDOW ON WHAT'S GOING 01:37:02.983 --> 01:37:06.854 ON. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY TO ANYBODY IS JUST JUST BREAK EVEN. 01:37:06.921 --> 01:37:09.056 DON'T EVEN MAKE A PROFIT, REINVEST 01:37:09.123 --> 01:37:12.293 IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE THE 84 GAMES DID AND 01:37:13.494 --> 01:37:16.030 OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, ACCESS. 01:37:16.730 --> 01:37:19.567 I DON'T I DIDN'T APPLY FOR ANY TICKETS. 01:37:19.633 --> 01:37:20.734 I'VE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. 01:37:20.801 --> 01:37:22.836 I WATCHED IT ON TV. 01:37:22.903 --> 01:37:26.140 IT WAS IT WAS ONE OF GREAT MOMENTS OF MY LIFE 01:37:28.042 --> 01:37:29.410 TO SEE THE OPENING CEREMONIES OVER. 01:37:29.476 --> 01:37:31.979 A LOT OF REASONS ALL GOING ON HERE. AND 01:37:33.914 --> 01:37:36.183 LET LET YOU KNOW 01:37:36.250 --> 01:37:39.720 LET THE LET THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THIS. AND, 01:37:40.688 --> 01:37:42.990 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME TO THE GAMES 01:37:43.057 --> 01:37:44.725 BECAUSE THEY'RE SPORTS FANS. 01:37:44.792 --> 01:37:46.093 I MEAN, 01:37:46.560 --> 01:37:49.296 I WAS A TRACK RUNNER TO BE TO HAVE THE GREATEST 01:37:49.730 --> 01:37:52.633 DISTANCE RUNNERS IN THE WORLD, 01:37:52.700 --> 01:37:56.303 SPENT SEVEN DAYS RUNNING COMPETITIONS AT THE COLISEUM. 01:37:56.604 --> 01:38:00.407 I WENT TO SIX OF THE SEVEN AND IT WAS IT WAS LIKE 01:38:01.141 --> 01:38:02.843 I WAS LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE, 01:38:02.910 --> 01:38:05.579 BUT A REALLY BIG CANDY STORE WITH REALLY DELICIOUS CANDY. 01:38:06.113 --> 01:38:09.016 IT WAS FANTASTIC. AND 01:38:09.083 --> 01:38:11.318 LET, LET, LET THE GAMES 01:38:12.419 --> 01:38:13.420 DO THEIR THING. 01:38:13.487 --> 01:38:17.091 YEAH, BUT ACCESS IS, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS A PROBLEM IN 84 01:38:17.157 --> 01:38:20.127 IT'S A CHALLENGE IN 28 IS 01:38:20.394 --> 01:38:23.731 WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T MAKE $150,000 A YEAR? 01:38:23.998 --> 01:38:24.465 YEAH. 01:38:25.199 --> 01:38:28.002 WHAT ABOUT THE 38% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN L.A. 01:38:28.068 --> 01:38:31.705 COUNTY THAT EARN LESS THAN $60,000 A YEAR HOUSEHOLD INCOME? 01:38:31.772 --> 01:38:32.873 THINK ABOUT THAT. 01:38:32.940 --> 01:38:36.710 CAN THEY AFFORD $200 FOR A FOR A TICKET TO A PRELIMINARY 01:38:37.077 --> 01:38:37.978 AND VOLLEYBALL, 01:38:39.446 --> 01:38:41.081 LET ALONE A CHAMPIONSHIP, 01:38:41.148 --> 01:38:45.286 YOU KNOW, GOLD MEDAL NIGHT FOR THE GYMNASTICS? NO. 01:38:45.552 --> 01:38:48.289 SO THERE'S GOT TO AND THERE MAY BE SOME PLANS TO DO THAT. 01:38:48.355 --> 01:38:51.759 THAT'S THAT'S THE THING THAT I THINK 01:38:51.825 --> 01:38:55.796 KIDS ARE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SO AND SOME 01:38:56.730 --> 01:38:59.500 NOT SO YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SO MOVED BY THIS THING 01:39:00.167 --> 01:39:02.703 BUT INSPIRED BY IT TO DO CRAZY 01:39:02.770 --> 01:39:05.873 THINGS LIKE RUN A MARATHON. 01:39:05.939 --> 01:39:08.142 ZEV, ARE YOU CRAZY? 01:39:08.208 --> 01:39:09.376 BUT I DID. 01:39:10.177 --> 01:39:13.447 AND IN THERE, I GUARANTEE YOU AND I KNOW MANY OF THE STORIES 01:39:13.514 --> 01:39:14.181 THERE ARE ABOUT 01:39:14.248 --> 01:39:16.617 TENS OF THOUSANDS, MILLIONS OF STORIES OF PEOPLE 01:39:16.850 --> 01:39:19.153 WHO DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SAW. 01:39:19.720 --> 01:39:22.423 AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT THIS THING. 01:39:22.489 --> 01:39:26.427 IT'S IT'S AN UNPRECEDENTED IT'S THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT. 01:39:26.493 --> 01:39:29.063 MAYBE THE WORLD CUP IS SIMILAR, BUT THE WORLD CUP 01:39:29.830 --> 01:39:32.266 IS A DIFFERENT DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH. 01:39:32.533 --> 01:39:36.804 THIS IS CONCENTRATED IN 415, 17 DAYS, WHATEVER IT IS, 01:39:37.705 --> 01:39:41.041 THE GREATEST ATHLETES AMONG ALL THE GREATEST SPORTS 01:39:41.475 --> 01:39:44.778 BARON DE COUBERTIN WOULD PROBABLY HAVE NO IDEA 01:39:44.845 --> 01:39:48.082 HE WOULD RECOGNIZE WHAT WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED MISSING IT. 01:39:48.315 --> 01:39:52.986 I'M A BIG HAWK ON ON THESE COMPETITIONS AND I LOVE THEM AND 01:39:54.088 --> 01:39:54.588 I JUST WANT 01:39:54.655 --> 01:39:57.124 TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO PUT IT 01:39:57.725 --> 01:40:00.494 THE QUOTE PETER UEBERROTH FROM HIS MEMOIR. 01:40:01.261 --> 01:40:03.564 I BELIEVE THAT THE THAT 01:40:03.630 --> 01:40:05.933 NO SPORTING SHOULD 01:40:07.368 --> 01:40:10.037 SHOULD REQUIRE TAXPAYER MONEY EVEN A SPORTING EVENT 01:40:10.104 --> 01:40:12.673 AS IMPORTANT AS THE OLYMPIC GAMES. 01:40:12.740 --> 01:40:15.075 AND BY THE WAY, HE VOTED FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, 01:40:15.142 --> 01:40:16.176 HE SAYS IN HIS BOOK. 01:40:16.243 --> 01:40:17.745 ALL RIGHT. ANYWAY, 01:40:18.812 --> 01:40:20.147 YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK JUST 01:40:20.214 --> 01:40:22.983 TO BRING IT BACK TO THE THE ARTS AND CULTURE, 01:40:24.017 --> 01:40:26.153 WE'RE LOOKING AT A VERY DIFFERENT 01:40:26.754 --> 01:40:30.157 INFRASTRUCTURE IN 2028 THAN WE HAD IN 1984, 01:40:30.224 --> 01:40:33.160 AND THAT THE 84 ARTS FESTIVAL WAS A VERY KIND OF TOP 01:40:33.227 --> 01:40:34.294 DOWN MODEL. RIGHT? 01:40:34.361 --> 01:40:37.598 THEY HAD A REALLY TIGHT VISION OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT 01:40:37.664 --> 01:40:40.801 IT WOULD BE AND AND IT WAS PLANS AND KIND OF FROM ABOVE. 01:40:40.868 --> 01:40:44.138 WHEREAS I THINK THIS TIME WE'RE RELIANT 01:40:44.605 --> 01:40:48.142 MUCH MORE KIND OF BOTTOM UP, ORGANIC, 01:40:48.442 --> 01:40:51.111 YOU KNOW, GENERATION OF ARTS AND CULTURE 01:40:51.178 --> 01:40:55.749 THAT WILL THEN BE INCLUDED AS PART OF OF THE L.A. 01:40:55.816 --> 01:40:57.484 28 ARTS FESTIVAL. SO 01:40:58.585 --> 01:41:01.622 I THINK MY MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, 01:41:02.756 --> 01:41:04.792 YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW 01:41:05.893 --> 01:41:08.629 HOW TO BEST SUPPORT THAT KIND OF ORGANIC ENERGY 01:41:08.695 --> 01:41:11.064 AND THOSE CREATIVE IDEAS THAT ARE REALLY COMING 01:41:11.131 --> 01:41:15.002 FROM FROM LOCAL PLACES AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS. 01:41:15.068 --> 01:41:16.904 YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. 01:41:16.970 --> 01:41:18.338 THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. 01:41:18.405 --> 01:41:19.606 I THANK YOU FOR THE WISDOM 01:41:19.673 --> 01:41:23.477 AND AND AND SAGACITY THAT YOU BRING TO THIS. 01:41:23.544 --> 01:41:25.546 AND WITH GREAT CONTEXT 01:41:25.612 --> 01:41:27.748 FOR THE REST OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL BE PIVOTING 01:41:27.815 --> 01:41:30.350 VERY INTENSELY TOWARD ARTS AND CULTURE 01:41:30.417 --> 01:41:33.420 WITH THESE THIS NEXT PANEL. 01:41:33.487 --> 01:41:35.823 NORA HALPERN WILL BE STARTING. 01:41:35.889 --> 01:41:37.191 VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 01:41:37.257 --> 01:41:40.027 FOR THE LA 28 CULTURAL OLYMPIAD, DWAYNE JONES. 01:41:40.093 --> 01:41:41.395 WE INVITE A 01:41:41.628 --> 01:41:43.030 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR 28 CULTURAL 01:41:43.096 --> 01:41:45.065 INDIA AND STAKEHOLDER EVENTS. 01:41:45.132 --> 01:41:47.534 DALE, TO RECAP, GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE DEPARTMENT 01:41:47.601 --> 01:41:49.269 OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, 01:41:49.336 --> 01:41:50.537 CHRIS CONCEPCION, 01:41:50.604 --> 01:41:52.206 WHO IS THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR DEPARTMENT 01:41:52.272 --> 01:41:53.440 OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR THE CITY OF L.A. 01:41:53.507 --> 01:41:56.910 AND THEN ALSO KRISTIN TAKATA, WHO'S DIRECTOR OF L.A. 01:41:56.977 --> 01:41:58.245 COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 01:41:58.312 --> 01:42:01.081 SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH YOU, MS.. HALPERIN. 01:42:01.148 --> 01:42:03.917 WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE AND APPRECIATE BOTH 01:42:04.718 --> 01:42:09.056 THE PRESENTATION YOU'LL BE PROVIDING US WITH. 01:42:09.122 --> 01:42:10.591 AND THANKS AGAIN TO OUR GREAT 01:42:12.059 --> 01:42:14.528 BRUIN PANEL FROM BEFORE. 01:42:15.329 --> 01:42:21.134 ALL RIGHT, HERE. 01:42:21.201 --> 01:42:22.836 THANK YOU, CHAIR ELLEN. 01:42:22.903 --> 01:42:24.338 AND THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR WARD. 01:42:24.404 --> 01:42:27.741 THANK YOU, EVERYONE ASSEMBLED TODAY AND ALSO 01:42:28.408 --> 01:42:30.577 SENATOR ALLEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TENURE 01:42:30.644 --> 01:42:32.346 AND YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 01:42:32.412 --> 01:42:33.514 AND ALSO, 01:42:33.580 --> 01:42:35.249 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE TO THE ARTS, YOU'VE 01:42:35.315 --> 01:42:38.018 BEEN SUCH A GREAT CHAMPION THROUGHOUT YOUR TENURE. 01:42:38.085 --> 01:42:40.988 AND ON BEHALF OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY, I WANT TO THANK YOU. 01:42:41.054 --> 01:42:43.156 YOU SHOULD THEN SAY MY NAME IS NORA HALPERN. 01:42:43.223 --> 01:42:46.260 I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD. 01:42:46.593 --> 01:42:47.227 I'VE BEEN WITH L.A. 01:42:47.294 --> 01:42:51.798 28 FOR OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND I AM A LOS ANGELINA. 01:42:51.865 --> 01:42:53.500 I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE 01:42:53.567 --> 01:42:56.537 WHO WAS OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN HERE IN 84 AND DO 01:42:57.237 --> 01:42:59.473 DO FEEL CHANGED BY THAT EXPERIENCE, 01:42:59.840 --> 01:43:02.442 WHICH IS WHAT DREW ME BACK TO TAKE ON THIS POSITION. 01:43:02.743 --> 01:43:06.046 SO I WAS A YOUNG CURATOR AND ARTIST IN THAT PERIOD 01:43:06.113 --> 01:43:09.283 THINKING ABOUT FUTURE IN THE ARTS ECOSYSTEM 01:43:09.683 --> 01:43:12.219 AND WERE IT NOT FOR THE 84 GAMES, THERE 01:43:12.286 --> 01:43:15.455 WOULDN'T BE THE ECOSYSTEM THAT ALLOWED ME TO THRIVE. 01:43:15.522 --> 01:43:18.759 SO I REALLY DO PASSIONATELY FEEL 01:43:19.059 --> 01:43:22.729 THE POWER OF POSSIBILITY FOR AN OLYMPIAD. 01:43:23.297 --> 01:43:26.166 SO WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME IMAGES 01:43:26.233 --> 01:43:29.036 AND I WAS I WAS VERY MOVED BY 01:43:30.404 --> 01:43:31.705 BY THE THE COMMENTS 01:43:31.772 --> 01:43:34.007 OF SENATOR RICHARDSON THAT DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH 01:43:34.841 --> 01:43:38.345 BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY A GUIDING FORCE FOR OUR MISSION, 01:43:38.845 --> 01:43:40.948 WHICH IS THAT THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD 01:43:41.014 --> 01:43:44.351 WILL PROVIDE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA 01:43:44.751 --> 01:43:46.687 WITH A PLATFORM TO TELL THEIR STORIES 01:43:46.753 --> 01:43:48.755 THROUGH ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE. 01:43:48.822 --> 01:43:52.192 WILL BRING TOGETHER THESE MYRIAD AND UNIQUE NARRATIVES, 01:43:52.259 --> 01:43:54.528 WILL GIVE VISITORS A VISION OF OUR CITY'S VAST 01:43:54.595 --> 01:43:56.763 CULTURAL RICHNESS AND COMPLEXITY, 01:43:56.830 --> 01:44:00.367 WHILE ALSO DEVELOPING A GREATER SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING, 01:44:00.701 --> 01:44:02.202 PRIDE, CONNECTION 01:44:02.269 --> 01:44:05.138 AND BELONGING FOR THOSE WHO CALL LOS ANGELES HOME. 01:44:05.439 --> 01:44:09.743 SO GOING TO MY EXPERIENCE DURING THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD, 01:44:09.810 --> 01:44:12.279 WHERE I WENT, WHERE I DID SEE LOTS OF WONDERFUL THINGS 01:44:12.346 --> 01:44:16.583 FROM ACROSS ACROSS THE SORT OF WESTERN CANON, 01:44:16.650 --> 01:44:19.853 I LEARNED SO MUCH MORE ABOUT MY CITY, MY COUNTY 01:44:20.053 --> 01:44:22.623 AND MY COMMUNITY THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE 01:44:22.689 --> 01:44:23.690 OF THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD. 01:44:23.757 --> 01:44:29.062 SO THAT IS ANOTHER LEGACY THAT I THINK IS VERY POWERFUL. 01:44:31.431 --> 01:44:32.432 I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO 01:44:32.499 --> 01:44:35.435 DWAYNE JONES, MY COLLEAGUE, WHO'LL TALK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE. 01:44:35.502 --> 01:44:37.504 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:44:37.571 --> 01:44:42.476 AS AS WE MENTIONED WE SEE 2028 AS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY 01:44:42.542 --> 01:44:44.578 TO SHOWCASE TODAY'S LOS ANGELES, 01:44:44.811 --> 01:44:46.880 A CITY THAT ACTS AS A CULTURAL CROSSROADS 01:44:47.080 --> 01:44:50.617 FOR GLOBAL TRADITIONS, DYNAMIC ARTS AND CREATIVE INNOVATION. 01:44:50.951 --> 01:44:54.354 WE HAVE AN OBJECTIVE IT'S AN OBJECTIVE SET UP, REALLY, 01:44:54.421 --> 01:44:56.223 FOR OUR CULTURAL OLYMPIAD PLANNING, 01:44:56.289 --> 01:44:57.391 AND THAT'S REALLY TO CELEBRATE 01:44:57.457 --> 01:44:58.291 AND UPLIFT THE DIVERSE 01:44:58.358 --> 01:45:01.061 CULTURE OF LOS ANGELES THROUGH A RANGE OF ART FORMS 01:45:01.628 --> 01:45:02.262 THAT ARE CREATED 01:45:02.329 --> 01:45:04.965 BY AND FOR ANGELENOS AND SHARED WITH THE WORLD. 01:45:05.666 --> 01:45:08.201 WE WANT TO LEVERAGE LA'S UNIQUE POSITION AT THE GLOBAL 01:45:08.268 --> 01:45:11.338 INTERSECTION, CULTURE, SPORT AND CREATIVITY 01:45:11.872 --> 01:45:15.008 TO EXPAND THE REACH OF THE GAMES FAR BEYOND THE FIELD OF PLAY 01:45:15.876 --> 01:45:18.078 INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF L.A.. 01:45:18.145 --> 01:45:20.414 WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS 01:45:20.614 --> 01:45:23.550 ON PROGRAMING THAT BRINGS TO LIFE BOTH L.A. 01:45:23.617 --> 01:45:27.354 28 PROGRAMS, CO-CURATED OPPORTUNITIES 01:45:27.421 --> 01:45:30.424 WITH PARTNERS, AND REALLY FOCUS ON CULTURAL, 01:45:31.358 --> 01:45:34.928 COMMUNITY, GRASSROOTS LED PROGRAMS THAT COME UP 01:45:34.995 --> 01:45:36.596 THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. 01:45:36.663 --> 01:45:39.266 AND THEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES IS REALLY TO IGNITE 01:45:39.332 --> 01:45:40.567 THAT CULTURE OF PARTICIPATION. 01:45:40.634 --> 01:45:42.269 WE TALKED ABOUT HOW LOCALS 01:45:42.335 --> 01:45:44.638 HAVE NOT BEEN AS ENGAGED OR DON'T ALWAYS KNOW 01:45:44.705 --> 01:45:46.239 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY. 01:45:46.306 --> 01:45:47.007 AND WE WANT TO ENSURE 01:45:47.074 --> 01:45:49.209 THAT EVERYONE SEES THEMSELVES AS PART OF THE L.A. 01:45:49.276 --> 01:45:50.277 28 STORY. 01:45:52.112 --> 01:45:52.579 THE WAY WE'RE GOING 01:45:52.646 --> 01:45:56.216 TO DO THAT IS THROUGH A MODEL THAT FOCUSES ON THREE 01:45:56.283 --> 01:45:59.419 KEY PILLARS IN THE CENTER HERE, AND THAT'S OUR OFFICIAL 01:45:59.486 --> 01:46:00.287 CULTURAL OLYMPIAD. 01:46:00.353 --> 01:46:02.656 MARK OUR STAMP OF APPROVAL. 01:46:02.723 --> 01:46:07.227 IT'S OUR ASSOCIATION OPPORTUNITY FOR INSTITUTIONS, 01:46:07.294 --> 01:46:10.497 ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT GROUPS AND ANYONE WHO'S 01:46:10.564 --> 01:46:13.533 DOING PROGRAMING THROUGHOUT THE GREATER LOS ANGELES REGION. 01:46:13.867 --> 01:46:17.337 WE WILL OPEN APPLICATIONS FOR THIS IN EARLY 27 01:46:17.671 --> 01:46:19.706 SO THAT PEOPLE CAN APPLY TO RECEIVE THE MARK. 01:46:19.973 --> 01:46:21.608 OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THAT AS SIMPLE 01:46:21.675 --> 01:46:23.643 AS POSSIBLE THROUGH AN ONLINE PORTAL. 01:46:23.710 --> 01:46:25.712 THAT'S VERY EASY. 01:46:26.046 --> 01:46:29.349 QUESTIONS THAT ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS 01:46:29.416 --> 01:46:32.452 AT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO TALK ABOUT THE CRITERIA, 01:46:32.519 --> 01:46:35.222 THE QUESTIONS AND HOW WE CAN BRING THE MOST 01:46:36.356 --> 01:46:39.326 PROGRAMING INTO THIS AND BRING THEM UNDER THE UMBRELLA 01:46:39.392 --> 01:46:40.827 OF THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD. 01:46:40.894 --> 01:46:43.563 OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE 01:46:43.797 --> 01:46:46.366 FOR EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT L.A. 01:46:46.433 --> 01:46:48.869 SHOWCASES WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS. 01:46:49.903 --> 01:46:50.737 WE WILL ALSO 01:46:50.804 --> 01:46:53.607 CREATE A DIGITAL CALENDAR AND MAPPING PLATFORM. 01:46:53.974 --> 01:46:56.076 IT'S NOT JUST ANOTHER APP. 01:46:56.143 --> 01:46:57.344 THIS IS NOT AN APP AT ALL. 01:46:57.410 --> 01:47:01.248 IT'S ACTUALLY A WEB BASED PLATFORM, EASILY ACCESSIBLE, 01:47:01.548 --> 01:47:04.151 FULL OF INFORMATION, WHERE ALL OF THAT PROGRAMING 01:47:04.217 --> 01:47:07.354 THAT COMES UNDER THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD WILL BE ACCESSIBLE 01:47:07.420 --> 01:47:11.191 AND DISCOVERABLE FOR BOTH LOCALS AND VISITORS ACROSS L.A.. 01:47:12.793 --> 01:47:15.262 WE WILL ALSO HAVE A CULTURE FOR ALL PROGRAM 01:47:15.896 --> 01:47:19.466 WHERE WE WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO OFFSET THE COSTS 01:47:19.533 --> 01:47:22.769 FOR INSTITUTIONS, SMALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, 01:47:22.836 --> 01:47:25.372 PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY DOING GREAT PROGRAMING. 01:47:26.106 --> 01:47:28.875 BUT HOW TICKET PRICES THAT MAY PREVENT 01:47:28.942 --> 01:47:31.178 SOME PEOPLE FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND THAT 01:47:31.244 --> 01:47:32.879 WE WANT TO MAKE CULTURE MORE ACCESSIBLE 01:47:32.946 --> 01:47:35.348 TO PEOPLE AND BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE FINANCIAL BARRIERS 01:47:35.882 --> 01:47:37.050 TO ACCESS THAT TO. 01:47:37.117 --> 01:47:40.587 BE ABLE TO GET TICKETS TO AN EVENT TOO. 01:47:40.654 --> 01:47:43.223 SOME PROGRAMING THAT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE REGION, 01:47:43.623 --> 01:47:45.926 BUT THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO DO SO. 01:47:46.226 --> 01:47:47.994 WE WANT TO OPEN THAT UP, BUT WE DON'T WANT 01:47:48.061 --> 01:47:49.462 THOSE INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANIZATIONS 01:47:49.529 --> 01:47:53.200 TO LOSE MONEY IN BEING ABLE TO OFFER THAT LOWER TICKET PRICE 01:47:53.466 --> 01:47:55.368 THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR PROGRAMING ON. 01:47:56.369 --> 01:47:58.038 WE ARE MODELING 01:47:58.104 --> 01:48:01.074 ALL OF THE DISCIPLINES FOR OUR CULTURAL OLYMPIAD, 01:48:01.408 --> 01:48:03.443 WE'VE EXPANDED PAST WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE 01:48:04.244 --> 01:48:06.546 THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD OF JUST 01:48:06.613 --> 01:48:10.116 THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, TO REFLECT WHAT L.A. 01:48:10.183 --> 01:48:12.152 REALLY IS TODAY AND EVERYTHING 01:48:12.219 --> 01:48:15.488 THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER IN FASHION AND FILM AND FOOD AND MUSIC, 01:48:15.755 --> 01:48:18.992 AS WELL AS VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. 01:48:19.059 --> 01:48:20.861 AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF 01:48:20.927 --> 01:48:24.998 MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE ALL OVER L.A.. 01:48:25.065 --> 01:48:25.398 THANK YOU. 01:48:25.465 --> 01:48:27.133 AND AS I SIT ON THIS PANEL 01:48:27.200 --> 01:48:29.369 HERE, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS ALREADY 01:48:29.436 --> 01:48:30.937 THE REFLECTION OF COLLABORATION, 01:48:31.004 --> 01:48:33.073 BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY 01:48:33.139 --> 01:48:36.543 OUR PARTNERS IN THE CITY SORRY, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY. 01:48:36.610 --> 01:48:37.611 SO I LIKE IT. 01:48:37.677 --> 01:48:39.846 I LIKE THE PHYSICAL SETUP OF THIS TABLE. 01:48:39.913 --> 01:48:42.415 SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW 01:48:43.116 --> 01:48:46.453 IS SOMETHING WE'RE SUPER EXCITED, WHICH REALLY DOES 01:48:47.153 --> 01:48:49.356 CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES 01:48:49.623 --> 01:48:52.292 ON EVERY LEVEL GEOGRAPHICALLY IN TERMS OF 01:48:53.360 --> 01:48:53.927 TYPES OF 01:48:53.994 --> 01:48:56.596 COMMUNITIES DIVERSITY OF STYLES. 01:48:56.997 --> 01:49:01.001 THE LA 28 OFFICIAL ART POSTER PROJECT IS A DELIVERABLE 01:49:01.067 --> 01:49:04.437 OF EVERY GAMES, AND FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT REMEMBER IN 01:49:05.171 --> 01:49:07.641 THE 84 GAMES, ARTISTS LIKE JOHN BALDESSARI 01:49:07.707 --> 01:49:11.177 AND COMMISSAR CARLOS HAMMER, AS A NUMBER OF MAJOR L.A. 01:49:11.244 --> 01:49:14.648 ARTISTS, MADE POSTERS BACK IN THE DAY. 01:49:14.714 --> 01:49:18.551 WE'RE LOOKING REALLY TO DEEP IN COMMUNITY TO FIND 01:49:18.785 --> 01:49:23.189 THE MOST EXPRESSIVE ARTISTS TO REPRESENT OUR CITY TO ITSELF 01:49:23.256 --> 01:49:24.257 AND TO THE WORLD. 01:49:24.324 --> 01:49:29.329 SO THE PROCESS THAT WE CREATED TO ACHIEVE THAT WAS TO INVITE 20 01:49:30.163 --> 01:49:34.401 CURATORS FROM AROUND THE REGION TO NOMINATE FIVE ARTISTS EACH. 01:49:34.467 --> 01:49:36.736 THIS IS INCLUDING L.A. CITY, L.A. 01:49:36.803 --> 01:49:39.039 COUNTY AND THE BROADER STRETCH OF THE GAMES. 01:49:39.439 --> 01:49:41.808 THOSE CURATORS NOMINATED FIVE ARTISTS. 01:49:41.875 --> 01:49:45.612 WE WOUND UP WITH OVER 100 PLUS ARTISTS TO CHOOSE FROM. 01:49:45.812 --> 01:49:47.614 AND THAT LIST OF ARTISTS WAS THEN 01:49:47.681 --> 01:49:49.549 WINNOWED DOWN BY A VERY SMALL GROUP OF 01:49:49.616 --> 01:49:51.785 ABOUT FIVE FOLKS AROUND THE TABLE. 01:49:51.851 --> 01:49:53.687 AND WE CAME UP WITH AN INCREDIBLY 01:49:55.622 --> 01:49:57.190 VIBRANT COLLECTION 01:49:57.257 --> 01:50:00.293 OF EIGHT OLYMPIC POSTERS, EIGHT PARALYMPIC POSTERS. 01:50:00.560 --> 01:50:02.495 I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHO THE ARTISTS ARE, 01:50:02.562 --> 01:50:05.899 BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL JULY OF 2027. 01:50:06.533 --> 01:50:09.903 BUT THEY ARE OUR IN A WAY NOT, 01:50:09.970 --> 01:50:13.206 NO PUN INTENDED, THE POSTER CHILDREN OF THE GAMES THEMSELVES 01:50:13.273 --> 01:50:16.309 BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITY. 01:50:16.376 --> 01:50:17.811 THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLICATED 01:50:17.877 --> 01:50:20.213 NOT JUST FOR POSTERS YOU PUT ON YOUR WALLS, 01:50:20.447 --> 01:50:23.016 BUT ACROSS THE CITY AS PART OF PART OF. 01:50:23.083 --> 01:50:25.251 THE VISION OF WHAT THE OLYMPIAD IS ABOUT, 01:50:26.019 --> 01:50:28.221 WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NEXT, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, 01:50:28.488 --> 01:50:29.689 IS THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD. 01:50:29.756 --> 01:50:33.026 MARK AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET TO ENGAGING ALL COMMUNITIES. 01:50:33.093 --> 01:50:35.528 SO IT'S NOT JUST THE LACMA'S AND THE GETTY'S AND 01:50:35.762 --> 01:50:39.265 AND COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE THAT THE WORLD IS FAMILIAR 01:50:39.332 --> 01:50:42.736 WITH AS AS CULTURAL HUBS WITHIN THE CITY. 01:50:42.802 --> 01:50:44.804 BUT UPLIFTING CULTURAL DISTRICTS. 01:50:44.871 --> 01:50:47.841 IT'S, IT'S CELEBRATING EVERYTHING FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING 01:50:48.842 --> 01:50:49.442 AT MOCA 01:50:49.509 --> 01:50:52.445 TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT TIER TWO IN IN SYLMAR. 01:50:52.512 --> 01:50:53.680 WE REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE 01:50:53.747 --> 01:50:57.450 TO SHOW ON THIS PLATFORM THE DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY 01:50:57.717 --> 01:51:02.188 OF THE KINDS OF NONPROFITS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 01:51:02.255 --> 01:51:03.556 SO WE ARE GOING TO BE 01:51:03.623 --> 01:51:07.293 GIVING THE MARK TO TWO PROGRAMS AND EVENTS 01:51:07.660 --> 01:51:11.464 AND AND BOTH AS A, AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WORLD 01:51:11.531 --> 01:51:12.866 TO SEE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT FOR, THOSE 01:51:12.932 --> 01:51:16.136 WHO CAN'T COME TO THE GAMES, THEY CAN EXPERIENCE CULTURE 01:51:16.970 --> 01:51:19.039 FROM AFAR ON THIS DIGITAL PLATFORM. 01:51:19.239 --> 01:51:23.243 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL HELP LOS ANGELES AND UNDERSTAND 01:51:23.510 --> 01:51:24.310 THEIR LANDSCAPE 01:51:24.377 --> 01:51:27.180 BETTER, THEIR CULTURAL LANDSCAPE BETTER, AND CREATE 01:51:27.414 --> 01:51:30.016 A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF CULTURAL CONSUMERS. 01:51:30.950 --> 01:51:33.653 AND THEN OUR NORTH STAR IS WHAT'S TO COME. 01:51:33.953 --> 01:51:34.421 AND AGAIN, 01:51:34.487 --> 01:51:38.291 BECAUSE WE TEND TO LIKE TO HOLD CLOSE ALL OF THE PLANS, WE 01:51:38.358 --> 01:51:38.691 WILL BE 01:51:39.859 --> 01:51:42.529 GIVING OUT INFORMATION AT THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT, 01:51:42.762 --> 01:51:45.465 BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE CREATING PURSUE 01:51:45.532 --> 01:51:48.735 A FASHION FILM, FOOD, MUSIC, PERFORMING 01:51:48.802 --> 01:51:52.338 ARTS AND VISUAL ARTS FOCUSED PROGRAMING ACROSS THE CITY 01:51:52.572 --> 01:51:55.008 AND LOTS OF FREE PROGRAMING AT LOCAL PARKS, 01:51:55.308 --> 01:51:58.545 VENUES AND LOCATIONS WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS HERE 01:51:58.778 --> 01:52:00.013 AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. 01:52:00.080 --> 01:52:03.483 SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED AND SUPER CONFIDENT 01:52:03.550 --> 01:52:05.752 THAT THE REACH OF THE OLYMPIAD 01:52:05.952 --> 01:52:08.588 WILL TRICKLE TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES, 01:52:08.655 --> 01:52:12.492 NOT JUST BE FOCUSED IN IN THE MORE TRADITIONAL 01:52:12.559 --> 01:52:17.630 CULTURAL CORE. 01:52:17.697 --> 01:52:25.538 I THINK THAT'S AND THAT'S IT. 01:52:25.605 --> 01:52:28.608 OKAY. LET'S GO NEXT TO DANIEL. 01:52:28.675 --> 01:52:31.878 TO RECAP, YOU CAN JUST OH, WE'RE WORKING OFF THE COMPUTER. 01:52:31.945 --> 01:52:37.550 WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH. 01:52:37.617 --> 01:52:56.836 SURE. 01:52:56.903 --> 01:52:59.272 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 01:52:59.706 --> 01:53:02.876 WE WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU AGAIN TO SENATOR ALLEN 01:53:02.942 --> 01:53:04.744 AND TO YOUR TEAM FOR HELPING FACILITATE 01:53:04.811 --> 01:53:06.012 THIS CONVERSATION 01:53:06.079 --> 01:53:08.648 AND, TO VICE CHAIR WARD AND TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE 01:53:08.715 --> 01:53:10.950 AND FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE ARTS. 01:53:11.751 --> 01:53:12.519 I'M DANIEL TARIQUE. 01:53:12.585 --> 01:53:14.454 I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES 01:53:14.521 --> 01:53:15.622 DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. 01:53:15.688 --> 01:53:18.091 AND IT'S TRULY HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY. 01:53:18.158 --> 01:53:21.127 I WANT TO, ALONG WITH OUR COLLEAGUES HERE FROM L.A. 01:53:21.194 --> 01:53:23.062 28, FROM L.A. COUNTY. 01:53:23.129 --> 01:53:24.564 AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 01:53:24.631 --> 01:53:28.334 OUR OTHER FELLOW MUNICIPALITIES ARE HERE, AS WELL AS ARTS 01:53:28.401 --> 01:53:30.904 ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL. 01:53:31.237 --> 01:53:34.674 I'M ALSO JOINED HERE TODAY BY CHRIS CONCEPCION, WHO'S 01:53:34.741 --> 01:53:37.177 OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER AT THE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. 01:53:37.844 --> 01:53:41.014 AND TODAY I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT OUR HOST CITIES 2028 01:53:41.080 --> 01:53:42.148 CULTURAL PROGRAM 01:53:42.215 --> 01:53:43.316 FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC 01:53:43.383 --> 01:53:45.718 PARALYMPIC GAMES FRAMEWORK OR CULTURAL PROGRAM. 01:53:45.785 --> 01:53:48.354 SHORT AND TO GIVE A GLIMPSE OF THE PROGRAMS 01:53:48.922 --> 01:53:50.924 THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED, 01:53:50.990 --> 01:53:53.793 THE CULTURAL PROGRAM FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE BUILT, WHICH INCLUDES 01:53:53.860 --> 01:53:57.263 PROGRAM GOALS AND STRATEGIES, GUIDES OUR WORK TO DELIVER 01:53:57.864 --> 01:54:01.534 TO DELIVER A CITYWIDE EFFORT GROUNDED IN CULTURE, COMMUNITY 01:54:01.601 --> 01:54:02.435 AND LEGACY. 01:54:03.670 --> 01:54:04.537 AND TO START, 01:54:04.604 --> 01:54:05.205 I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU 01:54:05.271 --> 01:54:06.639 JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT 01:54:06.706 --> 01:54:08.841 OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AT A GLANCE AND ACKNOWLEDGE 01:54:09.609 --> 01:54:12.845 THAT THE ARTS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY 01:54:12.912 --> 01:54:16.182 DID COME OUT OF THE 84 OLYMPIC ARTS FESTIVAL. 01:54:16.249 --> 01:54:17.517 AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT 01:54:17.584 --> 01:54:19.485 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW INTO. 01:54:19.552 --> 01:54:22.822 SO DCA IS TO SEE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES'S CULTURAL AGENCY 01:54:23.056 --> 01:54:25.358 AND FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INVEST 01:54:25.425 --> 01:54:28.728 IN ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, OPERATED CULTURAL SPACES 01:54:28.928 --> 01:54:31.497 AND LOCAL AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY, 01:54:31.798 --> 01:54:34.801 AND HAVE EXPANDED ACCESS TO ARTS FOR ALL ANGELINOS 01:54:34.867 --> 01:54:38.338 AT THE SCALE AND CONTINUITY OF THAT WORK ARE IMPORTANT. 01:54:38.771 --> 01:54:42.242 DCA SUPPORTS MORE THAN 350 ARTISTS AND CULTURAL 01:54:42.308 --> 01:54:46.045 AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL SIZES, BIG AND SMALL. 01:54:46.379 --> 01:54:47.614 THROUGH GRANT MAKING, 01:54:47.680 --> 01:54:50.850 WE OPERATE 36 ARTS CENTERS, GALLERIES AND HISTORIC SITES 01:54:50.917 --> 01:54:52.919 THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THEATERS. 01:54:52.986 --> 01:54:54.954 AND WE HAVE ABOUT 350 EMPLOYEES 01:54:55.021 --> 01:54:56.789 PROVIDING ARTS, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY 01:54:56.856 --> 01:54:59.659 DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERING EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES 01:54:59.892 --> 01:55:01.261 AND ARTISTIC PROGRAMING, 01:55:01.327 --> 01:55:03.329 AND SUPPORTING THE ARTS SECTOR ECONOMY 01:55:03.396 --> 01:55:06.699 THAT SUPPORTS THE CULTURAL LIFE IN LOS ANGELES EVERY DAY. 01:55:08.167 --> 01:55:08.501 SO OUR 01:55:08.568 --> 01:55:12.038 2020 CULTURAL PROGRAM BUILDS ON THIS EXISTING CAPITAL, 01:55:12.305 --> 01:55:15.475 AND WE'VE ADDED FOUR DEDICATED TEAM MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED 01:55:15.541 --> 01:55:17.877 TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM TO AUGMENT OUR WORK. 01:55:19.379 --> 01:55:21.948 SO YOU'LL SEE A FEW DATA POINTS HERE THAT REFLECT D.C. 01:55:22.015 --> 01:55:24.050 A'S REACH AND CAPACITY 01:55:24.117 --> 01:55:28.421 IN FISCAL 2425, GCA REACHED ABOUT 3.7 MILLION 01:55:28.488 --> 01:55:30.723 ANGELINOS THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, 01:55:31.391 --> 01:55:33.826 AND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE CONTINUING TO INVEST 01:55:33.893 --> 01:55:34.661 IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE 01:55:34.727 --> 01:55:37.864 THAT MAKES THIS REACH POSSIBLE, INCLUDING A $12 MILLION 01:55:38.698 --> 01:55:41.234 INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY'S CULTURAL FACILITIES. 01:55:42.669 --> 01:55:44.537 WE'RE ALSO MEETING THESE SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT 01:55:44.604 --> 01:55:49.676 INVESTMENTS WITH THE MOMENT FOR FOR 2028. 01:55:49.742 --> 01:55:50.877 SO AND FOR THOSE OF YOU 01:55:50.943 --> 01:55:52.145 WHO LIVE OR VISIT HAVE VISITED 01:55:52.211 --> 01:55:52.845 LOS ANGELES, 01:55:52.912 --> 01:55:54.714 YOU PROBABLY HAVE FELT THE IMPACT 01:55:54.781 --> 01:55:56.215 WITHOUT KNOWING IT AND SUPPORT IT. 01:55:56.282 --> 01:55:58.017 AND THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED 01:55:58.084 --> 01:56:00.186 WE WERE EMBEDDED ACROSS LOS ANGELES 01:56:00.253 --> 01:56:02.989 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL 01:56:03.222 --> 01:56:05.224 AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, TO SOME OF THE CITY'S 01:56:05.291 --> 01:56:07.660 MOST RECOGNIZABLE CULTURAL SPACES. 01:56:07.727 --> 01:56:09.595 YOU MAY KNOW US THROUGH 01:56:09.662 --> 01:56:12.999 THROUGH CALIFORNIA'S ONLY HUMAN MADE UNESCO'S WORLD 01:56:13.066 --> 01:56:14.067 HERITAGE SITE, 01:56:14.133 --> 01:56:14.967 HOLLYHOCK HOUSE, 01:56:15.034 --> 01:56:17.403 OR THE HISTORIC WATTS TOWERS AND THE VISION THEATER. 01:56:17.737 --> 01:56:19.572 YOU MAY ALSO BE FAMILIAR WITH ORGANIZATIONS 01:56:19.639 --> 01:56:22.375 THAT WE SUPPORT AND PROGRAMS WE FUND, LIKE THE L.A. 01:56:22.442 --> 01:56:26.112 COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART'S ARTS FOR L.A., THE L.A., PHIL L.A. 01:56:26.179 --> 01:56:29.148 COMMONS. AND WE ALSO FUND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AS WELL. 01:56:30.416 --> 01:56:33.019 NOW I'LL PASS IT OVER TO CHRIS. 01:56:33.553 --> 01:56:34.887 HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. 01:56:34.954 --> 01:56:36.856 WE'D LIKE TO MOVE ON NOW TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT 01:56:36.923 --> 01:56:38.291 ABOUT THE CULTURAL PROGRAM 01:56:38.358 --> 01:56:40.493 FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, 01:56:41.160 --> 01:56:44.297 WHICH ULTIMATELY IS THE HOST CITY'S CITY WIDE INITIATIVE 01:56:44.364 --> 01:56:47.066 THAT STANDS THAT EXTENDS BEFORE, 01:56:47.533 --> 01:56:50.470 DURING BETWEEN AND BEYOND THE GAMES. 01:56:51.104 --> 01:56:54.841 AND THE MISSION FOR THIS PROGRAM REALLY IS TO SHOWCASE 01:56:54.907 --> 01:56:58.511 OUR DIVERSE LOCAL CULTURE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE. 01:56:58.578 --> 01:57:00.113 AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT L.A. 01:57:00.179 --> 01:57:03.816 IS A MOSAIC LANDSCAPE THAT IS COSMOPOLITAN IN NATURE, 01:57:04.283 --> 01:57:07.153 AND WE WANT TO REALLY UPLIFT THAT INTERNATIONAL SPIRIT 01:57:07.220 --> 01:57:09.222 THAT ALREADY EXISTS HERE TODAY. 01:57:10.323 --> 01:57:11.357 THE CULTURAL PROGRAM 01:57:11.424 --> 01:57:13.826 IS A ROADMAP FOR PARTNERSHIP ACROSS L.A. 01:57:13.893 --> 01:57:16.629 28 L.A. COUNTY ARTS AND CULTURE. 01:57:17.096 --> 01:57:18.564 OUR LOCAL ARTISTS, ARTS 01:57:18.631 --> 01:57:21.467 ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENTS ALIKE. 01:57:22.001 --> 01:57:25.104 AND WHAT'S MORE, THE CULTURAL PROGRAM IS REALLY 01:57:25.171 --> 01:57:28.074 A LONG TERM CIVIC INVESTMENT STRATEGY AS WE SEE IT, 01:57:28.441 --> 01:57:31.010 THAT CONNECTS LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO A GLOBAL 01:57:31.077 --> 01:57:37.049 MOMENT, ALIGNS WITH MAYOR BASS'S OCTOBER 20, 25, 01:57:37.116 --> 01:57:40.686 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 16, AND HER GAMES FOR ALL VISION. 01:57:41.187 --> 01:57:43.723 THE CULTURAL PROGRAM EMBEDS ARTS AND CULTURE 01:57:43.790 --> 01:57:46.092 INTO THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC LEGACY. 01:57:46.926 --> 01:57:49.562 THE GAMES REALLY TRANSCEND SPORTS, 01:57:50.029 --> 01:57:53.499 USING LA'S DYNAMIC CULTURAL LANDSCAPE TO, SHOWCASE 01:57:53.800 --> 01:57:58.471 LOCAL VALUES AND BRING THE SPIRIT OF THE GAMES TO LIFE. 01:57:59.238 --> 01:58:00.239 AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED 01:58:00.306 --> 01:58:03.075 THAT THIS WORK REALLY HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, 01:58:03.609 --> 01:58:06.646 BEGINNING WITH COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS IN 2020, 01:58:07.647 --> 01:58:08.214 THROUGH A FORMAL 01:58:08.281 --> 01:58:10.483 CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM, THE CITY AND COUNTY 01:58:10.550 --> 01:58:12.118 THEN LEARNS DIRECTLY 01:58:12.185 --> 01:58:15.354 FROM A FORMAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH THE CITY OF PARIS 01:58:15.721 --> 01:58:19.559 BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE 2024 GAMES. 01:58:20.193 --> 01:58:22.395 AND WE CONTINUED OUR WORK THROUGH RESEARCH, 01:58:22.762 --> 01:58:25.798 ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY INPUT IN 2024 01:58:26.999 --> 01:58:29.368 AND BY AN UNPRECEDENTED EXCUSE ME, 01:58:29.669 --> 01:58:32.104 THROUGH ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY INPUT AND APPLIED LEARNING. 01:58:33.539 --> 01:58:36.108 AND OUR WORK IS ANCHORED IN 01:58:36.175 --> 01:58:38.945 BY AN UNPRECEDENTED PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY 01:58:39.212 --> 01:58:39.879 BETWEEN L.A. 01:58:39.946 --> 01:58:44.183 28 DCA AND THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 01:58:44.750 --> 01:58:46.552 AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WE'VE BEEN MEETING 01:58:46.619 --> 01:58:49.055 WITH THEM REGULARLY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS 01:58:49.288 --> 01:58:52.291 WITH THE COUNTY STARTING IN 2022 AND WITH L.A. 01:58:52.358 --> 01:58:57.129 28 STARTING IN 2024, LEADING UP TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PLANS 01:58:58.097 --> 01:59:01.000 BY LEVERAGING EACH ORGANIZATION'S UNIQUE STRENGTHS 01:59:01.067 --> 01:59:04.971 AND NETWORKS RATHER THAN MERGING INTO A SINGLE PLAN. 01:59:05.438 --> 01:59:06.906 OUR TEAMS CRAFTED THREE 01:59:07.874 --> 01:59:08.708 PLANS THAT 01:59:08.774 --> 01:59:11.344 DELIVER A FAR GREATER COLLECTIVE IMPACT, 01:59:11.878 --> 01:59:15.848 ALLOWING US TO REACH FURTHER AND CREATE A BROADER IMPACT 01:59:15.915 --> 01:59:20.386 THAN ANY ONE ORGANIZATION COULD ACHIEVE ALONE. 01:59:21.087 --> 01:59:22.255 AND WE'VE ALREADY TESTED 01:59:22.321 --> 01:59:24.457 INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE MODELS 01:59:24.524 --> 01:59:26.692 THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PARIS. 01:59:26.759 --> 01:59:28.561 AND 2024, 01:59:28.628 --> 01:59:31.531 YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE A LIST OF THREE PARTNERSHIP 01:59:31.597 --> 01:59:34.133 PROJECTS DCA LED IN COLLABORATION 01:59:34.200 --> 01:59:36.369 WITH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE 01:59:36.702 --> 01:59:38.838 AND THE CITY OF PARIS. 01:59:38.905 --> 01:59:39.438 THE COUNTY 01:59:39.505 --> 01:59:42.508 LED ADDITIONAL AS WELL, WHICH CHRISTINE WILL MENTION. 01:59:43.910 --> 01:59:46.212 THESE PROGRAMS WERE A GREAT TEST CASE 01:59:46.279 --> 01:59:49.949 IN PILOTING CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS INVOLVING L.A. 01:59:50.016 --> 01:59:52.718 BASED ARTIST AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS. 01:59:52.785 --> 01:59:53.686 AND WE WILL CONTINUE 01:59:53.753 --> 01:59:56.589 OUR EXCHANGE PROJECTS WITH PARIS THROUGH 2028. 01:59:57.523 --> 02:00:01.961 THE GOAL FOR 2028 BUILDS ON THIS MODEL PAIRING L.A. 02:00:02.028 --> 02:00:05.097 AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TO SHARE PRACTICES, 02:00:05.531 --> 02:00:09.068 DEVELOP NEW WORK, BUILD CULTURAL DIPLOMACY 02:00:09.435 --> 02:00:11.737 AND STRENGTHEN OUR CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM. 02:00:12.405 --> 02:00:13.606 ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED 02:00:13.673 --> 02:00:17.510 FROM PREVIOUS GAMES THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO SHIFT 02:00:17.577 --> 02:00:20.880 THE MODEL OF IS REALLY UPLIFTING LOCAL CULTURE. 02:00:21.414 --> 02:00:23.182 AND SO IF WE ARE GOING TO INVEST 02:00:23.249 --> 02:00:26.452 IN A CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM, IT WILL TRULY BE AN EXCHANGE 02:00:26.519 --> 02:00:27.253 BETWEEN L.A. 02:00:27.320 --> 02:00:29.488 BASED ARTISTS AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS 02:00:29.755 --> 02:00:32.692 RATHER THAN IMPORTING INTERNATIONAL TALENT TO L.A.. 02:00:34.093 --> 02:00:35.161 IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, 02:00:35.227 --> 02:00:38.197 WE WILL SKIP THE EMBEDDED VIDEO IN OUR PRESENTATION, 02:00:38.698 --> 02:00:40.833 BUT WE'LL BE SURE RECEIVE A DIGITAL COPY 02:00:40.900 --> 02:00:44.971 OF THIS PRESENTATION AT A LATER TIME. 02:00:48.441 --> 02:00:49.175 SO D.C. 02:00:49.241 --> 02:00:52.678 TRANSLATED THE COMMUNITY INPUT, THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE 02:00:52.745 --> 02:00:54.213 AND THE APPLIED LEARNINGS 02:00:54.280 --> 02:00:56.349 RESEARCH AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL INPUT, 02:00:56.415 --> 02:00:58.484 AND CREATED OUR CULTURAL PROGRAM FRAMEWORK, 02:00:58.551 --> 02:00:59.118 WHICH SERVES 02:00:59.185 --> 02:01:02.421 AS A BLUEPRINT FOR THE HOST CITIES PROGRAM LED BY DCA. 02:01:03.222 --> 02:01:05.992 EMBEDDED IN THAT FRAMEWORK ARE FIVE PILLARS THAT SERVE 02:01:06.058 --> 02:01:09.295 AS KEY GOALS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE SUMMARIZED ON THIS SLIDE, 02:01:09.562 --> 02:01:12.398 INCLUDING SHOWCASING LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURE. 02:01:12.632 --> 02:01:15.434 AND THAT TRULY MEANS REACHING OUT TO EVERY COMMUNITY 02:01:15.501 --> 02:01:18.471 ACROSS LOS ANGELES INCLUSIVE ACCESS, 02:01:18.904 --> 02:01:20.673 WHICH ALSO INCLUDES 02:01:20.740 --> 02:01:23.542 UPLIFTING OUR DECENT, OUR ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES, 02:01:23.609 --> 02:01:26.946 CULTURE, AND THE RICHNESS THAT WE HAVE IN LOS ANGELES. 02:01:27.279 --> 02:01:32.084 CULTURAL DIPLOMACY AND CREATIVE SECTOR GROWTH. 02:01:33.152 --> 02:01:37.123 ADDITIONALLY, AND I'M 02:01:37.490 --> 02:01:40.693 AND ALSO IT ALSO JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND ALSO SUSTAINABILITY 02:01:40.926 --> 02:01:45.097 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE'RE BUILDING BOTH AS CLIMATE 02:01:45.164 --> 02:01:48.234 CONSCIOUS AS WELL AS HOW WE SEE THIS GOING FORWARD. 02:01:49.268 --> 02:01:52.772 SO THE CITY BUILT A THREE TIER STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMS 02:01:52.972 --> 02:01:56.042 THAT GIVES US A FLEXIBLE WAY TO DELIVER THE CULTURAL PROGRAM. 02:01:56.776 --> 02:02:00.346 TIER A REPRESENTS THE CORE PROGRAM ANCHORED BY $15 02:02:00.413 --> 02:02:04.150 MILLION OF A'S EXISTING BUDGET, AND THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE 02:02:04.216 --> 02:02:06.118 BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL 02:02:06.185 --> 02:02:09.121 TIERS B AND C CONTAIN AMBITIOUS ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS 02:02:09.355 --> 02:02:10.756 THAT WILL BE ADDED TO TIER A 02:02:10.823 --> 02:02:13.359 AS FUNDING PARTNERS ARE IDENTIFIED. 02:02:13.426 --> 02:02:16.629 AND JUST TO NOTE, THE TIERS ARE NOT ORDERED BY PRIORITY. 02:02:16.862 --> 02:02:17.663 THEY ARE TIERS. 02:02:17.730 --> 02:02:19.965 B AND C ARE SEPARATED SOLELY BY COST. 02:02:21.801 --> 02:02:22.802 SO TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT 02:02:22.868 --> 02:02:24.370 ABOUT THE TIMELINE, I WILL TELL YOU 02:02:24.437 --> 02:02:27.073 THAT OUR MOMENTUM IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. 02:02:27.139 --> 02:02:28.007 THE CULTURAL PROGRAM 02:02:28.074 --> 02:02:31.544 IS AS MUCH ABOUT LOCAL RESIDENTS AS IT IS ABOUT VISITORS. 02:02:32.311 --> 02:02:35.648 THE HOST CITY SEEKS TO CREATE A CULTURE OF CELEBRATION, 02:02:35.715 --> 02:02:38.451 INVESTING IN MORE FESTIVALS, PUBLIC ART 02:02:38.684 --> 02:02:41.320 AND ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES IN ADVANCE OF THE GAMES. 02:02:41.721 --> 02:02:42.388 WE WANT L.A. 02:02:42.455 --> 02:02:43.355 TO KNOW THAT THE GAMES 02:02:43.422 --> 02:02:46.892 ARE NOT HAPPENING TO L.A., BUT HAPPENING FOR L.A. 02:02:48.127 --> 02:02:48.260 WE'RE 02:02:48.327 --> 02:02:51.163 USING THIS YEAR AND NEXT TO TEST IDEAS, 02:02:51.397 --> 02:02:53.766 TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS AND OFFER PROGRAMS 02:02:53.833 --> 02:02:56.535 BEFORE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH IN SUMMER OF 2027 02:02:56.836 --> 02:02:58.637 THAT WILL EXTEND THROUGH THE GAMES. 02:02:58.704 --> 02:03:00.673 AND OF COURSE, WE SEEK TO CONTINUE LEGACY 02:03:00.740 --> 02:03:03.342 PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS LONG BEYOND THE GAMES. 02:03:04.577 --> 02:03:06.712 LEADER PROGRAMING BEGAN THIS PAST SUMMER 02:03:06.779 --> 02:03:09.348 AND WILL EXTEND INTO THE SUMMER OF 2027. 02:03:09.882 --> 02:03:11.050 TO DATE, D.C. 02:03:11.117 --> 02:03:14.520 IS PROUD TO HAVE LED, PARTNERED ON AND DELIVERED 19 02:03:14.587 --> 02:03:16.789 ARTS ACTIVATIONS EVENTS AND PROJECTS. 02:03:17.757 --> 02:03:20.726 ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL IS TO USE THE MOMENTUM OF 2028 02:03:20.960 --> 02:03:23.262 TO CREATE BOOSTED CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, 02:03:23.629 --> 02:03:26.232 INTEREST SECTOR COLLABORATION IN AND OPPORTUNITIES 02:03:26.298 --> 02:03:29.068 FOR LOS ANGELES. 02:03:29.368 --> 02:03:32.304 SO THE CITY HOSTED THE KICK IT IN THE PARK 02:03:32.938 --> 02:03:36.842 ACTIVATIONS DURING THE WORLD CUP AND THAT EXEMPLIFIES 02:03:36.909 --> 02:03:40.613 THE CULTURAL PROGRAM IN ACTION USING ARTS, CULTURE AND SPORTS 02:03:40.913 --> 02:03:42.448 TO ACTIVATE PUBLIC SPACES 02:03:42.515 --> 02:03:44.784 AND FOSTER SHARED CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. 02:03:45.451 --> 02:03:48.120 LED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF MAJOR EVENTS ALONGSIDE 02:03:48.187 --> 02:03:51.323 CITY COUNCIL OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING DCA, 02:03:52.057 --> 02:03:56.529 THE PILOT LOCATIONS ENGAGED OVER 270 ARTISTS AND ALL 02:03:56.595 --> 02:04:00.099 THE COLLECTIVE ACTIVATIONS BROUGHT 40,000 ANGELENOS. 02:04:01.033 --> 02:04:04.036 BEYOND THOSE NUMBERS, THESE EVENTS ALLOW DCA TO TEST 02:04:04.103 --> 02:04:08.574 PARTNERSHIPS, REFINE STRATEGIES AND SCALE UP FOR FUTURE. 02:04:09.041 --> 02:04:11.544 AND WHILE SPORTS VIEWINGS BROUGHT PEOPLE OUT, 02:04:11.777 --> 02:04:13.779 ARTS AND CULTURE BROUGHT PEOPLE IN, 02:04:13.846 --> 02:04:16.682 SPARKING INTERGENERATIONAL ART, MAKING SPONTANEOUS 02:04:16.749 --> 02:04:19.718 DANCING AMONG STRANGERS AND DEEP COMMUNITY CONNECTION. 02:04:20.619 --> 02:04:22.721 THIS IS HOW WE BUILD A CULTURE OF CELEBRATION 02:04:22.955 --> 02:04:25.724 THAT BEGINS NOW AND LAST LONG BEYOND THE GAMES 02:04:26.258 --> 02:04:28.694 AND WE'LL ALSO ADD 02:04:28.761 --> 02:04:33.065 THAT THIS EXPERIENCE WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND 02:04:33.299 --> 02:04:35.901 THE TIMING OF WHAT WE PLANNED AND HOW WE PLANNED IT. 02:04:36.335 --> 02:04:40.005 WE ARE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS TIMING NOW 02:04:40.906 --> 02:04:42.842 AS WE CONTINUE BUILDING 02:04:42.908 --> 02:04:46.478 AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW OUR CULTURAL PROGRAM TEAM 02:04:46.545 --> 02:04:49.148 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF MAJOR EVENTS FOR THE CITY. 02:04:49.748 --> 02:04:52.318 BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE THAT WE NEED TO DO 02:04:52.384 --> 02:04:55.454 IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD. 02:04:55.754 --> 02:04:58.290 SO THE IMPLEMENTATION IS ALREADY UNDERWAY, 02:04:59.158 --> 02:05:01.026 ACTUALLY, BUT LIFE HAS A 02:05:03.629 --> 02:05:06.098 SO WITH THE FRAMEWORK APPROVED BY THE MAYOR 02:05:06.165 --> 02:05:09.568 AND COUNCIL THIS YEAR, DCA HAS REALLY MOVED 02:05:10.236 --> 02:05:12.605 FROM PLANNING INTO BOTH PROGRAM 02:05:12.671 --> 02:05:15.174 AND DELIVERY CONCURRENTLY. 02:05:16.275 --> 02:05:19.945 AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, DCA HAS RECEIVED INTEREST FORMS 02:05:20.012 --> 02:05:24.183 FROM 815 ARTISTS AND ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS 02:05:24.483 --> 02:05:26.952 SEEKING TO BE PART OF THE CULTURAL PROGRAM. 02:05:27.753 --> 02:05:31.423 OUR $15 MILLION CORE PROGRAM HAS ENLISTED IN TIER A 02:05:31.490 --> 02:05:34.493 AND THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY, 02:05:34.760 --> 02:05:38.063 WITH COORDINATION ACROSS PROGRAM AREAS AND CULTURAL 02:05:38.497 --> 02:05:41.367 PROGRAMS, TEAM FOCUSED AND OUR CULTURAL PROGRAM TEAM 02:05:41.433 --> 02:05:44.737 IS FOCUSED ON PARTNERSHIPS AND PILOT ACTIVATIONS. 02:05:45.671 --> 02:05:48.407 AS DANIEL MENTIONED, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED IN 19 02:05:48.474 --> 02:05:49.475 PROGRAMS AND EVENTS 02:05:49.541 --> 02:05:52.144 COMPLETED THIS YEAR AS PART OF OUR LEAD UP PROGRAMING, 02:05:52.645 --> 02:05:55.180 AND WE HAVE ONE MORE TO DO IN DECEMBER 02:05:55.247 --> 02:05:58.250 AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. 02:05:58.317 --> 02:06:01.487 AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE BUILDING A GLOBAL NETWORK 02:06:01.553 --> 02:06:04.990 OF CULTURAL PARTNERS ACROSS MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES, 02:06:05.524 --> 02:06:08.193 CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLECT AND TO CONNECT 02:06:08.260 --> 02:06:12.131 LOS ANGELES LOCAL CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM TO THE WORLD STAGE. 02:06:13.299 --> 02:06:16.201 THAT MEANS WE'RE BUILDING BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY, 02:06:16.468 --> 02:06:19.238 INVESTING IN LOS ANGELES ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES 02:06:19.505 --> 02:06:23.075 WHILE CREATING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT REIGNITE L.A. 02:06:23.142 --> 02:06:27.246 SPARK AS A GLOBAL ARTS CAPITAL. 02:06:28.614 --> 02:06:31.550 THESE SIGNATURE PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE 02:06:31.617 --> 02:06:35.220 ARE FROM TIERS B AND C, AND THIS SHOWS 02:06:35.287 --> 02:06:38.724 HOW THE CULTURAL PROGRAM CAN CREATE CULTURAL IMPACT. 02:06:39.758 --> 02:06:41.727 THESE PRIORITY PROGRAMS INCLUDE 02:06:41.794 --> 02:06:45.197 A 28 YEAR YOUTH ARTS AND LEGACY INITIATIVE, 02:06:46.198 --> 02:06:49.201 A DISABILITY ARTS AND PARALYMPIC CELEBRATION, WHICH WE ARE 02:06:49.268 --> 02:06:50.703 PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT. 02:06:50.769 --> 02:06:52.838 AND GIVEN THAT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT L.A. 02:06:52.905 --> 02:06:55.307 HOSTS THE PARALYMPIC GAMES, 02:06:55.374 --> 02:06:59.178 15 NEW OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC MURALS THAT INVEST 02:06:59.244 --> 02:07:02.848 IN LOCAL ARTISTS, COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH APPRENTICES. 02:07:03.849 --> 02:07:06.652 AND WE JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE 15 NEW MURALS ARE PART 02:07:06.719 --> 02:07:07.786 OF A BIGGER VISION 02:07:07.853 --> 02:07:10.789 THE MAYOR HAS FOR DELIVERING MORE MURALS TO THE CITY 02:07:11.290 --> 02:07:15.794 CENTERED IN ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION. 02:07:16.362 --> 02:07:19.398 ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS REPRESENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS, 02:07:19.698 --> 02:07:23.502 FUNDERS, COMMUNITIES, CIVIC PARTNERS AND GOVERNMENT 02:07:23.569 --> 02:07:27.172 TO COME TOGETHER TO BUILD A LEGACY FOR LOS ANGELES. 02:07:28.474 --> 02:07:30.476 AND THIS ULTIMATELY IS AN INVITATION 02:07:31.310 --> 02:07:34.246 TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY, TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY, 02:07:34.446 --> 02:07:35.414 TO PARTNER WITH L.A. 02:07:35.481 --> 02:07:38.517 28 TO HELP SHAPE WHAT LOS ANGELES 02:07:38.584 --> 02:07:42.087 CULTURAL LEGACY CAN BE FOR 2028 AND BEYOND. 02:07:42.988 --> 02:07:46.025 AND BECAUSE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WORK TOGETHER, INCLUDING WITH 02:07:46.091 --> 02:07:47.226 OUR PARTNERS FROM L.A. 02:07:47.292 --> 02:07:49.128 ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND COLLECTIVES, 02:07:49.194 --> 02:07:52.164 SOME OF WHOM ARE WITH US TODAY AND SOME WHO ARE NOT. 02:07:52.765 --> 02:07:55.601 BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS WORK THAT WORKS TOGETHER. 02:07:55.801 --> 02:08:01.507 THERE IS NO WRONG PATH TO PARTNERSHIP. 02:08:01.573 --> 02:08:02.508 THE CULTURAL PROGRAM 02:08:02.574 --> 02:08:05.077 IS NOT A SINGLE PATHWAY, AS YOU'LL SEE HERE. 02:08:05.811 --> 02:08:10.115 IT'S AN INTERCONNECTED ECOSYSTEM, UNITING. 02:08:10.749 --> 02:08:13.652 L.A. COUNTY, L.A., 28 ARTISTS 02:08:13.719 --> 02:08:17.423 AND ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS TO REACH LOS ANGELES. 02:08:17.489 --> 02:08:20.092 VAST, DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. 02:08:20.159 --> 02:08:23.362 NO ONE ENTITY CAN ACHIEVE THIS SHARED VISION ALONE. 02:08:24.329 --> 02:08:27.032 BY OFFERING MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS FOR ARTISTS, 02:08:27.099 --> 02:08:28.567 POTENTIAL PARTNERS, 02:08:28.634 --> 02:08:31.670 ORGANIZATIONS AND THIS FRAMEWORK GOALS 02:08:32.004 --> 02:08:34.673 AND OUR COLLECTIVE PLANS ALIGN EFFORTS TO BROADEN 02:08:34.740 --> 02:08:35.641 COLLECTIVE REACH 02:08:35.707 --> 02:08:39.745 AND MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANGELENOS AND VISITORS ALIKE. 02:08:41.380 --> 02:08:44.583 THIS WE TRULY HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW 02:08:44.650 --> 02:08:46.351 TO LEVERAGE THIS MOMENT 02:08:46.418 --> 02:08:47.786 TO STRENGTHEN AND FURTHER 02:08:47.853 --> 02:08:49.988 STRENGTHEN LOS ANGELES'S CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE 02:08:50.055 --> 02:08:52.124 BEYOND THE 2028 GAMES. 02:08:52.191 --> 02:08:52.624 TOGETHER, 02:08:52.691 --> 02:08:56.228 WE CAN BUILD ON LA'S ALREADY VIBRANT, EVERYDAY CULTURE 02:08:56.495 --> 02:08:56.962 AND DELIVER 02:08:57.029 --> 02:08:59.898 A PROGRAM THAT LEAVES A LASTING AND MEANINGFUL LEGACY. 02:09:00.299 --> 02:09:01.066 THANK YOU 02:09:03.502 --> 02:09:14.246 SO ARE YOU. 02:09:19.318 --> 02:09:22.054 YES, I VERY MUCH. 02:09:24.723 --> 02:09:26.425 WHICH IS THIS LIKE HOW YOU HEARD? 02:09:26.492 --> 02:09:35.501 YES, EXACTLY. 02:09:35.567 --> 02:09:43.909 YEAH. 02:09:45.377 --> 02:09:47.179 GOOD AFTERNOON. 02:09:47.246 --> 02:09:49.848 IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU. 02:09:49.915 --> 02:09:51.617 DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS. 02:09:51.683 --> 02:09:53.852 I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR, 02:09:53.919 --> 02:09:55.988 THE VICE CHAIR, FOR INVITING ME TO PRESENT 02:09:56.054 --> 02:09:58.157 AND FOR CALLING THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC TODAY. 02:09:58.223 --> 02:09:59.858 AND FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR ARTS 02:09:59.925 --> 02:10:02.594 AND CULTURE ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THROUGHOUT L.A. 02:10:02.661 --> 02:10:06.131 COUNTY AND ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THAT WE REPRESENT. 02:10:06.565 --> 02:10:11.503 I'M KRISTIN SAKATA, AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE L.A. 02:10:11.570 --> 02:10:13.906 COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 02:10:13.972 --> 02:10:17.809 TO SPEAK TO OUR PLANS FOR 2028 AND OUR CULTURAL PROGRAM 02:10:17.876 --> 02:10:21.413 FRAMEWORK AND THE COLLABORATIVE WORK GOING ON TO DATE. 02:10:23.115 --> 02:10:25.150 SO TO START. 02:10:25.217 --> 02:10:27.286 L.A. COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 02:10:27.352 --> 02:10:31.990 WE ARE THE LOCAL ARTS AGENCY FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGION 02:10:32.357 --> 02:10:36.962 AND WE HAVE A VISION, A MISSION AND A VISION FOR L.A. 02:10:37.029 --> 02:10:37.996 COUNTY AS A PLACE WHERE 02:10:38.063 --> 02:10:41.767 ARTS, CULTURE AND CREATIVITY ARE INTEGRAL TO EVERY ASPECT OF 02:10:41.833 --> 02:10:44.436 OUR CIVIC LIVES FOR ALL OUR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. 02:10:44.836 --> 02:10:47.506 AS YOU KNOW QUITE WELL, SPEAKING OF L.A. 02:10:47.573 --> 02:10:49.675 COUNTY, THIS MEANS THE JURISDICTION 02:10:49.741 --> 02:10:52.044 THAT IS NEARLY 10 MILLION PEOPLE. 02:10:52.110 --> 02:10:56.381 IT IS 88 CITIES AND OVER 100 UNINCORPORATED AREAS, 02:10:56.648 --> 02:11:00.319 INCREDIBLY DIVERSE, OVER 200 LANGUAGES, SPOKEN, DIVERSE 02:11:00.385 --> 02:11:04.723 GEOGRAPHIES, COASTAL URBAN, YOU KNOW, MOUNTAINS, COMMUNITIES. 02:11:04.790 --> 02:11:07.759 AND SO ALL OF THAT AND ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE 02:11:07.993 --> 02:11:11.997 CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS AND SO MANY FOLKS 02:11:12.064 --> 02:11:13.232 WHO MAKE UP 02:11:13.298 --> 02:11:16.368 THE ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR WE WANT TO AIM TO SUPPORT. 02:11:16.635 --> 02:11:17.402 AND WE DO THAT ACROSS 02:11:17.469 --> 02:11:19.771 A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES LISTED THERE 02:11:19.838 --> 02:11:21.740 FROM GRANTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 02:11:21.807 --> 02:11:26.245 TO HUNDREDS OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO COUNTY CIVIC 02:11:26.311 --> 02:11:28.580 ART COLLECTION, WHERE WE GET TO COMMISSION 02:11:28.647 --> 02:11:29.948 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS 02:11:30.015 --> 02:11:32.784 FOR COUNTY CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SPECIAL INITIATIVES, 02:11:33.085 --> 02:11:35.754 ARTS EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 02:11:35.821 --> 02:11:38.824 IN SCHOOL, IN COMMUNITIES AND COUNTY INSTITUTIONS 02:11:39.157 --> 02:11:40.659 AND CROSS-SECTOR ARTS. 02:11:40.726 --> 02:11:42.261 WHERE WE LOOK THE ROLE OF ARTS 02:11:42.327 --> 02:11:45.931 AND CULTURE IN ADVANCING EQUITY ACROSS POLICY AREAS. 02:11:46.198 --> 02:11:49.001 ARTS AND ECONOMY HAS BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT ON THIS PANEL. 02:11:49.067 --> 02:11:51.937 ARTS AND EDUCATION, ARTS AND JUSTICE, COMMUNITY 02:11:52.004 --> 02:11:54.306 DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND SO ON. 02:11:54.673 --> 02:11:56.408 WE HAVE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY RESEARCH AND EVALUATION 02:11:56.475 --> 02:11:58.677 TEAM AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 02:11:58.744 --> 02:12:00.412 WE ARE ALSO HOME TO THE L.A. 02:12:00.479 --> 02:12:02.080 COUNTY COMMISSION, 02:12:02.147 --> 02:12:05.584 THE PUBLIC PRIVATE INITIATIVE, THE ARTS EDUCATION COLLECTIVE, 02:12:05.651 --> 02:12:08.654 DEDICATED TO ENSURING ALL YOUNG PEOPLE AND STUDENTS 02:12:08.720 --> 02:12:10.989 HAVE ACCESS TO THE ARTS AND THE L.A. 02:12:11.056 --> 02:12:13.458 CITY COUNTY NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN COMMISSION 02:12:15.427 --> 02:12:17.529 FOR 2028. 02:12:17.596 --> 02:12:22.634 WE ENVISION THE 2028 GAMES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INSPIRE, 02:12:22.968 --> 02:12:25.304 CONNECT, ENGAGE AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES 02:12:25.637 --> 02:12:27.339 THROUGH A DYNAMIC CULTURAL PROGRAM. 02:12:27.406 --> 02:12:30.008 WE WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR CREATIVE EXPRESSION 02:12:30.309 --> 02:12:33.011 CHAMPION ARTS AND CULTURE, UPLIFT LA'S 02:12:33.078 --> 02:12:36.882 CULTURAL HERITAGE, AND REFLECT THE DIVERSE VOICES OF THE L.A. 02:12:36.948 --> 02:12:39.918 COUNTY REGION IN THE GLOBAL SPIRIT OF THE GAMES. 02:12:39.985 --> 02:12:42.220 AND AS SO MANY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY, 02:12:42.287 --> 02:12:45.390 ONE OF THE DRIVING NORTH STARS OF THIS IS LASTING 02:12:45.457 --> 02:12:46.425 LEGACY BENEFITS 02:12:46.491 --> 02:12:50.362 FOR OUR ARTS AS A SECTOR, BUT ALSO FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 02:12:50.429 --> 02:12:53.365 BEYOND 2028. 02:12:53.899 --> 02:12:57.302 AS HAS BEEN NOTED, WE HAVE BEEN DEEPLY ENGAGED 02:12:57.369 --> 02:12:59.971 IN THIS WORK AND IN LEARNINGS AND REALLY APPRECIATED 02:13:00.038 --> 02:13:02.407 THE PANELS PRIOR TO OURS AS WELL. 02:13:02.741 --> 02:13:03.608 IT'S SO IMPORTANT 02:13:03.675 --> 02:13:05.110 TO UPLIFT THAT ARTS AND CULTURE 02:13:05.177 --> 02:13:07.379 ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE GAMES 02:13:07.446 --> 02:13:10.449 AND THAT OLYMPISM THE NOTION OF TYING TOGETHER CULTURE, 02:13:10.515 --> 02:13:13.385 SPORT AND EDUCATION IS A CORNERSTONE THIS WORK. 02:13:13.719 --> 02:13:15.687 BUT WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT THE MODERN GAMES 02:13:15.754 --> 02:13:18.256 AND CALLED OUR FRIENDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO LEARN 02:13:18.323 --> 02:13:20.292 MORE ABOUT WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T? 02:13:20.359 --> 02:13:22.561 WHAT DID THEY SEE AS THEIR LASTING LEGACY? 02:13:22.994 --> 02:13:23.829 AND YOU CAN SEE 02:13:23.895 --> 02:13:26.365 IT'S A WIDE RANGE FROM NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL, 02:13:26.431 --> 02:13:28.567 HAVING INCREDIBLE DANCE COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, 02:13:28.633 --> 02:13:29.901 PROPELLING OFF OF BUILDINGS. 02:13:29.968 --> 02:13:31.870 AND IN FACT, THAT'S ACTUALLY A US COMPANY 02:13:31.937 --> 02:13:33.805 BASED IN NEW YORK CITY CALLED BY ELIZABETH STREB, 02:13:33.872 --> 02:13:35.640 WHO WAS FEATURED IN THE LONDON GAMES. 02:13:35.707 --> 02:13:38.677 TO OUR FRIENDS IN VANCOUVER, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY CITED 02:13:39.010 --> 02:13:41.446 BRINGING TOGETHER THE LOCAL NATIVE TRIBES 02:13:41.513 --> 02:13:44.983 WAS ONE OF THE LASTING LEGACY LEGACIES OF THEIR GAMES. 02:13:45.417 --> 02:13:46.852 AND OF COURSE, AS HAS BEEN SPOKEN 02:13:46.918 --> 02:13:50.889 ABOUT TODAY, THE TRANSFORMATIVE 1984 OLYMPIC ARTS FESTIVAL 02:13:50.956 --> 02:13:54.126 HERE IN LOS, WHERE I WAS NOT AT THE TIME 02:13:54.192 --> 02:13:57.095 THAT I WAS A YOUNG DANCER SITTING IN FRONT OF THE TV, 02:13:57.162 --> 02:13:59.531 YOU KNOW, WATCHING WITH MY EYES GLUED. 02:13:59.765 --> 02:14:01.099 AND ONLY LATER 02:14:01.166 --> 02:14:03.869 CAME TO LEARN ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE CULTURAL PROGRAM. 02:14:04.436 --> 02:14:09.541 I WANT TO ALSO JUST RECOGNIZE, AS MANY HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT, 02:14:09.741 --> 02:14:13.945 THAT THAT ARTS FESTIVAL WAS TRANSFORMATIVE IN SO MANY WAYS. 02:14:14.012 --> 02:14:15.981 BUT NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD 02:14:16.047 --> 02:14:18.483 ON ALL OF THE ASSETS THAT HAVE GROWN SINCE THEN 02:14:20.419 --> 02:14:24.089 TO DEEPEN OUR LEARNINGS, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SPACE 02:14:24.156 --> 02:14:27.626 AT THE TABLE FOR OUR LOCAL ARTS LEADERS AND COMMUNITY. 02:14:27.959 --> 02:14:28.693 L.A. COUNTY. 02:14:28.760 --> 02:14:31.363 WE CONVENED A SERIES OF ROUNDTABLES, 02:14:31.630 --> 02:14:35.300 AND WE INVITED OUR COLLEAGUES UP THERE TO HELP US PRODUCE 02:14:35.367 --> 02:14:37.936 SOME ARTS FOR L.A., L.A. COMMENTS AND CARS. 02:14:38.003 --> 02:14:40.672 AND WE INVITED OUR COLLEAGUES L.A. 28 AND CITY OF L.A. 02:14:40.739 --> 02:14:41.840 TO JOIN US. 02:14:41.907 --> 02:14:44.643 AND WE BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 300 ARTS LEADERS FROM L.A. 02:14:44.709 --> 02:14:47.379 COUNTY TO SIT IN ROUNDTABLES AND TELL US WHAT DID THEY SEE 02:14:47.446 --> 02:14:50.048 AS THE NEED, WHAT DID THEY SEE AS THE OPPORTUNITY 02:14:50.282 --> 02:14:51.483 AND SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS. 02:14:51.550 --> 02:14:52.784 THERE'S AN ENTIRE REPORT 02:14:52.851 --> 02:14:55.253 THAT ALSO INCLUDED A POST SURVEY IN 2025 02:14:55.787 --> 02:14:58.857 THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE REALLY BECAME THE FOUNDATION 02:14:58.924 --> 02:15:01.193 FOR NOT JUST OUR PLANS, BUT I WOULD SAY ACTUALLY 02:15:01.259 --> 02:15:03.995 FOR MANY OF THE PLANS AND ASPIRATIONS ACROSS 02:15:04.062 --> 02:15:06.731 NOT JUST THIS TABLE, BUT MANY OF THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM, 02:15:07.299 --> 02:15:07.699 ONE OF THE 02:15:07.766 --> 02:15:08.767 THINGS THAT WAS ECHOED 02:15:08.834 --> 02:15:12.070 WAS THAT THE PRIMARY AIM WAS FOCUSED ON LOCAL. 02:15:12.137 --> 02:15:14.539 WE HEARD THAT EARLIER TODAY TO 70%. 02:15:14.606 --> 02:15:16.475 FOLKS SAID THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE LOCAL L.A. 02:15:16.541 --> 02:15:19.744 COUNTY COMMUNITIES AND THE REST AS VISITORS. 02:15:19.811 --> 02:15:21.513 WE ALSO HEARD TOP WAYS TO REACH 02:15:21.580 --> 02:15:25.183 AUDIENCES THROUGH PROGRAMING NOT ONLY IN INSTITUTIONS 02:15:25.617 --> 02:15:27.118 AND MUSEUMS, BUT, YES, 02:15:27.185 --> 02:15:30.555 INSTALLATIONS AND PERFORMANCES IN PUBLIC SPACES, COMMUNITY 02:15:30.622 --> 02:15:34.092 BASED FESTIVALS AND EVENTS AND CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION 02:15:34.292 --> 02:15:35.760 LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, 02:15:35.827 --> 02:15:38.897 ESPECIALLY GIVEN OUR INCREDIBLE DIASPORAS. 02:15:38.964 --> 02:15:41.299 WE ALSO HEARD THAT TOP STRATEGIES 02:15:41.366 --> 02:15:43.468 FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE INCLUDE, FRANKLY, 02:15:43.535 --> 02:15:46.438 DIRECT FUNDING TO COMMUNITY BASED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 02:15:46.938 --> 02:15:48.907 THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 02:15:48.974 --> 02:15:52.677 TO DELIVER THEIR PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO THE CREATION AND UPLIFT 02:15:52.744 --> 02:15:57.015 AND VISIBILITY AROUND CULTURAL HUBS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 02:15:57.082 --> 02:16:01.353 AS WE ALSO HEARD EARLIER IN TODAY'S CONVERSATION. 02:16:01.953 --> 02:16:05.290 WE ALSO HEARD A REAL NEED FOR MARKETING AND VISIBILITY, 02:16:05.357 --> 02:16:06.691 BECAUSE IF THEY'VE GOT GREAT PROGRAMS 02:16:06.758 --> 02:16:08.994 BUT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT OR IT'S NOT, 02:16:09.060 --> 02:16:10.962 WE WILL ALSO NOT HAVE MET OUR GOALS. 02:16:11.029 --> 02:16:13.265 SO MARKETING, INVISIBILITY AND STORYTELLING. 02:16:13.598 --> 02:16:14.633 AND FINALLY, 02:16:14.699 --> 02:16:16.635 WE WANT TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS 02:16:16.701 --> 02:16:18.837 AND HAVE PATHWAYS TO PARTICIPATION. 02:16:18.904 --> 02:16:20.739 SO THAT'S FOR EVERYBODY, WHETHER IT'S THINKING 02:16:20.805 --> 02:16:24.075 GEOGRAPHICALLY AS WE DO THAT WE WANT THE ENTIRE COUNTY REGION 02:16:24.142 --> 02:16:26.077 TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THEY CAN GO TO 02:16:26.144 --> 02:16:29.614 OR WHETHER IT'S US CERTAIN POPULATIONS 02:16:29.681 --> 02:16:31.750 THAT WERE REALLY PRESENT IN OUR ROUNDTABLES 02:16:31.816 --> 02:16:33.785 AND IN LOTS OF THE CONVERSATIONS TODAY. 02:16:33.852 --> 02:16:35.787 DISABILITY ACCESS AND INCLUSION. 02:16:35.854 --> 02:16:39.457 WE ALSO HAD A ROUNDTABLE OF NATIVE CULTURES AND LEADERS 02:16:39.524 --> 02:16:45.163 AND REFLECTING OUR BROADER REGION'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY. 02:16:45.230 --> 02:16:46.731 AS DANIEL MENTIONED, 02:16:46.798 --> 02:16:50.435 WE ALSO WERE PART OF THE FORMAL LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE 02:16:50.502 --> 02:16:54.539 WITH PARIS IN THE REGION OF SUN VALLEY CITY AND CITY OF L.A. 02:16:54.606 --> 02:16:56.808 AND THE PARIS CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. 02:16:56.875 --> 02:17:01.079 SO WE WERE ABLE TO TEST AND REALLY BRING TO LIFE 02:17:01.146 --> 02:17:01.947 SOME EXAMPLES 02:17:02.013 --> 02:17:05.116 OF WHAT CULTURAL EXCHANGE CAN LOOK LIKE ACROSS DIFFERENT 02:17:05.450 --> 02:17:06.017 ART FORMS 02:17:06.084 --> 02:17:08.787 AND DISCIPLINES FROM CULINARY AT LA PLAZA DE GAULLE TO THE 02:17:08.853 --> 02:17:13.058 ARTISTS ON THE BOTTOM TO POSTERS COMPETITION 02:17:13.124 --> 02:17:16.895 BY OUR INCREDIBLE ART STUDENTS HERE IN LA'S COLLEGES, PAIRED 02:17:17.128 --> 02:17:20.332 WITH THE ONES IN FRANCE TO USING DANCE 02:17:20.398 --> 02:17:23.368 TO CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE WORLD AND. 02:17:23.435 --> 02:17:25.770 THESE ALSO SHOW US HOW ARTS AND CULTURE 02:17:25.837 --> 02:17:29.541 CAN BE A STRONG BRIDGE TO DIPLOMACY. 02:17:29.608 --> 02:17:33.345 AS I MOVE INTO OUR FRAMEWORK, I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT 02:17:33.411 --> 02:17:36.448 AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ALL PLAYING 02:17:36.514 --> 02:17:39.517 DISTINCT YET COMPLEMENTARY ROLES. 02:17:39.584 --> 02:17:40.385 AS YOU'VE HEARD, L.A. 02:17:40.452 --> 02:17:44.923 28, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OFFICIAL CULTURAL OLYMPIAD, 02:17:44.990 --> 02:17:46.458 AND THEY WILL HAVE THE MARK 02:17:46.524 --> 02:17:48.927 AND ALL OF THEIR INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS. 02:17:48.994 --> 02:17:51.529 AND THEY ARE A DISTINCT, SEPARATE NONPROFIT. 02:17:51.596 --> 02:17:55.400 BUT OF COURSE THEY ARE CENTRAL TO THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 02:17:55.467 --> 02:17:58.570 AND THEIR ROLE IN ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE GAMES. 02:17:58.637 --> 02:18:01.940 OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE CITY LEADING AS THE HOST CITY. 02:18:02.007 --> 02:18:03.575 AND WE ARE SO PLEASED 02:18:03.642 --> 02:18:05.143 WITH THE INCREDIBLE, UNPRECEDENTED 02:18:05.210 --> 02:18:07.379 PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WE'VE HAD 02:18:07.445 --> 02:18:10.982 LEADING THEIR WORK CITYWIDE AND FOR US IN THE COUNTY. 02:18:11.282 --> 02:18:15.920 OUR AIM IS TO THINK ABOUT BROADER ACCESS ACROSS THE L.A. 02:18:15.987 --> 02:18:16.688 REGION. 02:18:16.755 --> 02:18:19.424 SO MANY CITIES, SO MANY UNINCORPORATED AREAS, 02:18:19.491 --> 02:18:21.192 SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS, AND ENSURING 02:18:21.259 --> 02:18:23.595 ALL THOSE COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE ACCESS. 02:18:23.662 --> 02:18:25.630 AND SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM. 02:18:25.697 --> 02:18:29.567 AND THEN I WANT TO SPEAK TO FIELD WIDE STAKEHOLDERS 02:18:29.634 --> 02:18:30.335 BECAUSE OF COURSE, 02:18:30.402 --> 02:18:34.339 IT IS REALLY ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, INITIATIVES 02:18:34.606 --> 02:18:37.776 AND MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, INCLUDING SOME HERE TODAY 02:18:38.009 --> 02:18:41.446 LIKE LONG BEACH, SANTA MONICA, PASADENA, SANTA CLARITA, 02:18:41.513 --> 02:18:43.415 AND SO MANY MORE, WHICH WE AS L.A. 02:18:43.481 --> 02:18:47.085 COUNTY ACTUALLY REGULARLY CONVENE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. 02:18:47.152 --> 02:18:50.422 SO WE'RE USING OUR REACH TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS 02:18:50.488 --> 02:18:53.625 AND TO BUILD THOSE BRIDGES AND BUILD GREATER COORDINATION. 02:18:54.993 --> 02:18:57.395 FOR 2028, WE HAVE 02:18:57.729 --> 02:19:01.533 SET SOME GOALS WHICH I WOULD SAY ARE ALIGNED GOALS. 02:19:01.733 --> 02:19:05.770 SO SITTING ACROSS THIS TABLE AND MANY MORE FOLKS ARE 02:19:06.404 --> 02:19:09.974 USING DIFFERENT WORDS PERHAPS, BUT REALLY ULTIMATELY 02:19:10.375 --> 02:19:13.912 HAVE SHARED GOALS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THESE THAT YOU SEE. 02:19:14.279 --> 02:19:16.214 WE WANT TO TELL THE STORY OF L.A. 02:19:16.281 --> 02:19:20.351 THROUGH OUR ARTS AND CREATIVITY, AND I THINK THAT IS A CHANGE 02:19:20.418 --> 02:19:24.022 FROM 1984, WHERE THEY DID UPLIFT AND INCLUDE L.A. 02:19:24.089 --> 02:19:25.490 BASED ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THEY DID 02:19:25.557 --> 02:19:27.625 HAVE THAT REAL DISTINCT STRATEGY 02:19:27.892 --> 02:19:31.196 OF BRINGING IN AND HAVING THE INTERNATIONAL FOLKS PAY. 02:19:31.863 --> 02:19:34.065 MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS LATER, BUT PAY 02:19:34.132 --> 02:19:35.667 TO PRESENT THEIR ORGANIZATIONS HERE. 02:19:35.734 --> 02:19:38.103 THIS PART OF THE STRATEGY, IT WAS ALSO FINANCIAL. 02:19:38.169 --> 02:19:42.307 AND SO HERE I THINK THERE IS REALLY BROAD CONSENSUS 02:19:42.373 --> 02:19:45.643 THAT THE GOAL IS TO UPLIFT THE INCREDIBLE RICHNESS OF LA'S 02:19:45.710 --> 02:19:49.247 CULTURAL HERITAGE, AND THAT IN SOME WAYS IS THE DE FACTO 02:19:49.314 --> 02:19:52.884 SHARED THEMATIC VISION FOR ARTS. 02:19:52.951 --> 02:19:55.153 IN THIS TIME AROUND, 02:19:55.220 --> 02:19:56.988 WE WANT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE ARTS 02:19:57.055 --> 02:19:59.491 AND ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITIES AND CULTURAL PARTICIPATION. 02:20:00.325 --> 02:20:02.727 WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPARK NEW COLLABORATIONS 02:20:02.794 --> 02:20:05.296 AND EXCHANGE, STRENGTHEN OUR ARTS SECTOR 02:20:05.363 --> 02:20:08.566 AND THEN CREATE LASTING BENEFITS THAT CAN BE CROSS-SECTOR 02:20:08.633 --> 02:20:10.135 BENEFITS THROUGH THE ARTS. 02:20:11.503 --> 02:20:14.272 AS WE LOOK AT THE MYRIAD PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES 02:20:14.339 --> 02:20:17.041 FROM MURALS TO FESTIVALS 02:20:17.609 --> 02:20:22.313 TO ARTS EDUCATION AND SO MUCH MORE EXHIBITS, 02:20:22.680 --> 02:20:25.950 WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR 2020 FRAMEWORK 02:20:26.184 --> 02:20:29.587 IS WE'VE ROLLED THOSE UP INTO FOUR PROGRAMMATIC PILLARS 02:20:29.654 --> 02:20:32.724 THAT REFLECT OUR PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO REALLY STRATEGIES 02:20:32.791 --> 02:20:34.125 ACROSS THE REGION. 02:20:34.192 --> 02:20:37.495 THE FIRST IS ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMMATICALLY 02:20:37.562 --> 02:20:39.197 FOR ALL, A ROBUST 02:20:39.264 --> 02:20:43.234 OFFER OF EXHIBITS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT 02:20:43.301 --> 02:20:46.471 ACROSS INSTITUTIONS, ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ALSO 02:20:47.405 --> 02:20:50.074 COMMUNITY PARKS AND CIVIC SPACES. 02:20:50.141 --> 02:20:50.875 THE SECOND 02:20:50.942 --> 02:20:54.546 CORE PILLAR THAT WE WANTED TO UPLIFT IS A FOCUS ON YOUTH. 02:20:55.280 --> 02:20:59.150 YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED IN ARTS, LEARNING, PLAY AND CREATIVITY 02:20:59.217 --> 02:21:01.853 IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES AND OTHER SPACES 02:21:02.053 --> 02:21:05.323 SO THAT WE HAVE A CELEBRATION OF THEIR YOUNG TALENT, 02:21:05.390 --> 02:21:08.927 BUT ALSO THEIR OF INCLUSION AND LEARNING AND CREATIVE CAREER 02:21:08.993 --> 02:21:10.161 PATHWAYS. 02:21:10.228 --> 02:21:13.832 THIRD IS THINKING OF THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN PLACE. 02:21:14.098 --> 02:21:16.234 SO PUBLIC ART, BUT ALSO CREATIVE PLACE 02:21:16.301 --> 02:21:20.205 MAKING AND PLACE KEEPING USE ARTS AND CULTURE 02:21:20.271 --> 02:21:20.905 TO CELEBRATE 02:21:20.972 --> 02:21:24.242 OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, PRESERVE OUR CULTURAL ASSETS, 02:21:24.542 --> 02:21:27.612 AND ENSURE THAT ALL COMMUNITIES CAN BE A SPACE OF WELCOME, 02:21:27.679 --> 02:21:30.248 BELONGING AND ACTIVATION AND FORTH. 02:21:30.682 --> 02:21:32.684 THINKING AGAIN ABOUT THOSE COMMUNICATION 02:21:32.750 --> 02:21:36.688 STRATEGIES AND MARKETING VISIBILITY AND STORYTELLING. 02:21:36.754 --> 02:21:40.391 OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT A FEW EXAMPLES OF 02:21:40.458 --> 02:21:43.228 HOW WE AS THE COUNTY ARE SUPPORTING IN THESE PILLARS. 02:21:43.728 --> 02:21:46.598 THE FIRST WOULD BE OUR GRANT PROGRAMS ORGANIZATIONAL, GRANT 02:21:46.664 --> 02:21:48.566 AND COMMUNITY IMPACTS OUR GRANT. 02:21:48.633 --> 02:21:49.801 THESE PROVIDE 02:21:50.969 --> 02:21:54.472 UP TO ABOUT 600 ORGANIZATIONS WITH FUNDING 02:21:54.672 --> 02:21:55.840 AND WE WILL BE INVITING THEM 02:21:55.907 --> 02:22:00.211 TO INCLUDE THEIR PLANS IN THEIR GRANT APPLICATIONS. 02:22:00.478 --> 02:22:02.647 WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS 02:22:02.714 --> 02:22:07.085 WITH COUNTY CULTURAL VENUES LIKE LLAMA MUSIC CENTER, 02:22:07.352 --> 02:22:10.321 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LA PLUS AND EQUAL TO THE ARTS AND 02:22:10.822 --> 02:22:11.089 THE L.A. 02:22:11.155 --> 02:22:12.790 PHIL, WHO OPERATES THE SUPPORT IN THE BOWL 02:22:12.857 --> 02:22:13.191 BECAUSE THEY 02:22:13.258 --> 02:22:14.225 WE ARE CONNECTED TO THEM 02:22:14.292 --> 02:22:17.362 AS WELL AS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, OUR PARKS, OUR LIBRARIES. 02:22:17.428 --> 02:22:19.430 THOSE ARE ALSO VENUES FOR CULTURAL PROGRAMS. 02:22:20.064 --> 02:22:24.102 IN 2028, WE WILL DEDICATE AS A YEAR OF CREATIVE USE 02:22:24.435 --> 02:22:27.438 AND WE WILL BE ANCHORING IT WITH OUR OWN COUNTY PROGRAMS 02:22:27.705 --> 02:22:29.774 ACROSS THE 80 SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF L.A. 02:22:29.841 --> 02:22:31.542 COUNTY, REPRESENTING 1.5 02:22:31.609 --> 02:22:34.579 MILLION STUDENTS, BUT ALSO IN COMMUNITIES, PARKS 02:22:34.646 --> 02:22:36.981 AND IN COUNTY INSTITUTION TOWNS, AND INVITING PARTNERS 02:22:37.048 --> 02:22:38.483 TO JOIN US. 02:22:38.549 --> 02:22:40.718 AND FOR THAT WILL ANCHOR WITH OUR PAID ARTS 02:22:40.785 --> 02:22:43.788 INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS CREATIVE WELLBEING, 02:22:43.855 --> 02:22:46.224 WHICH IS ARTS AND HEALING FOR YOUTH, 02:22:46.291 --> 02:22:48.393 ESPECIALLY SYSTEMS IMPACTED YOUTH 02:22:48.459 --> 02:22:52.196 AN ARTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE MURAL LEGACY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 02:22:52.463 --> 02:22:56.768 THAT ARE SYSTEMS INVOLVED AND A NEW 28 OLYMPIC ARTS 02:22:56.834 --> 02:22:59.103 EDUCATION CURRICULUM GUIDE WE'RE DEVELOPING 02:22:59.170 --> 02:23:03.241 WITH THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM AND LOCAL TALENT HERE, LOCAL 02:23:03.308 --> 02:23:04.509 TEACHING ARTISTS AND EDUCATORS. 02:23:04.575 --> 02:23:07.679 AND WE WILL THAT AS A RESOURCE FOR THE FIELD IN 27. 02:23:08.713 --> 02:23:10.148 AND SO WE'RE ALSO 02:23:10.214 --> 02:23:13.685 CONTINUING TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND, 02:23:13.885 --> 02:23:16.654 EXPAND OUR GRANTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, EXPAND 02:23:16.721 --> 02:23:20.158 OUR PAID INTERNSHIPS, AND LAUNCH A 2028 VERSION 02:23:20.224 --> 02:23:22.260 OF OUR POSTER COMPETITION WITH CITY OF L.A. 02:23:22.327 --> 02:23:24.295 AND CULTURAL DIPLOMACY 02:23:24.362 --> 02:23:25.797 FOR CULTURE IN PLACE, 02:23:25.863 --> 02:23:28.399 WE'RE GOING TO BE LEVERAGING OUR ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM 02:23:28.466 --> 02:23:29.968 AROUND THEMES LIKE DISABILITY ARTS 02:23:30.034 --> 02:23:33.037 AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AS WELL, AND OTHER CROSS-SECTOR 02:23:33.104 --> 02:23:37.342 ARTS ACTIVATIONS IN LOCAL PLACE BASED HUBS. 02:23:38.343 --> 02:23:42.013 AND WE ARE SEEKING TO GREATER UPLIFT 02:23:42.080 --> 02:23:45.083 FOR OUR NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND VISIBILITY CAMPAIGN 02:23:45.149 --> 02:23:49.153 AND TO CONSERVE ONE OF THE 1984 ORIGINAL COMMISSIONED MURALS 02:23:49.220 --> 02:23:54.325 THAT'S IN OUR COLLECTION RIGHT HERE OUTSIDE OF EXPO PARK. 02:23:54.392 --> 02:23:56.027 LASTLY, IN THE FOURTH 02:23:56.094 --> 02:23:59.797 PILLAR, AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE AS YOU HAVE LIFTED UP, 02:24:00.098 --> 02:24:01.566 ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES REALLY MATTER, 02:24:01.632 --> 02:24:03.768 INCLUDING THOSE THAT MIGHT HAVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS. 02:24:03.835 --> 02:24:05.503 SO MANY OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, 02:24:05.570 --> 02:24:07.805 OUR CONSTITUENCIES ARE THOSE COMMUNITIES. 02:24:07.872 --> 02:24:09.273 SO PARTNERING AND LEVERAGING 02:24:09.340 --> 02:24:11.342 AND GIVING THEM TOOLKITS AND GIVING CITY 02:24:11.409 --> 02:24:13.544 AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS TOOLKITS AS WELL 02:24:14.345 --> 02:24:15.613 WE'VE GOT LOTS OF NEXT STEPS 02:24:15.680 --> 02:24:17.315 WE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT IN CONTINUING 02:24:17.382 --> 02:24:19.484 TO BUILD THIS PROGRAM AND PARTNERSHIPS, 02:24:19.550 --> 02:24:21.652 CONTINUING TO CONVENE OUR STAKEHOLDERS 02:24:21.719 --> 02:24:23.788 AND SUPPORT THE READINESS OF THE FIELD 02:24:23.855 --> 02:24:27.225 AND THEN DELIVER, OF COURSE, IN 2028 FOR LASTING LEGACY. 02:24:27.759 --> 02:24:30.395 BUT I WILL CLOSE BY REALLY BRINGING 02:24:30.461 --> 02:24:33.631 OUR ATTENTION TO WHAT I WILL CALL A LIVING LEGACY. 02:24:33.698 --> 02:24:37.201 I THINK THE HEARTS AND MINDS AND THE EXPERIENCES, 02:24:37.268 --> 02:24:40.138 BUT ALSO THE SKILLS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BUILD IN 02:24:40.204 --> 02:24:43.474 THEIR EDUCATION, IN THEIR INTERNSHIPS. 02:24:43.541 --> 02:24:45.643 SO MUCH MORE ARE ALSO PART OF THE LEGACY. 02:24:45.710 --> 02:24:49.380 IT'S NOT JUST THE STADIUM OR AN ORGANIZATION THAT GETS BUILT. 02:24:49.447 --> 02:24:50.815 AND SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 02:24:50.882 --> 02:24:52.950 AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO. 02:24:53.017 --> 02:24:54.252 APPRECIATE IT. 02:24:54.318 --> 02:24:54.752 WELL. 02:24:54.819 --> 02:24:56.220 WELL, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU 02:24:56.287 --> 02:24:59.857 FOR THE FANTASTIC PRESENTATION, ALL THE WORK THAT'S REFLECTED 02:25:00.758 --> 02:25:02.927 IN THOSE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU BOTH HAVE 02:25:02.994 --> 02:25:04.262 AND WILL BE DOING TO MAKE THIS 02:25:04.328 --> 02:25:06.197 A SPECIAL, SPECIAL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US 02:25:07.331 --> 02:25:08.399 THAT MAGICAL SUMMER TO COME. 02:25:08.466 --> 02:25:09.467 SO APPRECIATE IT. 02:25:09.534 --> 02:25:11.469 LET'S OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. I KNOW WE HAVE CENTER FOR US. 02:25:11.536 --> 02:25:14.005 IT'S GOT A FEW. 02:25:14.072 --> 02:25:17.809 THANK YOU. 02:25:17.875 --> 02:25:20.578 ONE WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. 02:25:20.645 --> 02:25:22.580 IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE 02:25:22.647 --> 02:25:24.148 AND APPRECIATE HEARING THE FEEDBACK 02:25:24.215 --> 02:25:26.217 FROM SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE COUNTY'S BEEN LEADING 02:25:26.884 --> 02:25:30.121 BECAUSE REPRESENT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY 02:25:30.188 --> 02:25:31.856 OF LOS ANGELES. 02:25:31.923 --> 02:25:33.624 I APPRECIATED YOU MAKING REFERENCE 02:25:33.691 --> 02:25:35.860 TO THE REPORT THAT YOU ALL PRODUCE. 02:25:35.927 --> 02:25:39.664 THE REPORT ON ARTS AND CULTURAL CONVENINGS FOR THE 2020 02:25:39.730 --> 02:25:44.969 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, AND IN THAT REPORT NOTED THAT 02:25:45.636 --> 02:25:47.305 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES 02:25:47.371 --> 02:25:48.206 THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN 02:25:48.272 --> 02:25:52.110 THE SURVEY RESPONSES AS NEEDING DEDICATED SUPPORT LEADING UP TO 02:25:52.176 --> 02:25:53.511 AND DURING THE GAMES. 02:25:53.578 --> 02:25:54.512 AND YOU CAN VERY QUICKLY 02:25:54.579 --> 02:25:57.782 SEE THAT ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES HIGHLIGHTED AS ALTADENA. 02:25:58.516 --> 02:25:59.851 OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING 02:25:59.917 --> 02:26:03.788 SEVERAL GAMES AT THE ROSE BOWL IN PASADENA, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE 02:26:03.855 --> 02:26:07.625 BY THE ALTADENA AND THE BURN SCAR AREA. 02:26:07.692 --> 02:26:09.527 AND AS WELL, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY 02:26:09.594 --> 02:26:13.564 IS HIGHLIGHTED, AAPI COMMUNITIES ARE HIGHLIGHTED. 02:26:13.798 --> 02:26:16.968 AND I THINK THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO KIND OF THE IMPORTANCE OF US 02:26:17.034 --> 02:26:18.002 HIGHLIGHTING 02:26:18.069 --> 02:26:20.905 THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF OTHER COMMUNITIES 02:26:20.972 --> 02:26:22.306 THAT ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING GAMES 02:26:22.373 --> 02:26:25.476 OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, REPRESENTING 02:26:25.543 --> 02:26:28.179 THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, THE WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. 02:26:28.846 --> 02:26:31.082 THAT'S AN AREA THAT HAS ONE OF THE FIRST 02:26:31.149 --> 02:26:34.819 ASIAN-AMERICAN ETHNO BURBS, AS WE REFER TO IT, IN THE NATION 02:26:35.153 --> 02:26:36.521 AND THE CITY OF ARCADIA 02:26:36.587 --> 02:26:38.856 THAT IS GOING TO BE HOSTING GAMES IS A PART OF THAT. 02:26:38.923 --> 02:26:40.324 IT IS ONE OF MANY COMMUNITIES 02:26:40.391 --> 02:26:43.094 THAT HAS A VERY LARGE AAPI POPULATION. 02:26:43.361 --> 02:26:45.463 AND SO I REALLY WANT TO ENSURE 02:26:45.530 --> 02:26:48.933 THAT THAT CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED. 02:26:49.200 --> 02:26:51.102 YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION 02:26:51.169 --> 02:26:54.138 THAT THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING TO COORDINATE 02:26:54.405 --> 02:26:57.141 WITH CITIES, HOSTING MEETINGS WITH TO TALK 02:26:57.208 --> 02:26:58.476 ABOUT SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 02:26:58.543 --> 02:27:00.211 I KNOW WE HAD A VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION 02:27:00.278 --> 02:27:02.780 FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND SOME OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, 02:27:03.114 --> 02:27:07.251 BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOU KIND OF SPEAK MORE TO HOW 02:27:07.318 --> 02:27:08.920 THE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN GOING 02:27:08.986 --> 02:27:11.022 WITH OTHER CITIES THERE, CITIES LIKE LONG BEACH. 02:27:11.088 --> 02:27:13.357 I DON'T REPRESENT LONG BEACH, BUT I KNOW THE GOOD SENATOR 02:27:13.591 --> 02:27:16.160 FROM THAT AREA AND GOOD ASSEMBLY MEMBER FROM 02:27:16.227 --> 02:27:18.729 THAT AREA WOULD APPRECIATE THEM BEING HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL. 02:27:19.030 --> 02:27:21.899 SO WHAT ARE THOSE DISCUSSIONS LOOKING LIKE AS WE'RE TALKING 02:27:21.966 --> 02:27:24.335 ABOUT CULTURAL EVENTS FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES 02:27:24.969 --> 02:27:27.605 AND HOW THEY CAN BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS 02:27:27.872 --> 02:27:30.808 IN HIGHLIGHTING THE EVENTS AND HOSTING 02:27:31.108 --> 02:27:33.177 A GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EVENTS? 02:27:33.744 --> 02:27:36.981 I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HEAR MORE DETAILS AROUND THAT 02:27:37.048 --> 02:27:37.915 AND HOW WE PLAN ON 02:27:37.982 --> 02:27:42.019 GETTING RESOURCES IN PARTICULAR TO SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, 02:27:42.086 --> 02:27:45.957 ESPECIALLY GIVEN SOME OF THE FUNDING AND FINANCIAL DYNAMICS 02:27:46.023 --> 02:27:47.158 I HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER. 02:27:47.225 --> 02:27:49.961 SO I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL LET YOU RESPOND 02:27:50.027 --> 02:27:50.828 TO THAT FIRST. 02:27:50.895 --> 02:27:53.698 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. 02:27:54.298 --> 02:27:58.803 WHAT I REFERRED TO EARLIER IS THAT WE HAVE A PRACTICE 02:27:59.103 --> 02:28:02.607 OF CONVENING ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, MUNICIPALITIES 02:28:02.673 --> 02:28:06.577 THAT HAVE A FORMAL SORT OF LOCAL ARTS AGENCY OR 02:28:06.644 --> 02:28:09.080 GRANT PROGRAM OF THEIR OWN. SO THERE'S ABOUT 12 OF THEM. 02:28:09.146 --> 02:28:12.383 AND GROWING THAT WE CONVENE QUARTERLY. 02:28:12.450 --> 02:28:14.852 AND IN THIS TIME WHAT HAS EMERGED 02:28:14.919 --> 02:28:17.755 IS THE NEED TO COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE AROUND 2028. 02:28:17.822 --> 02:28:20.891 BUT THEY ARE DOING FANTASTIC WORK IN AND OF THEMSELVES 02:28:20.958 --> 02:28:24.228 IN ADDITION TO BEING PART OF OUR BROADER COUNTY ECOSYSTEM. 02:28:24.295 --> 02:28:24.929 AND THAT DOESN'T 02:28:26.631 --> 02:28:27.765 DO THEM ALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 02:28:27.832 --> 02:28:29.900 BUT LONG BEACH, SANTA MONICA, SANTA CLARITA, 02:28:29.967 --> 02:28:32.136 PASADENA AND MORE. 02:28:32.203 --> 02:28:34.538 BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THE COUNTY 02:28:34.605 --> 02:28:37.208 LED A MOTION THAT I BELIEVE WAS LED BY SUPERVISOR 02:28:37.441 --> 02:28:41.045 LINDSEY HORVATH BROADLY HAS BEEN CONVENING ALL 88 CITIES. 02:28:41.112 --> 02:28:42.179 AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS 02:28:42.246 --> 02:28:46.884 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE 88 FOR 28 CONVENINGS, 02:28:46.951 --> 02:28:48.319 WHICH ARE ALSO QUARTERLY 02:28:48.386 --> 02:28:49.954 AND HAVE A DEDICATED SESSION 02:28:50.021 --> 02:28:52.223 FOR ARTS AND CULTURE WHERE WE BROUGHT TOGETHER 02:28:52.290 --> 02:28:52.890 AND THEIR OFFICE 02:28:52.957 --> 02:28:55.459 TOGETHER WITH COUNTY CEO MAJOR EVENTS, BROUGHT TOGETHER 02:28:55.526 --> 02:28:58.396 A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TO BOTH SHARE EXISTING PLANS, 02:28:58.796 --> 02:29:00.197 REALLY INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS 02:29:00.264 --> 02:29:02.266 AROUND ARTS AND CULTURE, AND BEGIN TO ENGAGE IN HEAR 02:29:02.333 --> 02:29:04.802 WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS, WHAT ARE THEIR INTERESTS. 02:29:04.869 --> 02:29:07.138 I'VE ALSO SERVED ON PANELS WITH OTHERS 02:29:07.204 --> 02:29:09.073 LIKE CITY OF PICO RIVERA AND OTHER PLACES 02:29:09.140 --> 02:29:11.075 WHERE EVEN THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE NECESSARILY 02:29:11.142 --> 02:29:12.476 THEIR OWN OFFICIAL OFFICE OF ARTICLES 02:29:12.543 --> 02:29:14.011 THAT THEY ARE LIKE OUT THERE. 02:29:14.078 --> 02:29:18.082 THEY ARE REALLY THE INTEREST IS EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH 02:29:18.416 --> 02:29:22.520 AND I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED TO SEE SO MANY CITY MANAGER 02:29:22.586 --> 02:29:25.089 CITY LEADERS RECOGNIZE POWER OF THE ARTS, 02:29:25.389 --> 02:29:28.025 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR INCLUSION. 02:29:28.225 --> 02:29:31.195 AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO DO IS CONTINUE 02:29:31.262 --> 02:29:34.332 NOT ONLY THOSE CONVENINGS WE'RE DOING, BUT PULLING 02:29:34.398 --> 02:29:38.035 RESOURCES TOGETHER FOR ALL THE CITIES IN A TOOLKIT 02:29:38.102 --> 02:29:40.705 THAT WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO UNINCORPORATED AREAS AS WELL, 02:29:41.105 --> 02:29:41.972 AND WOULD LOVE TO COLLABORATE 02:29:42.039 --> 02:29:44.809 WITH ANY OF YOUR YOUR OFFICES AS WELL AS ALL THE CITIES 02:29:45.042 --> 02:29:47.945 HERE IN THE COUNTY ON WHAT WILL BE MOST HELPFUL, 02:29:48.012 --> 02:29:50.114 WHAT'S GOING TO BE MOST USEFUL FOR US TO INCLUDE 02:29:50.181 --> 02:29:52.450 IN THOSE TOOLKITS ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE? 02:29:52.683 --> 02:29:54.285 LASTLY, IF I MAY JUST SAY SOMETHING 02:29:54.352 --> 02:29:56.220 ABOUT ALTADENA, BECAUSE THE WILDFIRES 02:29:56.287 --> 02:29:58.989 WERE EXTRAORDINARY IN TERMS OF THE DEVASTATION, 02:29:59.056 --> 02:30:02.693 AND WE SPRANG TO ACTION IN WHAT I CALL CREATIVE RECOVERY. 02:30:02.893 --> 02:30:07.031 THESE BEHIND ME, ARTS AND CULTURE, IS A FORM OF RECOVERY. 02:30:07.231 --> 02:30:09.900 NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS IN ALTADENA 02:30:10.134 --> 02:30:12.903 AND THE CREATIVE BUSINESSES, BUT THAT IS A FORM OF HEALING, 02:30:12.970 --> 02:30:14.305 THAT IS A FORM OF CREATING SPACES. 02:30:14.372 --> 02:30:17.475 AND SO WE ARE STILL WORKING IN ALTADENA, PROVIDING 02:30:17.541 --> 02:30:20.544 HEALING CENTERED ARTS EDUCATION AT PARKS LIKE LOMA ALTA PARK. 02:30:20.745 --> 02:30:23.013 AND WE LAUNCHED A NEW PROJECT WITH THE L.A. 02:30:23.080 --> 02:30:24.815 COUNTY LIBRARY, ALTADENA LIBRARY, L.A. 02:30:24.882 --> 02:30:26.083 CITY LIBRARY AND OTHERS 02:30:26.150 --> 02:30:29.653 THAT WILL BE ABOUT ART MAKING AND COMMUNITY MEMORY TO ENGAGE 02:30:29.720 --> 02:30:32.423 FOLKS IN THE REBUILDING PROCESS THROUGH CULTURE 02:30:32.490 --> 02:30:34.291 THAT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH 2028. 02:30:34.358 --> 02:30:35.559 SO I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO SPEAK TO IT, 02:30:35.626 --> 02:30:37.294 BUT WE'RE PUTTING THAT UNDER THE COLUMN 02:30:37.361 --> 02:30:38.596 OF SORT OF CULTURE IN PLACE. 02:30:38.662 --> 02:30:40.531 AND LIKE CREATIVE HUBS, IT'S LIKE SOMEONE SAID, 02:30:40.598 --> 02:30:42.299 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ALWAYS BE ABOUT SPORTS. 02:30:42.366 --> 02:30:44.301 IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE ACTUALLY BUILD GREATER COMMUNITY? 02:30:44.368 --> 02:30:47.805 AND AS SPACES BECOME PLACES, PEOPLE WANT TO NOT JUST LIVE 02:30:47.872 --> 02:30:50.107 BUT ALSO VISIT AND UPLIFT. 02:30:50.174 --> 02:30:53.677 THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, TOO, 02:30:53.744 --> 02:30:57.014 THAT IT IS A FORM OF HEALING AND RECOVERY. 02:30:57.081 --> 02:30:57.381 RIGHT. 02:30:57.448 --> 02:31:00.451 AND I THINK ESPECIALLY FOR THE PASADENA 02:31:00.518 --> 02:31:02.720 AREA, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA, 02:31:02.787 --> 02:31:05.222 BECAUSE WE'RE SUCH TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITIES, 02:31:05.289 --> 02:31:07.858 WE ARE ALL VERY INVESTED AND ALTADENA IS RECOVERY. 02:31:07.925 --> 02:31:11.796 AND SO SEEING THAT HIGHLIGHTED AS A PART OF THE DISCUSSION 02:31:12.129 --> 02:31:15.099 AROUND CULTURE AROUND THE ARTS I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT 02:31:15.166 --> 02:31:16.567 FROM ALL OF US, FROM MONTEREY 02:31:16.634 --> 02:31:19.637 PARK TO ALHAMBRA TO ARCADIA AND BEYOND. 02:31:19.703 --> 02:31:22.640 IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT. 02:31:22.706 --> 02:31:25.209 I REALLY LOVED IN YOUR PRESENTATION 02:31:25.276 --> 02:31:26.510 THE REAL FOCUS ON YOUTH. 02:31:26.577 --> 02:31:28.779 I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL 02:31:29.113 --> 02:31:31.582 AND THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NONPROFIT SECTOR. 02:31:31.649 --> 02:31:33.684 BUT I DO WANT TO TAP ON THE BUSINESS COMPONENT. 02:31:33.751 --> 02:31:34.952 YOU START SPEAKING TO THIS A LITTLE BIT. 02:31:35.019 --> 02:31:37.455 WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ALTADENA, 02:31:37.521 --> 02:31:40.291 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW THAT WAS GREAT ABOUT THE WORLD 02:31:40.357 --> 02:31:44.328 CUP GAMES IN PARTICULAR FIFA, I LIVE IN PASADENA, 02:31:44.929 --> 02:31:48.299 WAS SEEING ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT POPPED UP THAT WERE HOSTED, 02:31:48.365 --> 02:31:49.467 SOME OF THEM BY CITIES. 02:31:49.533 --> 02:31:53.337 SO HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE WAS A HUGE EVENT 02:31:53.404 --> 02:31:57.341 THAT WAS HOSTED AT THE COLISEUM THAT WAS I BELIEVE IT WAS FREE 02:31:57.408 --> 02:31:59.610 OR IF NOT, IT WAS VERY LOW COST TO GET INTO 02:32:00.544 --> 02:32:03.280 AND SAME IN PASADENA IT WAS KIND OF AN OPEN AIR 02:32:03.347 --> 02:32:05.950 EVENT WERE OUTSIDE OF THE PASADENA AUDITORIUM, 02:32:06.217 --> 02:32:07.952 WHICH I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. 02:32:08.018 --> 02:32:08.953 YOU COULD JUST STAND OUT THERE. 02:32:09.019 --> 02:32:11.288 THERE WAS FOOD VENDORS WHO SHUT DOWN THE STREET 02:32:11.355 --> 02:32:11.956 AND IT MADE FOR 02:32:12.022 --> 02:32:14.892 A REALLY INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE THAT WAS VERY ACCESSIBLE 02:32:14.959 --> 02:32:17.461 FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHICH WAS SUPER LOVELY. 02:32:17.828 --> 02:32:19.730 IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU ALSO HAD LOCAL 02:32:19.797 --> 02:32:20.998 BUSINESS OWNERS 02:32:21.065 --> 02:32:25.269 THAT HOSTED EVENTS AT THEIR RESTAURANTS, AT THEIR BARS, 02:32:25.503 --> 02:32:26.804 AND IT REALLY CREATED 02:32:26.871 --> 02:32:30.808 A REALLY FUN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ATTRACT BUSINESS 02:32:30.875 --> 02:32:33.010 THAT WAS REALLY CENTERED AND FOCUSED AROUND THE EVENT. 02:32:33.077 --> 02:32:34.945 AND SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. 02:32:35.012 --> 02:32:37.815 I ALSO THINK THAT THAT'S A CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS 02:32:38.716 --> 02:32:41.585 AND BEING ABLE TO KIND OF MAP THAT OUT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 02:32:41.652 --> 02:32:42.920 SO THEY KNOW, HEY, 02:32:42.987 --> 02:32:44.154 THE BAR DOWN THE STREET FROM ME, 02:32:44.221 --> 02:32:46.423 THE RESTAURANT DOWN THE STREET FOR ME IS HOSTING 02:32:46.657 --> 02:32:50.261 A FUN EVENT WHERE I CAN INTERACT AND ATTEND WITH MY FANS. 02:32:50.327 --> 02:32:51.362 I CAN WATCH THE GAMES, 02:32:51.428 --> 02:32:54.865 OR IF I'M MAYBE TIGHT ON FUNDS, I DON'T WANT TO GO AND SPEND 02:32:54.932 --> 02:32:56.767 A LOT OF MONEY ON A RESTAURANT OR AT A BAR. 02:32:56.834 --> 02:32:59.470 I CAN GO TO THE LOCAL PARK, I CAN GO TO THE YOU KNOW, 02:32:59.537 --> 02:33:02.439 TO THIS OTHER LOCATION WHERE I CAN PUBLICLY PARTICIPATE 02:33:02.506 --> 02:33:06.010 AND WATCH EVENTS, HANG OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. 02:33:06.677 --> 02:33:10.481 I THINK HAVING THIS DIVERSITY OF OPTIONS IS SO IMPORTANT 02:33:10.548 --> 02:33:12.783 AND SO CRITICAL. SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT 02:33:14.318 --> 02:33:15.486 THE OTHER THING I WANT TO GO BACK 02:33:15.553 --> 02:33:17.821 TO IS JUST WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER, 02:33:18.022 --> 02:33:18.956 WHICH IS SOME OF WHAT GOT 02:33:19.023 --> 02:33:20.925 HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS REPORT THAT WAS PRODUCED 02:33:20.991 --> 02:33:22.560 11 YEARS AGO IN PARTNERSHIP 02:33:22.626 --> 02:33:26.130 WITH OUR FORMER SUPERVISOR, YAROSLAVSKY, WHO'S HERE TODAY. 02:33:26.897 --> 02:33:30.401 AND THAT IS SOME OF THE FINANCIALS AND, THE CHANGES 02:33:30.467 --> 02:33:33.470 IN THE FUNDING MECHANISMS AROUND THE OLYMPIC GAMES. 02:33:33.537 --> 02:33:34.338 AND SO, 02:33:34.405 --> 02:33:36.206 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTED 02:33:36.273 --> 02:33:41.312 THAT I DIDN'T GET TO GET TO IS THAT SOME OF THE WAYS THAT 02:33:41.879 --> 02:33:45.416 SOME OF THESE VENUES HAVE BEEN SPONSORED 02:33:45.482 --> 02:33:48.586 AFTER THIS CHANGE HAS BEEN DUE TO CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS. 02:33:48.652 --> 02:33:51.221 AND SO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND 02:33:51.956 --> 02:33:54.258 IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME 02:33:54.325 --> 02:33:55.726 TO BE THINKING ABOUT. 02:33:55.793 --> 02:33:56.827 YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT 02:33:56.894 --> 02:34:00.531 ABOUT THE FUNDING MECHANISMS, GET TRANSPORTATION, RIGHT? 02:34:00.598 --> 02:34:03.434 SECURITY COSTS ARE OBVIOUSLY SOME REALLY FUNDAMENTAL 02:34:03.500 --> 02:34:05.169 THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. 02:34:05.235 --> 02:34:06.070 I KNOW WE'RE DEPENDING 02:34:06.136 --> 02:34:07.805 ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COME THROUGH. 02:34:07.871 --> 02:34:08.606 THERE'S ALL 02:34:08.672 --> 02:34:12.109 SEE ALL SORTS OF DYNAMICS WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 02:34:12.843 --> 02:34:15.679 ALTADENA IS CURRENTLY WAITING ON $34 BILLION TO ARRIVE 02:34:15.746 --> 02:34:16.880 FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 02:34:16.947 --> 02:34:19.683 SO I HOLD MY BREATH IN HOPES THAT THAT MONEY WILL COME. 02:34:19.750 --> 02:34:21.952 BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO A BIG BILL THAT 02:34:22.019 --> 02:34:23.354 THEY STILL NEED TO PAY TO US. 02:34:25.089 --> 02:34:28.092 AND SO I WHEN I SEE SOME OF THESE OTHER PIECES 02:34:28.158 --> 02:34:29.727 I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, WANTING 02:34:29.793 --> 02:34:31.862 TO INVEST IN OUR LOCAL ARTIST, 02:34:31.929 --> 02:34:34.798 WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE 02:34:34.865 --> 02:34:36.867 RESOURCES TO BEAUTIFY OUR CITY. 02:34:36.934 --> 02:34:39.837 I RECOGNIZE IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED DOLLARS. 02:34:39.903 --> 02:34:43.474 AND SO I I'D LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT 02:34:43.540 --> 02:34:45.009 WHAT WE'RE THINKING, BUT I GUESS THIS WOULD BE 02:34:45.075 --> 02:34:47.211 A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL FROM THE L.A. 02:34:47.277 --> 02:34:49.380 28 FOLKS, 02:34:50.080 --> 02:34:51.448 WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, 02:34:51.515 --> 02:34:52.883 WHAT WE'RE BRAINSTORMING IN TERMS 02:34:52.950 --> 02:34:56.620 OF GETTING SOME OF THESE BEAUTIFICATION AND, 02:34:56.887 --> 02:34:57.121 YOU KNOW, 02:34:57.187 --> 02:34:58.355 CULTURAL EFFORTS 02:34:58.422 --> 02:35:00.357 FINANCED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DOLLARS 02:35:00.424 --> 02:35:02.192 AND RESOURCES FOR OUR LOCAL ARTISTS 02:35:02.259 --> 02:35:04.828 TO SUPPORT THEM WITH DOING THIS GOOD WORK 02:35:04.895 --> 02:35:07.431 AND WITH HOSTING SOME OF THESE EVENTS. 02:35:07.498 --> 02:35:08.565 BECAUSE I WANT THIS 02:35:08.632 --> 02:35:11.702 TO BE A BIG SUCCESS FOR OUR CITY, BUT I ALSO WANT US TO 02:35:13.203 --> 02:35:14.638 HAVE ARTS 02:35:14.705 --> 02:35:18.776 THAT IS GOING TO BE PERMANENT, THAT, YOU KNOW, MY CHILDREN 02:35:18.842 --> 02:35:19.376 ARE GOING TO BE ABLE 02:35:19.443 --> 02:35:22.613 TO LOOK BACK ON AND SAY, WOW, THAT WAS A PART OF THE L.A. 02:35:22.680 --> 02:35:23.380 28 GAMES. 02:35:23.447 --> 02:35:25.649 IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE SEE SOME OF THOSE 02:35:25.716 --> 02:35:27.885 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS FOR THE L.A. 02:35:27.951 --> 02:35:30.287 84 GAMES. SO, 02:35:30.354 --> 02:35:32.189 YOU KNOW, IS THAT 02:35:32.256 --> 02:35:33.924 ARE WE GOING TO BE ANTICIPATING REVENUE 02:35:33.991 --> 02:35:35.859 COMING FROM THE IOC AFTER THE FACT? 02:35:35.926 --> 02:35:38.062 ARE WE LOOKING AT CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS LIKE 02:35:38.395 --> 02:35:41.231 WHAT ARE THE INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT 02:35:41.598 --> 02:35:43.367 TO TO FINANCE THESE GAMES 02:35:43.434 --> 02:35:45.269 AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REVENUE COMING IN 02:35:45.335 --> 02:35:47.971 TO SUPPORT SOME OF THESE BIG DREAMS THAT WE HAVE 02:35:49.473 --> 02:35:52.176 IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. SO 02:35:52.242 --> 02:35:54.244 I CAN SPEAK TO THAT A BIT. 02:35:55.345 --> 02:35:58.816 I'M NOT A PROGRAMING PROGRAMING EXPERT FOR THE GAMES. 02:35:58.882 --> 02:36:02.820 WE DO HAVE OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND OUR BUSINESS RELATIONS TEAM 02:36:02.886 --> 02:36:05.956 WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY WORKING ON ALL OF THE FUNDING ELEMENTS 02:36:06.623 --> 02:36:09.026 TICKET TICKET SALES AND BROADCAST RIGHTS 02:36:09.093 --> 02:36:09.927 AND ALL OF THE PIECES 02:36:09.993 --> 02:36:12.396 THAT WILL FUND OUR PRIVATELY FINANCED GAMES. 02:36:13.297 --> 02:36:16.567 WHAT WE ARE ENGAGING IN NOW IS THE FUNDRAISING 02:36:16.633 --> 02:36:18.435 FOR THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD SPECIFICALLY, 02:36:18.502 --> 02:36:21.605 AND CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING BOTH ON THE PHILANTHROPIC SIDE 02:36:21.672 --> 02:36:25.242 AND WITH OUR CURRENT PARTNERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST 02:36:25.476 --> 02:36:26.110 GETTING INVOLVED. 02:36:26.176 --> 02:36:30.581 SO WE ARE VERY MUCH IN IN THE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW 02:36:30.647 --> 02:36:34.084 WITH FUNDING WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD 02:36:34.351 --> 02:36:36.353 WITH THE BUILD OUT OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, 02:36:36.420 --> 02:36:36.754 TO BE ABLE 02:36:36.820 --> 02:36:37.788 TO REALLY 02:36:37.855 --> 02:36:41.125 TAKE THE LARGEST MEGAPHONE THAT EXISTS TO THE LARGEST 02:36:41.191 --> 02:36:42.326 AUDIENCE THAT EXISTS 02:36:42.392 --> 02:36:45.929 AND SHOWCASE AND UPLIFT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN LOS ANGELES 02:36:46.130 --> 02:36:47.264 ON A CULTURAL BASIS. 02:36:48.632 --> 02:36:48.766 YEAH. 02:36:48.832 --> 02:36:50.834 AND AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THAT 02:36:51.869 --> 02:36:54.705 L.A. TRAIN, AS YOU KNOW, HAS A COMMITMENT NOT TO BUILD, 02:36:54.772 --> 02:36:57.307 NOT TO NOT TO BUILD NEW INFRASTRUCTURE. 02:36:57.374 --> 02:36:59.676 AND AND PART OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF THAT 02:36:59.743 --> 02:37:02.846 NOW IS THAT IT WILL ALSO LOOK TO OTHERS 02:37:02.913 --> 02:37:06.617 TO SUPPORT PERMANENT LEGACY SCULPTURES AND PUBLIC ART. 02:37:06.817 --> 02:37:08.619 IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S WITHIN OUR PLAN, 02:37:08.685 --> 02:37:11.355 BUT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WITHIN THE BROADER PLAN. 02:37:12.089 --> 02:37:13.223 ABSOLUTELY. 02:37:13.757 --> 02:37:19.830 AND SO WHO'S DOING THE PUBLIC ART? 02:37:19.897 --> 02:37:22.232 SURE, SURE, SURE. SO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. 02:37:22.299 --> 02:37:24.401 PUBLIC ART IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING. 02:37:24.935 --> 02:37:27.337 A LARGE COMPONENT OF THAT IS MURALS. 02:37:27.404 --> 02:37:29.840 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE AS PART 02:37:29.907 --> 02:37:32.843 OF THE LEGACY OF THE GAMES. 02:37:32.910 --> 02:37:33.544 TO RESPOND. 02:37:33.610 --> 02:37:36.146 ALSO TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING, 02:37:36.213 --> 02:37:40.184 THIS IS WHY THE CITY HAS COMMITTED $15 MILLION OF THE 02:37:40.250 --> 02:37:41.518 OF OUR BUDGET 02:37:41.585 --> 02:37:43.487 TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS TOWARDS THE GAMES 02:37:43.554 --> 02:37:45.322 AND THEN TO USE THAT TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE 02:37:45.389 --> 02:37:47.691 WITH OUTSIDE FUNDERS, WITH CORPORATE SPONSORS. SO 02:37:49.326 --> 02:37:51.562 AND AND WE'RE HAVING JOINT CONVERSATIONS. 02:37:51.628 --> 02:37:53.197 WE'RE ALSO HAVING INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS. 02:37:53.263 --> 02:37:54.631 WE ACTUALLY 02:37:55.065 --> 02:37:58.702 ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, WE WERE HOSTED 02:37:58.769 --> 02:38:00.938 BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANT MAKERS 02:38:01.004 --> 02:38:01.972 TO BE ABLE TO 02:38:02.039 --> 02:38:04.875 TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THE PLANS THAT WE ARE ALL BUILDING 02:38:05.142 --> 02:38:06.844 AND HOW THAT WE'RE WORKING COMPLEMENTARY. 02:38:06.910 --> 02:38:09.847 AND WHAT I WILL ADD, AND AS CHRIS MENTIONED 02:38:09.913 --> 02:38:12.482 AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 02:38:12.549 --> 02:38:14.751 THAT THERE IS FUNDING THAT COMES IN. 02:38:14.818 --> 02:38:17.421 IT IS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL SECTOR 02:38:17.654 --> 02:38:19.056 AND IT CAN COME TO 02:38:19.122 --> 02:38:21.291 ANY THREE OF THESE ENTITIES SITTING AT THIS TABLE HERE. 02:38:21.491 --> 02:38:22.659 SO THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE 02:38:22.726 --> 02:38:25.462 THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, THAT THE FUNDING COMES 02:38:25.529 --> 02:38:26.730 TO THE COMMUNITY. 02:38:26.797 --> 02:38:31.301 AND SO SOME OF THAT LIKE SPONSORSHIPS, FOR EXAMPLE. 02:38:31.368 --> 02:38:31.835 RIGHT. 02:38:32.803 --> 02:38:35.973 AND OTHER LIKE 02:38:36.673 --> 02:38:39.276 MARKETING EFFORTS AND WHATNOT, LIKE THE DOLLARS 02:38:39.343 --> 02:38:43.313 THAT WOULD ORIGINALLY BE COMING FOR IN THE 1984 GAMES. 02:38:43.380 --> 02:38:44.047 AND AGAIN, I'M 02:38:44.114 --> 02:38:47.751 REFERENCING THIS REPORT THAT CAME TO THE LOS ANGELES 02:38:48.085 --> 02:38:50.754 OLYMPICS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE THAT'S NOW GOING TO THE 02:38:50.821 --> 02:38:52.456 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. 02:38:52.522 --> 02:38:56.326 ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT THE IOC WILL BE LIKE 02:38:56.627 --> 02:38:57.828 THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHECK 02:38:57.895 --> 02:39:00.998 TO COME TO BACKFILL SOME OF THAT FUNDING OR. 02:39:01.064 --> 02:39:03.267 NO, NOT NOT TO THE CITY? 02:39:03.901 --> 02:39:11.541 I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. 02:39:11.608 --> 02:39:14.111 I DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS ON THAT PIECE OF IT. 02:39:14.444 --> 02:39:18.715 THE GAMES FUNDING OVERALL THAT DEFINITELY ANOTHER CONVERSATION. 02:39:19.249 --> 02:39:22.719 BUT OUR LEADERSHIP IS IS SUPER ENGAGED ON THAT. 02:39:22.786 --> 02:39:23.320 THEY'RE FULLY 02:39:23.387 --> 02:39:27.190 ENGAGED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THEY HAVE OUR PLAN IN PLACE 02:39:27.257 --> 02:39:30.394 TO DELIVER THE GAMES ON TIME UNDER BUDGET AND 02:39:31.061 --> 02:39:32.362 AND HOPEFULLY WITH THAT 02:39:33.830 --> 02:39:36.199 SURPLUS THAT WE SAW FROM BEFORE I. 02:39:36.266 --> 02:39:36.800 GUESS I JUST 02:39:36.867 --> 02:39:39.937 I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT IF THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, REVENUES 02:39:40.003 --> 02:39:40.871 THAT ARE BEING GENERATED 02:39:40.938 --> 02:39:41.738 FROM THE GAMES, THAT 02:39:41.805 --> 02:39:42.739 I THINK THAT 02:39:42.806 --> 02:39:46.043 THOSE REVENUES SHOULD BE GOING BACK TO OUR LOCAL ENTITIES 02:39:46.109 --> 02:39:46.743 THAT ARE MAKING 02:39:46.810 --> 02:39:50.547 REAL INVESTMENTS AND TRYING TO BEAUTIFY OUR CITY, 02:39:50.747 --> 02:39:52.416 HIGHLIGHT THE CULTURAL COMPONENTS 02:39:52.482 --> 02:39:54.418 OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 02:39:54.484 --> 02:39:57.421 LIKE THE DOLLARS NEED TO BE REINVESTED BACK HERE. 02:39:57.487 --> 02:39:58.655 AND THAT'S NOT SUPER 02:39:58.722 --> 02:40:01.024 CLEAR TO ME IN TERMS OF HOW THAT'S HAPPENING HERE. 02:40:01.091 --> 02:40:01.892 BUT I KNOW 02:40:01.959 --> 02:40:04.795 THEIR SPONSORSHIPS, THEIR SALES THAT ARE HAPPENING AND 02:40:05.996 --> 02:40:08.899 I IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO ME THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT 02:40:08.966 --> 02:40:12.803 THAT MONEY IS GOING RIGHT BACK INTO THE HANDS OF 02:40:12.869 --> 02:40:13.804 THE PUBLIC SECTOR. 02:40:13.870 --> 02:40:15.639 WHO'S MAKING ALL THESE IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS 02:40:15.706 --> 02:40:17.641 SO THAT WE COULD EVEN HOST THESE GAMES. 02:40:17.708 --> 02:40:19.776 I WOULD EXPECT THAT THAT WILL BE THE CASE. 02:40:19.843 --> 02:40:22.679 YOU WILL SEE BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY 02:40:22.746 --> 02:40:23.447 AND THE GREATER L.A. 02:40:23.513 --> 02:40:26.683 REGION FROM THIS FROM ANY SURPLUS THAT COMES. 02:40:27.050 --> 02:40:29.920 BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTIZE 02:40:30.320 --> 02:40:34.324 ON THIS PANEL. 02:40:34.391 --> 02:40:34.591 ALL RIGHT. 02:40:34.658 --> 02:40:38.595 LET'S GO TO CENTER SLIGHTLY. 02:40:38.662 --> 02:40:40.097 THANK YOU ALL AND REALLY 02:40:40.163 --> 02:40:44.267 APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AND THE THOROUGH PRESENTATIONS. 02:40:45.502 --> 02:40:48.772 A LOT OF QUESTIONS COMING UP ABOUT 02:40:50.040 --> 02:40:52.676 ONE, JUST THE STRUCTURE OF ALL OF THIS. 02:40:53.176 --> 02:40:55.045 AS I LOOKED AT THE SLIDES, THERE SEEMS TO BE 02:40:55.112 --> 02:40:57.047 A LOT OF REPLICATION AND DUPLICATION 02:40:57.114 --> 02:41:00.050 IN SAME LANGUAGE, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE ALIGNMENT. 02:41:00.117 --> 02:41:02.419 BUT IT ALSO CAN BE CHALLENGING 02:41:02.486 --> 02:41:05.422 IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SAME PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS 02:41:05.489 --> 02:41:06.823 AND THE SAME SPONSORSHIPS AND. 02:41:06.890 --> 02:41:08.725 HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT 02:41:08.792 --> 02:41:11.028 ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE BEING ADDRESSED? 02:41:11.094 --> 02:41:14.264 AND WHAT I TOOK FROM THE FIRST PANEL, FROM THE GREAT 02:41:14.931 --> 02:41:19.569 SUPERVISOR, WAS THERE'S A SHOW ME THE MONEY QUALITY TO THIS 02:41:19.636 --> 02:41:24.641 THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND 02:41:25.242 --> 02:41:28.512 HOW MUCH IS BEING WHEN IT IS BEING INVESTED 02:41:28.578 --> 02:41:32.449 AND WHERE IT'S BEING INVESTED AND BEING AT THE STATE LEVEL. 02:41:32.516 --> 02:41:34.651 THAT RAISES A LOT OF CONCERNS. 02:41:36.153 --> 02:41:38.055 YOU OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. 02:41:38.121 --> 02:41:39.823 WE TALKED ABOUT THE WILDFIRES. 02:41:39.890 --> 02:41:42.059 REMEMBER, WE'RE STILL IN A COVID RECOVERY. 02:41:42.426 --> 02:41:46.029 REMEMBER, WE WERE GROUND ZERO FOR IMMIGRATION RAIDS 02:41:46.329 --> 02:41:49.399 IN MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ALTADENA IN PARTICULAR, 02:41:50.000 --> 02:41:53.303 SOUTH L.A., EAST L.A., DIRECTLY 02:41:54.104 --> 02:41:57.541 REALLY IN A RECOVERY STAGE FROM ALL OF THESE THINGS 02:41:57.607 --> 02:42:01.645 THAT ARE HAPPENING AND ALSO NEEDING FUNDING 02:42:01.711 --> 02:42:03.346 AND ALL OF THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE 02:42:03.413 --> 02:42:06.183 THAT WE ARE WEATHERING ALL OF ALL THAT. 02:42:06.249 --> 02:42:11.154 AND SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF REALLY FOCUSING 02:42:11.221 --> 02:42:15.258 ON COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE IN THE FOOTPRINT 02:42:15.659 --> 02:42:17.761 OF THE OLYMPICS, IN THOSE COMMUNITIES 02:42:17.828 --> 02:42:21.798 THAT HAVE THE MOST UNIQUE AND POWERFUL CULTURAL 02:42:21.865 --> 02:42:26.036 CONTRIBUTIONS, ARE THE ONES THAT WILL NEED RESOURCES 02:42:26.103 --> 02:42:29.206 FIRST TO BE READY TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS 02:42:30.040 --> 02:42:32.642 THAT YOU HAVE LISTED THERE. AND 02:42:33.977 --> 02:42:34.611 GIVEN THE 02:42:34.678 --> 02:42:37.647 SHORT TIMEFRAME AND GIVEN SOME OF THE STRUCTURE 02:42:37.714 --> 02:42:39.749 I'M SEEING, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT 02:42:39.816 --> 02:42:42.119 HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES 02:42:42.886 --> 02:42:45.489 ARE GOING TO BE DIRECTLY LIFTED. 02:42:45.555 --> 02:42:48.358 SO I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, 02:42:48.825 --> 02:42:51.862 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN HAPPENING 02:42:53.330 --> 02:42:55.632 TO SUPPORT A LOT OF. 02:42:55.699 --> 02:42:57.734 THE WHAT I SEE IS EARLY 02:42:57.801 --> 02:43:01.304 28 HAVING THE OVERARCHING SORT OF FRAMEWORK 02:43:01.371 --> 02:43:05.442 FOR THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD AND THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL AREA 02:43:05.509 --> 02:43:08.578 SORT OF FILLING THAT IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE 02:43:08.645 --> 02:43:12.282 TO BE QUITE A FEW ARTS PROJECTS, BUT NOT CERTAINLY 02:43:12.349 --> 02:43:16.319 THE SORT OF CONCENTRIC THAT YOU SHOWED 02:43:17.053 --> 02:43:20.891 OF THE MUSIC, THE FILM AND ALL OF THE 02:43:21.892 --> 02:43:25.962 KEY COMPONENTS THAT WILL MAKE UP CULTURAL OLYMPIAD. SO 02:43:26.963 --> 02:43:30.033 AS A FORMER NONPROFIT FOUNDER, 02:43:30.767 --> 02:43:33.637 WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND. 02:43:33.703 --> 02:43:36.306 AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A NUMBER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO 02:43:36.873 --> 02:43:39.876 TO FUND RAISE SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BE ABLE 02:43:39.943 --> 02:43:42.612 TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS AND DO THE WORK 02:43:42.679 --> 02:43:44.414 THAT WE HAVE PLANNED TO DO. 02:43:44.481 --> 02:43:45.649 SO WHAT IS L.A. 02:43:45.715 --> 02:43:49.953 28 BROADER STRATEGY IN TERMS OF 02:43:50.387 --> 02:43:52.422 WHAT IS THE NUMBER 02:43:52.956 --> 02:43:56.660 IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO THAT LARGER UMBRELLA, 02:43:56.726 --> 02:43:59.596 WHICH I THINK SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL FEED A LOT OF THE 02:43:59.963 --> 02:44:04.234 LOCAL PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE MOVING. 02:44:04.301 --> 02:44:08.939 HOW MUCH OF THAT FUNDING WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT ARTISTS? 02:44:09.005 --> 02:44:11.141 IS THERE A SENSE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? 02:44:11.208 --> 02:44:12.275 HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY 02:44:12.342 --> 02:44:15.445 WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS 02:44:15.946 --> 02:44:18.682 AND REALLY TARGET SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY 02:44:18.748 --> 02:44:21.184 BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL OFFER THEM 02:44:21.251 --> 02:44:23.787 SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL EXPERIENCES? 02:44:23.853 --> 02:44:27.390 BUT AS I LAID OUT, HAVE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST ROAD 02:44:27.457 --> 02:44:29.893 TO TRAVEL OVER THESE NEXT 600 DAYS. 02:44:30.727 --> 02:44:33.263 I REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE TO ME, 02:44:33.330 --> 02:44:35.565 YOU HAVE NO RESOURCES. NONE OF THIS HAPPENS. 02:44:36.900 --> 02:44:39.769 AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND 02:44:39.970 --> 02:44:43.607 THAT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND, GIVEN THE TIME FRAME THAT WE HAVE 02:44:43.673 --> 02:44:45.542 AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE UNCLEAR 02:44:45.609 --> 02:44:48.078 ABOUT HOW MUCH RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BE INVESTED. 02:44:49.112 --> 02:44:49.412 SURE. 02:44:49.479 --> 02:44:51.414 I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS I MENTIONED, 02:44:51.481 --> 02:44:52.949 THOSE FUNDRAISING CONVERSATIONS 02:44:53.016 --> 02:44:55.785 IN THE WORKS, WE'RE TALKING BOTH ON THE PHILANTHROPIC SIDE 02:44:55.852 --> 02:44:57.153 AND THE PARTNERSHIP SIDE. 02:44:57.220 --> 02:44:59.956 SO I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER TO GIVE YOU PER SAY, 02:45:00.023 --> 02:45:01.891 BUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD AN END GOAL 02:45:01.958 --> 02:45:04.761 IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS FOR THE FUNDING OF THIS PROGRAM. 02:45:05.895 --> 02:45:08.398 WHAT WE DIDN'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ON 02:45:08.465 --> 02:45:10.867 IS SOME OF THE COMMUNITY AND FREE PROGRAMING 02:45:10.934 --> 02:45:14.337 THAT WE WILL PROVIDE AS PART OF OUR PLAN. 02:45:15.038 --> 02:45:17.440 WE'VE ALREADY ANNOUNCED A COMMUNITY 02:45:17.507 --> 02:45:19.976 FILM SERIES WHERE WE WILL LITERALLY BE TAKING 02:45:20.543 --> 02:45:23.446 ICONIC CURATING AN ICONIC FILM 02:45:24.047 --> 02:45:27.017 SERIES THAT WE WILL TAKE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF L.A. 02:45:27.083 --> 02:45:30.787 AND INTO A LOTS OF CITY, LOCAL PARKS AND 02:45:31.388 --> 02:45:35.191 AND AREAS, AS WELL AS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A SERIES 02:45:35.258 --> 02:45:36.793 THAT WILL BE COMING WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING 02:45:36.860 --> 02:45:40.130 NEXT YEAR THAT FOCUSES MORE ON COUNTY LOCATIONS, 02:45:40.630 --> 02:45:42.832 LOCAL COUNTY PARKS AND AREAS. 02:45:42.899 --> 02:45:45.235 WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY 02:45:45.468 --> 02:45:48.872 ON HOW WE ESTABLISH THOSE, BUT WE WILL BE PRODUCING THOSE 02:45:49.506 --> 02:45:51.641 IN THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES OF L.A. 02:45:51.708 --> 02:45:55.612 AND INCORPORATING LOCAL FOOD, LOCAL MUSICAL OPENING ACTS 02:45:55.679 --> 02:45:56.980 FOR THOSE FILM SCREENINGS. 02:45:57.047 --> 02:46:00.450 WE WILL BE THE THE PERFORMANCE SERIES THAT WILL 02:46:00.517 --> 02:46:03.119 THAT WILL BE FOCUSED ON WILL INCLUDE DANCE 02:46:03.186 --> 02:46:05.855 AND THEATER AND SPOKEN WORD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, 02:46:06.423 --> 02:46:06.956 BUT ALSO 02:46:07.023 --> 02:46:09.993 INCORPORATING THE LOCAL FOOD ASPECT AND CULTURAL ACTIVATIONS 02:46:10.060 --> 02:46:13.563 IN THOSE COMMUNITIES CELEBRATIONS FREE TO THE PUBLIC. 02:46:14.297 --> 02:46:16.032 THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE COMPONENTS 02:46:16.099 --> 02:46:19.869 THAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF OFFERING FREE PROGRAMING, 02:46:20.236 --> 02:46:23.373 BUT THEN FOCUSING ON THAT CULTURE FOR ALL PROGRAM 02:46:23.573 --> 02:46:28.244 WHERE WE ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATIONS 02:46:28.311 --> 02:46:31.147 AND INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING PROGRAMING 02:46:31.381 --> 02:46:34.851 SO THAT WE CAN OFFSET THE COST TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE 02:46:34.918 --> 02:46:35.652 TO PEOPLE 02:46:35.719 --> 02:46:39.422 WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD A $200 TICKET TO THE L.A. 02:46:39.489 --> 02:46:43.593 OPERA OR ANOTHER PERFORMANCE THAT SOMEONE MAY NOT OTHERWISE 02:46:43.660 --> 02:46:45.228 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND. 02:46:45.295 --> 02:46:48.298 SO WE OFFSET THEIR COSTS TO OFFER BLOCKS OF TICKETS 02:46:48.365 --> 02:46:49.566 AT A LOWER PRICE. 02:46:49.632 --> 02:46:51.034 WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE 02:46:51.101 --> 02:46:53.703 CRITERIA ON THAT AND HOW THOSE WILL BE IDENTIFIED, 02:46:54.003 --> 02:46:56.406 BUT THAT IS SOME OF THE FUTURE PLANNING THERE 02:46:56.473 --> 02:46:59.209 AND HOW WE'RE INVESTING IN MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE. 02:46:59.275 --> 02:47:00.343 CAN I JUST ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? 02:47:00.410 --> 02:47:04.247 SO IS THE TENS OF MILLIONS BEING RAISED TO COVER ALL OF 02:47:04.614 --> 02:47:06.349 THOSE ACTIVITIES 02:47:08.151 --> 02:47:10.120 AS WELL AS THE THE THE 02:47:10.186 --> 02:47:12.422 DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS 02:47:13.323 --> 02:47:16.226 I SEE AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE, 02:47:16.292 --> 02:47:18.595 I THINK, IN EVERY LISTENING SESSION WE'VE HAD 02:47:19.162 --> 02:47:22.432 OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, EVERYONE IS ASKING FOR A 02:47:22.499 --> 02:47:25.135 COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE OF HOW YOU DISCOVER 02:47:25.201 --> 02:47:26.436 CULTURE IN LOS ANGELES. 02:47:26.503 --> 02:47:27.971 HOW CAN YOU FIND WHAT'S HAPPENING 02:47:28.037 --> 02:47:29.973 AT THAT SMALL COMMUNITY THEATER 02:47:30.039 --> 02:47:32.475 IN IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT? 02:47:33.009 --> 02:47:36.146 WHEN I HAVE FRIENDS COMING INTO TOWN TO VISIT FOR THE WEEKEND, 02:47:36.212 --> 02:47:38.148 I HAVE TO LOOK AT 30 DIFFERENT WEBSITES 02:47:38.214 --> 02:47:39.682 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WANT THEM TO SEE 02:47:39.749 --> 02:47:41.518 OR WHAT'S GOING ON IN L.A. RIGHT NOW. 02:47:41.584 --> 02:47:43.153 AND THERE ARE LOTS OF 02:47:43.820 --> 02:47:46.689 PIECES OUT THERE, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY 02:47:46.756 --> 02:47:49.926 TO BRING AND REALLY SHOWCASE AND HIGHLIGHT 02:47:49.993 --> 02:47:52.429 EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE SMALLER NEIGHBORHOODS, 02:47:52.729 --> 02:47:56.499 GIVING THEM THE SAME LEVEL OF MARKETING AND PROMOTION 02:47:56.566 --> 02:47:58.835 THAT WE'RE DOING THAT THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE, 02:47:58.902 --> 02:48:01.604 GIVING THEM RESOURCES THEY MAY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE. 02:48:02.972 --> 02:48:05.408 AND I WOULD ALSO SAY, IN TERMS OF PROGRAMING, THAT 02:48:05.642 --> 02:48:07.944 THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS, YOU KNOW, 02:48:08.011 --> 02:48:12.482 YOU HAVE GRANT MAKERS ON THE PANEL AND WHOEVER GIVES 02:48:12.549 --> 02:48:15.752 TO WHATEVER ENTITY, WE FEEL THAT IT REALLY IS LIFTING UP 02:48:15.819 --> 02:48:20.056 THE ENTIRE WE SEE IT AS KIND OF A CITY WIDE EMBRACE. 02:48:20.123 --> 02:48:22.459 SO IT'S NOT AS IF IT'S IT'S ALL ABOUT US 02:48:22.525 --> 02:48:24.727 OR IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CITY OR IT'S ALL ABOUT THE COUNTY. 02:48:24.794 --> 02:48:27.030 WE SEE THAT IT ALL LIFTS ALL BOATS. 02:48:27.330 --> 02:48:32.235 SO SO FOR US, IT DOES FEEL THAT IT'S, IT'S 02:48:32.302 --> 02:48:35.004 SORT OF FOR THE CITIZENS AND THE ACCESS 02:48:35.271 --> 02:48:38.007 TO THE ART PROGRAMING THAT WE HOPE TO UNDERWRITE 02:48:38.775 --> 02:48:42.645 IS, IS GOING TO MAKE FOR A MORE COMMUNITY, DEEPER 02:48:42.712 --> 02:48:45.415 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THERE'LL BE MORE PROGRAMING 02:48:45.482 --> 02:48:46.916 THAT WE'LL BE RELEASING NEXT YEAR. 02:48:46.983 --> 02:48:50.520 WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS TO FINALIZE DETAILS ON THAT. 02:48:50.820 --> 02:48:52.455 BUT YOU WILL SEE MORE SPECIFIC 02:48:52.522 --> 02:48:55.525 PROGRAMING AND HOW WE'RE EMBEDDING ART INTO OUR GAMES, 02:48:56.359 --> 02:48:59.429 AS WELL AS HOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT POSTER 02:49:00.029 --> 02:49:03.066 AND REALLY SHOWCASE THE 16 ARTISTS THAT WE HAVE 02:49:03.132 --> 02:49:08.171 IDENTIFIED ACROSS THE REGION AND AND REALLY SHOW THE WORLD 02:49:08.238 --> 02:49:11.374 WHAT THEY AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 02:49:11.608 --> 02:49:15.211 IT SOUNDS LIKE THE AMOUNTS THE FUNDRAISING EFFORT 02:49:15.278 --> 02:49:18.581 IS RIVALING WHAT THE CITY HAS INVESTED 02:49:19.215 --> 02:49:21.918 AND THERE CERTAINLY ARE A NUMBER OF 02:49:22.452 --> 02:49:26.389 IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE IN TIER C THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FUNDED. 02:49:27.223 --> 02:49:31.227 SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE ONE CAVEAT THAT I WANT TO 02:49:31.294 --> 02:49:37.033 JUST POINT OUT IS AS WE ARE GOING TO BRING 15 MILLION 02:49:37.100 --> 02:49:40.570 PLUS PEOPLE TO THESE DIFFERENT VENUES, 02:49:41.504 --> 02:49:46.209 WHETHER IT'S A RESTAURANT, A PLAYHOUSE, A DANCE STUDIO, 02:49:46.709 --> 02:49:50.547 THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WILL NEED TO BE PREPARED, WELCOME 02:49:51.648 --> 02:49:52.515 THOSE VISITORS. 02:49:52.582 --> 02:49:52.849 THEY WILL 02:49:52.916 --> 02:49:57.020 NEED TO MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES TO WELCOME THAT VOLUME. 02:49:57.320 --> 02:50:00.890 THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SECURITY STAFF 02:50:01.157 --> 02:50:02.058 TO BE PREPARED. 02:50:02.125 --> 02:50:06.296 AND SO I DIDN'T HEAR WHERE THE RESOURCES WILL BE ABLE 02:50:06.362 --> 02:50:10.767 TO HELP THOSE LOCAL CULTURAL SMALL BUSINESSES, 02:50:11.935 --> 02:50:15.271 ENTERTAINMENT, SMALL BUSINESSES BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 02:50:15.572 --> 02:50:19.008 THE SCALE IF MOST OF THE RESOURCES ARE BEING INVOLVED, 02:50:19.075 --> 02:50:21.978 THE PROMOTION IN THE DRIVE, THEN HOW DO THEY PREPARE? 02:50:22.612 --> 02:50:25.949 THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW WILL L.A. 02:50:26.015 --> 02:50:30.286 28 WORK WITH RELEVANT RIGHTS HOLDERS 02:50:30.353 --> 02:50:33.423 TO MAKE ROOM FOR GRASSROOTS FAN ZONES? 02:50:34.190 --> 02:50:35.825 THIS IS WORLD CUP. 02:50:35.892 --> 02:50:40.096 WE HAD 100 DIFFERENT ACROSS THE CITY. 02:50:40.363 --> 02:50:44.067 AND SOME OF THEM, I MEAN, I THINK AT EXPO PARK WE HAD FOR 02:50:44.133 --> 02:50:48.438 ONE GAME, 45,000 PEOPLE SHOW UP JUST TO THE ONE GAME. 02:50:48.504 --> 02:50:49.739 SO THESE L.A. IS A 02:50:49.806 --> 02:50:53.343 SMALL COUNTRY, SO IN ON ITSELF, WITHOUT ALL THE VISITORS. 02:50:53.610 --> 02:50:55.778 SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW WHAT? 02:50:55.845 --> 02:50:58.681 HOW WILL WE ENSURE THOSE 02:50:58.748 --> 02:51:01.851 KINDS OF RIGHTS ARE PROVIDED 02:51:02.552 --> 02:51:05.188 AND MEANING THAT IT CAN BE MARKED, 02:51:05.521 --> 02:51:08.157 FOLKS CAN ACTUALLY VIEW THE GAMES 02:51:08.224 --> 02:51:11.394 AND THEN INTO HOW WILL WE MAKE SURE 02:51:11.461 --> 02:51:13.997 THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES TO ALSO SUPPORT 02:51:14.297 --> 02:51:15.498 SOME OF THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES? 02:51:15.565 --> 02:51:17.433 AND I WILL ASK CLAY TATE AND, MR. 02:51:17.500 --> 02:51:21.437 TIRICO, HOW WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, 02:51:21.671 --> 02:51:25.074 BECAUSE THOSE RIGHTS WILL NEED TO BE GIVEN IN ENOUGH TIME 02:51:25.475 --> 02:51:28.845 FOR THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES TO PREPARED TO MAKE SURE 02:51:28.911 --> 02:51:30.947 THAT THE COMMUNITIES ARE PREPARED AND READY. 02:51:32.715 --> 02:51:34.684 I'LL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE A TEAM AT L.A. 02:51:34.751 --> 02:51:36.486 28 THAT'S WORKING 02:51:36.552 --> 02:51:39.188 WITH OUR PROGRAM THAT'S CALLED CELEBRATE TO EIGHT. 02:51:39.822 --> 02:51:42.492 THAT IS OUR FAN ZONE WATCH PARTIES 02:51:42.558 --> 02:51:44.927 PROGRAM, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO. 02:51:45.628 --> 02:51:47.196 AND THEY 02:51:47.263 --> 02:51:49.232 CERTAINLY HAD SOME LEARNINGS FROM WHAT THEY SAW 02:51:49.298 --> 02:51:51.534 WITH THE WORLD CUP WATCH PARTIES. 02:51:51.768 --> 02:51:55.338 AND WE HAVE MADE OUR PLAN EASILY, 02:51:55.738 --> 02:52:00.343 MUCH EASIER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE AND SIZE. 02:52:00.410 --> 02:52:00.910 I THINK THERE WERE 02:52:00.977 --> 02:52:03.846 SOME RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT SOME WATCH PARTIES, 02:52:04.247 --> 02:52:05.581 THE SCOPE THAT THEY HAD TO BE ABLE 02:52:05.648 --> 02:52:08.117 TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 02:52:08.184 --> 02:52:10.887 AND IT IT'S MADE IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT 02:52:10.953 --> 02:52:13.122 AT TIMES FOR SOME OF THE LOCATIONS THAT 02:52:13.189 --> 02:52:14.657 WANTED TO HOST THE WATCH PARTY TO DO SO. 02:52:14.724 --> 02:52:18.061 WE HAVE SCALED THAT WAY DOWN SO THAT SMALLER 02:52:18.294 --> 02:52:20.997 GATHERINGS CAN HAPPEN AND IT MAKES IT 02:52:21.064 --> 02:52:24.167 A LOT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO HOST. 02:52:24.233 --> 02:52:25.835 AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT THAT. 02:52:25.902 --> 02:52:27.136 THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS 02:52:27.203 --> 02:52:30.139 THAT MIGHT COME WITH MORE SECURITY OR FENCING OR 02:52:30.206 --> 02:52:32.975 BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 5000 PEOPLE IN A SPACE. 02:52:33.276 --> 02:52:36.012 SO IT'S A IT'S ANOTHER TEAM WE HAVE A TEAM 02:52:36.079 --> 02:52:39.115 THAT IS LITERALLY WORKING HEADSTRONG ON THAT, 02:52:39.916 --> 02:52:42.719 AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN CONVERSATIONS 02:52:42.785 --> 02:52:45.955 WITH BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY ON THE PLANS THEY'RE HAD 02:52:46.022 --> 02:52:48.357 THEY HAVE FOR THEIR WATCH PARTIES AND LOCATIONS AS WELL. 02:52:49.158 --> 02:52:53.096 SO THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING ON THE CITY 02:52:53.162 --> 02:52:56.866 SIDE IS HAVING GONE THROUGH THE KICK IT IN THE PARK EVENTS. 02:52:56.933 --> 02:52:58.501 SO WE THE CITY 02:52:58.568 --> 02:53:01.003 AND THIS WAS A DECISION MADE THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 02:53:01.070 --> 02:53:03.372 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. 02:53:03.439 --> 02:53:06.409 AND I'M JOINED HERE TODAY, FOLKS THAT ARE BOTH PART 02:53:06.476 --> 02:53:07.810 OF THE OFFICE OF MAJOR EVENTS, 02:53:07.877 --> 02:53:09.479 AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. 02:53:09.545 --> 02:53:11.814 THAT REALLY LED THE EFFORTS ON THIS. 02:53:11.881 --> 02:53:13.349 BUT THE DECISION TO MAKE 02:53:14.317 --> 02:53:17.019 TO TO CREATE THE KICK IT IN THE PARK 02:53:17.086 --> 02:53:20.990 EVENTS WAS TO DO THINGS THAT WERE OPEN TO EVERYBODY. 02:53:21.057 --> 02:53:22.658 THERE'S NO COST TO ENTRY. 02:53:22.725 --> 02:53:24.727 THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 02:53:24.794 --> 02:53:26.529 TO BE PART OF IT. 02:53:26.596 --> 02:53:28.965 AND TO DO THAT 02:53:29.031 --> 02:53:32.935 ON A WAY THAT THE YOU KNOW, THE CITY THE DEPARTMENT 02:53:33.002 --> 02:53:36.639 PARTICIPATED IN ABOUT OF THEM IN A FEW DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. 02:53:37.473 --> 02:53:40.877 BUT ON THE LARGER SCALE, AGAIN, IT WAS 105 EVENTS 02:53:40.943 --> 02:53:43.913 THAT HAPPENED ACROSS THE CITY OVER ABOUT 39 DAYS. 02:53:44.180 --> 02:53:45.214 AND AS WE LOOK TOWARDS 02:53:45.281 --> 02:53:47.984 THE GAMES, IT'S GOING TO BE EXPONENTIAL FROM THAT 02:53:48.584 --> 02:53:50.620 AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO PLAN FOR NOW. 02:53:51.721 --> 02:53:53.856 AND AND THAT 02:53:54.490 --> 02:53:57.960 THAT'S THE PART THAT THAT IS BEING WORKED THROUGH RIGHT NOW. 02:53:58.828 --> 02:53:59.362 AND AGAIN, 02:53:59.428 --> 02:53:59.962 THIS IS SOMETHING 02:54:00.029 --> 02:54:02.965 THAT FED UP TO MAJOR EVENTS AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE CAN SPEAK 02:54:03.032 --> 02:54:07.570 TO FURTHER IS NAVIGATING HOW TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT 02:54:08.538 --> 02:54:10.606 THAT MANAGES THE SIZE OF THE EVENTS. 02:54:11.207 --> 02:54:14.343 IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHTS QUESTION THAT YOU'RE AS WELL. 02:54:15.011 --> 02:54:17.380 AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE THAT I'LL ADD IS THAT WE 02:54:17.580 --> 02:54:18.247 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 02:54:18.314 --> 02:54:20.917 HAS ALSO STARTED AN INITIATIVE CALLED RELAY 28 02:54:21.584 --> 02:54:23.886 THAT IS REALLY EXCITING TO HELP WHERE DEVELOPMENT 02:54:24.120 --> 02:54:27.824 AND HELP ORGANIZATIONS GEAR UP FOR WHAT THIS TIME LOOKS LIKE. 02:54:27.890 --> 02:54:29.859 SO VERY MUCH THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING 02:54:29.926 --> 02:54:30.393 ARE VERY MUCH 02:54:30.459 --> 02:54:31.527 THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY IS 02:54:31.594 --> 02:54:34.263 GOING TOWARDS TO, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE 02:54:34.664 --> 02:54:37.366 TO BE PREPARED BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES THE CITY 02:54:38.000 --> 02:54:39.535 MUNICIPALITY NEED TO BE PREPARED, 02:54:39.602 --> 02:54:41.470 BUT ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTING 02:54:41.537 --> 02:54:42.505 NEEDED AS WELL. 02:54:42.572 --> 02:54:44.941 I APPRECIATE THAT AND GLAD TO HEAR THAT 02:54:45.007 --> 02:54:47.577 THAT PREPARATION IS HAPPENING IN MY FINAL QUESTION 02:54:47.643 --> 02:54:51.047 AS I WRAP UP HAS TO DO WITH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE 02:54:51.581 --> 02:54:55.585 LIKE CULTURAL DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 02:54:57.019 --> 02:54:58.621 YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEARING THAT 02:54:58.688 --> 02:55:02.525 JUST HAVING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, JUST TRYING TO GET SIGNAGE UP, 02:55:03.626 --> 02:55:05.895 WHETHER IT'S A CULTURAL DISTRICT OR 02:55:07.296 --> 02:55:09.665 A PERFORMANCE COLLABORATIVE, 02:55:09.732 --> 02:55:11.901 TO GET SIGNAGE UP TO PROMOTE 02:55:12.235 --> 02:55:15.504 THEIR COMMUNITIES DURING THE OLYMPICS, 02:55:15.571 --> 02:55:18.741 IT LOOKS LIKE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN 02:55:19.375 --> 02:55:21.878 FOR WHATEVER REASON IN TERMS OF DELAYS, IN TERMS 02:55:21.944 --> 02:55:24.981 OF THE TIME FRAME IN WHICH THE PLANNING IS ROLLING OUT. 02:55:26.148 --> 02:55:28.751 AND SO MY QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BUILD 02:55:28.818 --> 02:55:31.120 UPON THE ASSETS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE 02:55:31.420 --> 02:55:33.890 AND WHAT IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE 02:55:34.390 --> 02:55:37.126 IF WE DO HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO HAVE RESOURCES 02:55:37.193 --> 02:55:38.327 THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED, 02:55:38.394 --> 02:55:42.164 THAT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE, 02:55:42.231 --> 02:55:43.866 HOW CAN THE CITY WORK WITH THEM 02:55:43.933 --> 02:55:46.535 TO EXPEDITE THAT IN THIS MOMENT? 02:55:46.936 --> 02:55:47.770 AND WHAT CAN L.A. 02:55:47.837 --> 02:55:50.806 28 DO TO ENSURE 02:55:50.873 --> 02:55:55.111 THAT THERE ARE COLLABORATIVE TYPES OF RESOURCES? 02:55:55.177 --> 02:55:56.379 CERTAINLY YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING 02:55:56.445 --> 02:55:57.780 THAT BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, 02:55:57.847 --> 02:56:00.082 BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING A HELL OF A LOT OF SIGNAGE. 02:56:00.149 --> 02:56:02.952 YOU'RE GOING TO BUILDING ALL KINDS OF TEMPORARY 02:56:03.853 --> 02:56:06.789 STRUCTURES THAT COULD BE VERY USEFUL 02:56:06.856 --> 02:56:10.927 TO OUR CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC COMMUNITY. 02:56:10.993 --> 02:56:12.995 BUT WE CAN'T USE THE SAME SYSTEM, 02:56:13.062 --> 02:56:13.863 AND WE CERTAINLY CAN'T 02:56:13.930 --> 02:56:16.365 GO THROUGH THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF 02:56:16.933 --> 02:56:18.234 PROCESSES TO DO THAT. 02:56:18.301 --> 02:56:22.238 SO MY QUESTION IS, HOW ARE YOU WORKING TOGETHER HELP TO SUPPORT 02:56:22.638 --> 02:56:26.242 THOSE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, THOSE CULTURAL DISTRICTS 02:56:27.209 --> 02:56:30.279 THAT HAVE OUR FUNDRAISING AND ARE WANTING TO INVEST 02:56:30.479 --> 02:56:33.282 TO HELP THEM EXPEDITE THEIR ABILITY TO BE READY 02:56:33.983 --> 02:56:36.652 AND NOT HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HOOPS 02:56:36.719 --> 02:56:37.820 THAT WILL BASICALLY, 02:56:37.887 --> 02:56:38.554 YOU KNOW, 02:56:38.621 --> 02:56:41.290 OUT OUTLIVE THE THE HOOPS WILL OUTLIVE 02:56:41.357 --> 02:56:42.758 THE OLYMPICS IN OUR TIME FRAME. 02:56:42.825 --> 02:56:46.062 SO HOW WILL WE DO THAT AND HOW ARE YOU WORKING TOGETHER 02:56:46.128 --> 02:56:47.630 TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS? 02:56:47.697 --> 02:56:48.397 SURE. 02:56:48.464 --> 02:56:53.102 TO BEGIN, WHAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO 02:56:53.169 --> 02:56:56.806 AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, 02:56:56.872 --> 02:56:57.740 WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 02:56:57.807 --> 02:57:00.209 TO REALLY BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE ASSETS 02:57:00.276 --> 02:57:02.611 THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS ANOTHER CITY HAS. 02:57:02.812 --> 02:57:04.246 SO LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO FIRST 02:57:04.313 --> 02:57:05.214 START THERE 02:57:05.281 --> 02:57:06.682 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO 02:57:06.749 --> 02:57:10.553 USE AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING 02:57:10.619 --> 02:57:12.421 HARD TO GET A NUMBER OF OUR THEATERS 02:57:12.488 --> 02:57:14.623 OPENED UP TO THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, INCLUDING THE VISION 02:57:14.690 --> 02:57:16.225 AND THE WARNER GRAND IN SAN PEDRO, 02:57:16.292 --> 02:57:18.694 AS WELL AS THE MADRID THEATER AND CANOGA PARK. 02:57:18.761 --> 02:57:20.029 SO REALLY 02:57:20.096 --> 02:57:23.299 LEVERAGING THAT SUPPORT, BOTH WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS 02:57:23.499 --> 02:57:25.067 TO BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE TO FRUITION 02:57:25.134 --> 02:57:26.802 AND TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THOSE. 02:57:26.869 --> 02:57:30.439 AND THEN GOING MORE BROADLY WITHIN COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, 02:57:30.673 --> 02:57:31.874 WE ARE CONTINUING 02:57:31.941 --> 02:57:34.510 TO BUILD THAT DIALOG AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS 02:57:34.577 --> 02:57:35.411 TO LEARN 02:57:35.478 --> 02:57:38.280 ABOUT WHAT FOLKS ARE BUILDING AND THEN HOW WE CAN SUPPORT IT. 02:57:38.514 --> 02:57:40.850 WE'RE CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL 02:57:41.517 --> 02:57:44.920 TO BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE, EXPEDITE, 02:57:44.987 --> 02:57:46.889 GETTING THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY OF THE CITY. 02:57:46.956 --> 02:57:50.259 AND I'M VERY AWARE OF THE WORK 02:57:50.593 --> 02:57:52.661 THAT THE CITY IS DOING AROUND THE BLOCK 02:57:52.728 --> 02:57:54.730 BLACK CULTURAL DISTRICT AS WELL, 02:57:54.797 --> 02:57:57.233 TO REALLY BE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE STRUCTURES FORWARD 02:57:57.466 --> 02:57:59.235 SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM IN TIME FOR THE GAMES 02:57:59.301 --> 02:58:03.639 AND LOOKING AT BUILDING BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT 02:58:03.706 --> 02:58:11.847 PARTNERSHIPS TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT AS WELL. 02:58:11.914 --> 02:58:12.415 THANK YOU. 02:58:12.481 --> 02:58:13.883 I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE WE'RE TALKING 02:58:13.949 --> 02:58:16.786 ABOUT CULTURAL DISTRICTS BECAUSE I, I SEE THE COLOR 02:58:17.053 --> 02:58:19.188 THE COALITION THAT'S BUILDING AROUND 02:58:19.255 --> 02:58:20.956 VARIOUS CULTURAL DISTRICTS 02:58:21.023 --> 02:58:24.160 AS ALREADY ESTABLISHING THE LEGACY OF 2028. 02:58:24.360 --> 02:58:26.695 WHEREAS IN THE PAST, THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS 02:58:26.762 --> 02:58:29.231 HAVE WORKED WITHIN OWN OWN COMMUNITIES 02:58:29.465 --> 02:58:31.734 THROUGH A COALITION THEY'RE NOW WORKING ACROSS 02:58:32.034 --> 02:58:35.237 AS AS A BROADER MOVEMENT, SO TO SPEAK. 02:58:35.304 --> 02:58:36.772 SO FOR US, 02:58:36.839 --> 02:58:38.908 WE ATTEND ALL OF THE ALL OF THE MEETINGS 02:58:38.974 --> 02:58:41.143 OF THE COALITION OF CULTURAL DISTRICTS, 02:58:41.410 --> 02:58:44.480 BECAUSE FOR US, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL TO 02:58:44.547 --> 02:58:47.283 TO ENCOURAGE THOSE COMMUNITIES TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES 02:58:47.650 --> 02:58:50.319 THROUGH THE AMPLIFICATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. 02:58:50.553 --> 02:58:54.023 AND GOING BACK TO YOUR YOUR CONCERN ABOUT CONSTITUENTS 02:58:54.090 --> 02:58:57.093 NOT KNOWING EXACTLY HOW TO PARTICIPATE, I THINK 02:58:57.326 --> 02:59:00.563 IT'S WORTH ENCOURAGING THEM TO TO 02:59:01.831 --> 02:59:03.933 TO ATTEND THE FIRST FRIDAY 02:59:03.999 --> 02:59:07.770 CONVENINGS THAT WE HAVE ONLINE ABOUT THE GOINGS FOR L.A. 02:59:07.837 --> 02:59:11.006 28, WHERE THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT THE RAMP SYSTEM AND HOW TO 02:59:11.073 --> 02:59:13.342 HOW TO GET A SMALL BUSINESS INTO THE TRACK. 02:59:13.409 --> 02:59:14.910 WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM 02:59:14.977 --> 02:59:17.847 WHOSE JOB IT IS TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED, 02:59:18.114 --> 02:59:20.783 FEELS ENGAGED, AND IS EMPOWERED TO HAVE 02:59:20.850 --> 02:59:23.119 ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRED FOR ENGAGEMENT. 02:59:23.486 --> 02:59:28.491 AGAIN, NOT OUR TEAM, BUT ONE THAT WE WORK CLOSELY. 02:59:28.557 --> 02:59:33.329 AND I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER AND I'LL I'LL JUST CLOSE BY. 02:59:34.029 --> 02:59:37.133 JUST REITERATING EQUITY MEANS GIVING FOLKS 02:59:37.199 --> 02:59:39.668 WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO FULLY PARTICIPATE 02:59:40.302 --> 02:59:42.771 AND EVERY COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT. 02:59:42.838 --> 02:59:44.406 AND MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES 02:59:44.473 --> 02:59:48.177 THAT PRESENT SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL CULTURAL STORIES 02:59:48.511 --> 02:59:51.947 THAT THE WORLD HAS SEEN OR HEARD WILL NEED 02:59:52.014 --> 02:59:53.516 TO HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. 02:59:53.582 --> 02:59:55.718 THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE ACCELERATED PROCESSES. 02:59:55.784 --> 02:59:59.755 THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE TIME THAT WE'VE LOST, 03:00:00.389 --> 03:00:02.892 THAT WE'VE GOT TO QUICKLY MAKE UP IN ORDER TO 03:00:02.958 --> 03:00:04.693 TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN. 03:00:04.760 --> 03:00:06.195 AND I'M CURIOUS IF L.A. 03:00:06.262 --> 03:00:07.696 28, PARTICULARLY WHEN I THINK 03:00:07.763 --> 03:00:11.033 THE SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE YOU TALKED 03:00:11.100 --> 03:00:14.036 OR ENGAGED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF BUSINESS 03:00:14.103 --> 03:00:16.205 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? GO IS 03:00:17.206 --> 03:00:19.909 IN CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL ABOUT EXPLORING 03:00:19.975 --> 03:00:23.546 SOME KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP THAT CAN REALLY SUPPORT 03:00:24.013 --> 03:00:27.183 THOSE CULTURAL ASSETS THAT ARE WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT 03:00:28.217 --> 03:00:30.886 OF THE GAMES AND 03:00:30.953 --> 03:00:31.453 AND TO SEE 03:00:31.520 --> 03:00:33.189 WHAT KINDS OF RESOURCES 03:00:33.255 --> 03:00:34.757 BECAUSE THERE ARE RESOURCES THERE, 03:00:34.823 --> 03:00:37.293 BUT WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES CAN BE MARSHALED 03:00:38.093 --> 03:00:41.730 TO REALLY INTENTIONALLY FOCUS 03:00:42.498 --> 03:00:47.002 ON THOSE ENTITIES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE 03:00:47.069 --> 03:00:49.939 THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED IN THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. 03:00:50.172 --> 03:00:53.108 AND ARE, YOU SEE, OR HAVE YOU BEEN IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS? 03:00:53.342 --> 03:00:55.344 ARE YOU INTENTIONALLY, AS YOU WERE SAYING, 03:00:55.411 --> 03:00:57.580 THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS ARE SO IMPORTANT? 03:00:57.880 --> 03:00:59.415 ARE YOU INTENTIONALLY THINKING 03:00:59.481 --> 03:01:01.283 ABOUT WAYS THAT THOSE, PARTICULARLY 03:01:01.350 --> 03:01:03.619 IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, 03:01:03.686 --> 03:01:06.722 WILL HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO FULLY 03:01:07.756 --> 03:01:09.725 IN YOUR PROGRAM? 03:01:09.792 --> 03:01:12.161 FOR FOR US, IT'S THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES 03:01:12.228 --> 03:01:15.531 AND THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE KNOW ARE ARE 03:01:16.632 --> 03:01:18.300 VIBRANT AND 03:01:18.367 --> 03:01:22.338 AND AND AND SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD AND SEEN MORE. 03:01:22.571 --> 03:01:23.639 THOSE ARE THE COMMUNITIES 03:01:23.706 --> 03:01:25.608 THAT WE ARE MOST INTERESTED IN UPLIFTING. 03:01:25.674 --> 03:01:28.477 WE DON'T NEED TO ADVERTISE THE VALUE OF THE GETTY OR THE 03:01:28.544 --> 03:01:32.414 OR LACK MWR OR OUR MIRACLE MILES CORRIDOR OF MUSEUMS. 03:01:32.481 --> 03:01:34.683 FOR US, IT'S REALLY ABOUT CELEBRATING 03:01:34.750 --> 03:01:37.152 THE PLACES THAT ARE THAT ARE STILL TO BE 03:01:38.220 --> 03:01:39.755 UNDERSTOOD ON A BROADER LEVEL. 03:01:39.822 --> 03:01:43.425 SO SO THAT IS A COMMITMENT OF THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD 03:01:43.492 --> 03:01:48.230 TO BE VERY, VERY OPEN, CLEAR ABOUT UPLIFTING COMMUNITIES. 03:01:48.430 --> 03:01:51.667 WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH DANIELLE BRAZILE 03:01:51.734 --> 03:01:55.604 AND AND AND THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COMMISSION. 03:01:55.671 --> 03:01:57.706 THEY GONE AS DEEPLY INTO THE DIRECTION 03:01:57.973 --> 03:01:58.941 THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. 03:01:59.008 --> 03:02:02.578 BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO TO HAVE YOU HELP 03:02:03.112 --> 03:02:04.880 MOLD A CONVERSATION THAT YOU THINK 03:02:04.947 --> 03:02:07.182 WOULD BE MOST VALUABLE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 03:02:07.249 --> 03:02:09.184 I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO DO THAT. 03:02:09.251 --> 03:02:10.719 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, 03:02:10.786 --> 03:02:11.186 ESPECIALLY WHEN 03:02:11.253 --> 03:02:13.355 WE TALK ABOUT TOURISM AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS 03:02:13.422 --> 03:02:14.056 AS AN ECONOMIC 03:02:14.123 --> 03:02:16.859 DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS, 03:02:17.226 --> 03:02:18.060 HOW DO WE BRING THESE 03:02:18.127 --> 03:02:21.130 TWO ENTITIES THAT DON'T OFTEN COLLABORATE? 03:02:21.196 --> 03:02:23.365 HOW DO WE INTENTIONALLY BRING BRING THAT TOGETHER? 03:02:23.432 --> 03:02:24.667 SO I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. 03:02:24.733 --> 03:02:26.101 I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT L.A. 03:02:26.168 --> 03:02:30.205 28 RECENTLY LAUNCHED ITS LOCAL, AUTHENTIC PROGRAM 03:02:30.472 --> 03:02:34.677 FOR SMALL RESTAURANT BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND MOBILE FOOD 03:02:34.743 --> 03:02:39.481 VENDORS TO BRING THEM INTO THE GAMES FOOTPRINT. 03:02:39.548 --> 03:02:43.519 WITH REGARD TO HAVING LOCAL, AUTHENTIC CUISINE 03:02:43.786 --> 03:02:46.955 INVOLVED AND AND PART OF THAT PROGRAM INVOLVES 03:02:47.656 --> 03:02:50.092 HELPING THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES BE PREPARED 03:02:50.159 --> 03:02:51.827 TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL. 03:02:51.894 --> 03:02:53.796 SO THE LOCAL AUTHENTIC PROGRAM IS NOT PART 03:02:53.862 --> 03:02:54.730 OF OUR CULTURAL OLYMPIAD. 03:02:54.797 --> 03:02:55.764 WE WILL BE HELPING 03:02:55.831 --> 03:02:58.967 TELL THAT STORY AS WE AS WE GET CLOSER IN THE FOOD REALM. 03:02:59.268 --> 03:03:03.238 BUT THEY JUST LAUNCHED THAT PROGRAM AND LOCAL SMALL 03:03:03.939 --> 03:03:07.443 FOOD VENDORS, MOBILE VENDORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. 03:03:07.976 --> 03:03:10.612 THERE'S AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST ON OUR WEBSITE 03:03:10.679 --> 03:03:11.780 RIGHT NOW 03:03:11.847 --> 03:03:15.584 WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT AND PART THAT INCLUDES 03:03:15.951 --> 03:03:17.252 THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 03:03:17.319 --> 03:03:19.688 WITH MAKING SURE THAT THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES 03:03:19.755 --> 03:03:21.590 ARE ACTUALLY PREPARED AND HAVE THE TOOLS 03:03:21.657 --> 03:03:27.730 THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. YES. 03:03:27.796 --> 03:03:30.766 AND THIS SHOULD BE A PHONE CALL, I THINK, OR OR WHEN I VISIT 03:03:31.400 --> 03:03:34.136 IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES WITH 88 CITIES 03:03:35.404 --> 03:03:36.405 NOT BEING IN LOS 03:03:36.472 --> 03:03:39.108 ANGELES CITY, BUT 88 CITIES SURROUNDING, 03:03:39.508 --> 03:03:43.812 MY CONCERN IS THE FACT THAT KEEPING THE THEME GAMES FOR 03:03:45.280 --> 03:03:48.550 HAVE CREATED A LEGEND TO THOSE 88 CITIES. 03:03:48.617 --> 03:03:52.454 SO THEN IN TURN, WE CAN ENSURE THAT EACH MAYOR, EACH COUNCIL 03:03:52.988 --> 03:03:56.825 IS VERY MUCH IN LOOKING FOR GRANTS AND PARTICIPATION 03:03:57.126 --> 03:04:00.195 AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TO THE POINT THAT THEY FEEL 03:04:00.262 --> 03:04:01.797 THEY'RE PART OF THE OLYMPICS. 03:04:01.864 --> 03:04:02.531 ABSOLUTELY. 03:04:02.598 --> 03:04:06.034 FIRST OF ALL, GAMES FOR ALL IS THE MAYOR'S THEME. 03:04:06.101 --> 03:04:08.070 I BELIEVE OURS REALLY IS. 03:04:08.137 --> 03:04:09.671 WE DON'T HAVE A NAMED THEME. 03:04:09.738 --> 03:04:13.575 IT REALLY IS THE IDEA OF ELEVATING THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM 03:04:13.842 --> 03:04:14.843 OF THE REGION. 03:04:14.910 --> 03:04:17.045 WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL 03:04:17.112 --> 03:04:20.149 IN HAVING COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ACROSS THE 88 03:04:20.549 --> 03:04:22.084 CITIES AND ALL OF THE SPACES 03:04:22.151 --> 03:04:25.053 IN BETWEEN IN THE UNINCORPORATED SHADED AREAS AS WELL, 03:04:25.587 --> 03:04:28.924 PARTICULARLY FOR THAT REASON, BECAUSE WE SEE IT AS ONE BIG, 03:04:28.991 --> 03:04:33.996 BEAUTIFUL, SORT OF MESSY HOLE THAT WE CAN'T REALLY OR NOR 03:04:34.062 --> 03:04:36.899 DO WE WANT TO WRAP A NEAT RIBBON AROUND 03:04:37.366 --> 03:04:40.803 ALL OF THE DIVERSITY OF L.A., BECAUSE THAT IN ITSELF IS WHAT 03:04:40.869 --> 03:04:41.270 IT IS. 03:04:41.336 --> 03:04:45.140 WE DON'T IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO SAY KNOW PASADENA WILL BE DOING 03:04:45.207 --> 03:04:46.475 BALLET AND, 03:04:46.542 --> 03:04:49.711 YOU KNOW, ALTADENA WILL BE DOING MUSIC OF SOME KIND. 03:04:49.778 --> 03:04:51.213 WE WANT THOSE CITIES 03:04:51.280 --> 03:04:55.117 TO TELL US FROM THE GROUND UP HOW THEY WANT TO BE REPRESENTED. 03:04:55.184 --> 03:04:58.120 SO THESE HAVE BEEN VERY DEEP AND INTENTIONAL CONVERSATIONS 03:04:58.720 --> 03:05:01.390 BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS MISREPRESENT. 03:05:01.623 --> 03:05:05.093 WE WANT THE AUTHENTIC VOICES OF THOSE COMMUNITIES TO TELL US 03:05:05.160 --> 03:05:08.030 HOW THEY WANT THE WORLD AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, 03:05:08.096 --> 03:05:10.265 THEIR NEIGHBORS TO UNDERSTAND THEM. 03:05:10.332 --> 03:05:13.635 NOW, I THINK SEARCHING FOR THE STRENGTH OF EACH CITY 03:05:14.002 --> 03:05:17.406 VERSUS THE WEAKNESS, BUT THE INCLUSION OF EACH CITY. 03:05:17.473 --> 03:05:18.974 YES, THAT'S THAT'S MY POINT. 03:05:19.041 --> 03:05:20.442 YOU TAKE A CITY 03:05:20.509 --> 03:05:21.877 LIKE NORWALK OR DOWNEY 03:05:21.944 --> 03:05:24.746 WHICH HAS A LARGE POPULATION, CITY OF INDUSTRY DOES NOT. 03:05:25.013 --> 03:05:25.981 BUT MAYBE THEY HAVE 03:05:26.982 --> 03:05:27.716 THE ABILITY TO 03:05:27.783 --> 03:05:31.453 PROVIDE ALL SORTS OF ACTIVITIES OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 03:05:31.520 --> 03:05:32.454 YES, THAT'S MY POINT. 03:05:32.521 --> 03:05:33.121 ABSOLUTELY. 03:05:33.188 --> 03:05:36.391 AND IN DOWNEY, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE A GREAT EMPHASIS 03:05:36.458 --> 03:05:37.159 ON SCIENCE. 03:05:37.226 --> 03:05:38.760 BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 03:05:38.827 --> 03:05:41.430 TURNING THE INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 03:05:41.497 --> 03:05:44.666 INTO INCORPORATING THE IDEA OF CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS. 03:05:44.733 --> 03:05:47.870 WITHIN THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, THE 03:05:47.936 --> 03:05:51.106 THEIR SCIENCE CENTER REALLY IS THERE TO CELEBRATE. 03:05:51.173 --> 03:05:54.142 WE WANT TO PUT THE ARTS WE'VE I FEEL PERSONALLY 03:05:54.376 --> 03:05:56.645 AND COLLECTIVELY WITHIN THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD 03:05:56.845 --> 03:05:59.181 THAT THE ARTS EXIST IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. 03:05:59.615 --> 03:06:02.751 SO IT'S GOING INTO A COMMUNITY MAY NOT HAVE AN ARTS CENTER 03:06:03.018 --> 03:06:04.353 AND SAYING YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN ARTS 03:06:04.419 --> 03:06:06.088 CENTER, YOU MAY BE FOCUSED ON SCIENCE. 03:06:06.154 --> 03:06:10.359 BUT WITHIN THAT IS CREATIVITY, IS INGENUITY, 03:06:10.425 --> 03:06:13.662 IS CREATIVE SPIRIT THAT LIVES WITHIN ALL OF US. 03:06:13.729 --> 03:06:16.932 SO SO WE REALLY ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE 03:06:16.999 --> 03:06:19.568 THAT EVERY COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED IN WHATEVER 03:06:19.635 --> 03:06:22.237 LEVEL OF COMFORT AND ENGAGEMENT THEY WANT TO HAVE. 03:06:22.871 --> 03:06:23.539 WELL, THANK YOU ALL. 03:06:24.940 --> 03:06:25.274 OKAY. 03:06:25.340 --> 03:06:27.009 I'M I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS. 03:06:27.075 --> 03:06:27.943 I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH EVERYONE. 03:06:28.010 --> 03:06:30.445 BUT WE ARE WE ARE AT A TIME CRUNCH 03:06:31.013 --> 03:06:35.117 TO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS WONDERFUL PANEL AND ALL THE WORK 03:06:35.183 --> 03:06:38.020 THAT'S THAT'S UNDERWAY, BUT UNDERSCORE SOME OF THE, 03:06:39.087 --> 03:06:41.523 YOU KNOW, BOTH HOPE AND THAT WERE 03:06:41.590 --> 03:06:44.426 WE'RE GALVANIZING QUICKLY WITH ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES 03:06:44.493 --> 03:06:46.595 THAT ARE ON THE TABLE. SO APPRECIATE IT. 03:06:47.296 --> 03:06:49.197 LET'S NOW CALL UP THE NEXT PANEL, 03:06:49.264 --> 03:06:50.599 WHICH WILL WE'LL HEAR DIRECTLY 03:06:50.666 --> 03:06:53.135 FROM SOME ARTS COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES 03:06:53.201 --> 03:06:55.337 FROM GUSTAVO RIERA, WHO IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE 03:06:55.404 --> 03:06:57.439 OFFICER FOR ARTS FOR L.A. 03:06:57.506 --> 03:07:00.943 I, HEATHER HESLOP, WHO'S DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAMS 03:07:01.009 --> 03:07:02.878 FROM DESTINATION CRENSHAW, 03:07:02.945 --> 03:07:05.781 AND THEN SOPHIA KLOTZ, WHO IS THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS 03:07:05.847 --> 03:07:06.949 MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA. 03:07:07.015 --> 03:07:08.183 I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE SOME FOLKS 03:07:08.250 --> 03:07:11.453 FROM PUBLIC COMMENT, FROM CITY OF LONG BEACH IN WEST HOLLYWOOD 03:07:11.520 --> 03:07:12.854 WHO WILL BE PROVIDING SOME PERSPECTIVES 03:07:12.921 --> 03:07:13.789 A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL. 03:07:13.855 --> 03:07:16.491 SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH THIS NEXT PANEL. 03:07:16.558 --> 03:07:20.495 WE THINK THE LAST PANEL, AGAIN, FOR THE FANTASTIC PRESENTATION 03:07:21.363 --> 03:07:22.598 AND ALL THE WORK UNDERWAY. 03:07:22.664 --> 03:07:27.703 AND LET'S START WITH YOU, GUSTAVO. SO 03:07:28.837 --> 03:07:29.538 JUST. 03:07:30.272 --> 03:07:31.039 OKAY. 03:07:31.106 --> 03:07:34.209 GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 03:07:34.276 --> 03:07:35.110 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 03:07:35.177 --> 03:07:37.446 ALAN AND VICE CHAIR WARD. 03:07:38.213 --> 03:07:42.284 MY NAME IS GUSTAVO HERRERA AND I AM THE CEO OF ARTS FOR L.A. 03:07:42.618 --> 03:07:48.023 WE ARE A COUNTYWIDE ARTS SERVICE AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION, 03:07:48.357 --> 03:07:52.260 AND WE'RE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF ADVOCATING FOR THE FIELD 03:07:52.628 --> 03:07:53.895 THIS YEAR. 03:07:54.129 --> 03:07:56.198 SO AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED 03:07:56.264 --> 03:07:59.101 PREVIOUSLY, IN THE FALL OF 2024, 03:07:59.635 --> 03:08:02.037 ARTS FAIRLY JOINED FORCES WITH L.A. 03:08:02.104 --> 03:08:05.741 COMMONS COMMUNITY ARTS RESOURCE CITIES 03:08:07.275 --> 03:08:09.511 AND THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE 03:08:09.845 --> 03:08:12.914 TO HOST A SERIES OF COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS. 03:08:12.981 --> 03:08:15.951 AND SO I PUT TOGETHER A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU 03:08:16.018 --> 03:08:19.021 ALL HERE TO MAKE YOU TURN AROUND AGAIN. 03:08:20.022 --> 03:08:22.357 BUT I DID PUT TOGETHER 03:08:22.424 --> 03:08:25.394 THIS THIS SOME FINDINGS. 03:08:25.460 --> 03:08:28.497 SO IN SHORT, AND THEN I JUST HAVE TO MENTION THE L.A. 03:08:28.563 --> 03:08:30.565 COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE 03:08:30.632 --> 03:08:34.336 PUT OUT AN RFP ARTS FOR L.A., APPLIED FOR IT, AND THEN CAME 03:08:34.403 --> 03:08:35.470 INTO PARTNERSHIP OF L.A. 03:08:35.537 --> 03:08:38.306 COMMONS AND CARS TO HOST THIS. 03:08:38.540 --> 03:08:41.109 WE ENGAGED AROUND 309 ARTS LEADERS. 03:08:41.176 --> 03:08:45.280 WE HELD 11 CONVENINGS, AROUND 24 HOURS OF ENGAGEMENT. 03:08:45.347 --> 03:08:47.349 AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS. 03:08:49.051 --> 03:08:52.187 SOME OF THIS WILL BE AN ECHO OF WHAT KRISTIN HAS SHARED. 03:08:52.254 --> 03:08:55.390 BUT STILL, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DATA POINTS IN HERE 03:08:55.724 --> 03:08:56.658 THAT VETERAN KNEW. 03:08:56.725 --> 03:09:00.429 SO THE FIRST IS THAT WHEN WE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY, 03:09:00.896 --> 03:09:04.599 NEARLY NINE OUT OF TEN PEOPLE SAID THAT SUSTAINED INVESTMENT 03:09:05.967 --> 03:09:09.638 THAT GOES BEYOND 2028 IS A TOP OUTCOME. 03:09:09.705 --> 03:09:12.974 AND SO NOT JUST A ONE TIME SURGE IN INVESTMENT 03:09:13.041 --> 03:09:17.446 INTO ART AND CULTURE, BUT SUSTAINED INVESTMENT. 03:09:18.313 --> 03:09:21.149 THE SECOND PIECE THAT CAME UP WAS THAT 03:09:21.450 --> 03:09:24.052 70% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THIS IS THEIR CULTURE 03:09:24.119 --> 03:09:25.554 LIVES IN NEIGHBORHOODS. 03:09:25.620 --> 03:09:28.990 AND SO THE GAMES REALLY DOES NEED TO WORK 03:09:29.057 --> 03:09:31.193 HARD TO REACH EACH AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. 03:09:31.460 --> 03:09:32.828 70% OF RESPONDENTS 03:09:32.894 --> 03:09:35.964 SAID THAT THE PRIMARY SHOULD BE LOCAL RESIDENTS 03:09:36.732 --> 03:09:39.534 AND NOT THE INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE THAT WILL SEE. 03:09:39.868 --> 03:09:43.905 AND THEN THE THIRD FINDING WAS THAT NEARLY HALF OF 03:09:44.706 --> 03:09:47.175 FOLKS WHO RESPONDED SAID THEY WANTED 03:09:47.242 --> 03:09:50.612 TO FIND A CLEAR WAY IN TO ENGAGING INTO THIS 03:09:51.279 --> 03:09:54.583 AND SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, AN ENTITY 03:09:54.649 --> 03:09:56.952 THAT IS HELPING COORDINATE 03:09:57.018 --> 03:10:00.322 PARTICIPATION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE. 03:10:00.388 --> 03:10:02.824 BUT HOW DO WE GET CENTRALIZED LEADERSHIP? 03:10:02.891 --> 03:10:04.126 ONE, INFORMATION HUB. 03:10:05.093 --> 03:10:07.362 AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD. 03:10:07.429 --> 03:10:10.599 NOW, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 03:10:11.767 --> 03:10:14.436 SHOW YOU WHAT HAS BEEN BUILDING 03:10:15.837 --> 03:10:17.839 AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. 03:10:17.906 --> 03:10:21.543 AND SO WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU HERE IS MOSAIC L.A. 03:10:22.010 --> 03:10:26.314 IT'S A REGION WIDE, MULTICULTURAL, MULTIYEAR 03:10:26.381 --> 03:10:30.752 CULTURAL INITIATIVE THAT SERVES AS A CONNECTIVE FORCE 03:10:31.853 --> 03:10:35.257 FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, ENSURING THAT EVERY COMMUNITY 03:10:35.323 --> 03:10:38.760 AND NEIGHBORHOOD CAN SHINE IN 2028 AND BEYOND. 03:10:39.327 --> 03:10:41.329 THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS 03:10:41.396 --> 03:10:44.466 THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF SHAPING MOSAIC, L.A. 03:10:45.100 --> 03:10:47.669 THERE'S A LISTING AT THE VERY BOTTOM CALIFORNIA 03:10:47.736 --> 03:10:49.771 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, CITY OF L.A., L.A. 03:10:49.838 --> 03:10:51.106 COUNTY, L.A. 03:10:51.173 --> 03:10:54.142 RISING HUBS, CULTURAL DISTRICTS NETWORK, ART 03:10:54.209 --> 03:10:57.512 AND CLIMATE, CALIFORNIA CARS, FESTIVAL TRAIL AGENCY, 03:10:57.579 --> 03:11:00.882 LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL, THE MUSIC CENTER AND MORE. 03:11:01.383 --> 03:11:04.452 ALL OF THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE DEVELOPING THIS 03:11:04.753 --> 03:11:07.589 ROOTS UP FRAMEWORK OF MOSAIC L.A. 03:11:08.356 --> 03:11:10.192 IT REALLY WORKS IN THREE PHASES. 03:11:10.258 --> 03:11:12.127 THE FIRST PHASE IS THE BUILD PHASE, 03:11:12.194 --> 03:11:14.796 WHICH NOW IN THIS MOMENT THROUGH 2027, 03:11:15.230 --> 03:11:18.466 WE ARE IN THIS PHASE ESTABLISHING THE INFRASTRUCTURE 03:11:18.533 --> 03:11:20.435 THAT MAKES EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. 03:11:20.502 --> 03:11:22.604 THIS IS A DEDICATED TEAM FOR COORDINATE 03:11:23.605 --> 03:11:24.172 GRANTS, 03:11:24.239 --> 03:11:27.475 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND OUTREACH 03:11:27.542 --> 03:11:29.878 AIMING TO DEVELOP A POOLED FUND. 03:11:29.945 --> 03:11:32.681 AND AND WE'RE ALSO IN THE BUILD PHASE 03:11:33.381 --> 03:11:36.484 WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS OF INTRODUCING 03:11:36.751 --> 03:11:40.956 A NEW LOCAL FUNDING MECHANISM AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 03:11:41.523 --> 03:11:44.759 WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING COUNTIES AND CITIES INTRODUCE LOCAL 03:11:44.826 --> 03:11:45.927 FUNDING MECHANISMS 03:11:45.994 --> 03:11:48.930 THAT GO THROUGH A BALLOT PROCESS EFFECTIVELY. 03:11:49.130 --> 03:11:51.967 AND THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE ASKING NOW IS WHY CAN'T L.A. 03:11:52.033 --> 03:11:55.604 COUNTY THIS AT THIS MOMENT TO DEVELOP A WHOLE NEW FUNDING 03:11:55.670 --> 03:11:59.741 MECHANISM FOR ART AND CULTURE THAT IS THE LEGACY OF 03:12:01.343 --> 03:12:02.978 THE GAMES SURGE 03:12:03.044 --> 03:12:06.414 IS THE SECOND PHASE THAT HAPPENS IN THE 2028 YEAR. 03:12:06.648 --> 03:12:09.284 THIS IS THE YEAR LONG CELEBRATION MOSAIC. L.A. 03:12:09.351 --> 03:12:13.121 WOULD BE WORKING TO UNIFY COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH, 03:12:13.188 --> 03:12:16.091 STORYTELLING STRATEGY AND THEN TURNING IT OVER 03:12:16.157 --> 03:12:19.527 TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO ACTIVATE THEIR OWN CULTURAL STORIES. 03:12:19.995 --> 03:12:23.298 AND FINALLY, THE LEGACY PHASE INSTITUTIONALIZE DOING 03:12:23.365 --> 03:12:25.600 WHAT WORKS. THIS IS 2029 AND BEYOND. 03:12:26.201 --> 03:12:29.337 HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THOSE FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT CAME TOGETHER? 03:12:29.905 --> 03:12:31.940 HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT 03:12:32.007 --> 03:12:36.378 WHATEVER NEW FUNDING MECHANISMS CAN STAY IN PLACE IN PERPETUITY 03:12:36.745 --> 03:12:39.848 AND THEN ALL THE EFFECTIVE PRACTICES 03:12:40.148 --> 03:12:41.917 THAT HAVE BEEN LEARNED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS? 03:12:41.983 --> 03:12:43.585 LET'S KEEP THOSE 03:12:43.652 --> 03:12:46.554 AND MAKE THEM THE LONG LASTING CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 03:12:48.290 --> 03:12:48.490 AND I 03:12:48.556 --> 03:12:52.227 HAVE TO EMPHASIZE HERE THAT CULTURAL DISTRICTS 03:12:52.294 --> 03:12:56.531 ARE A KEY STRATEGY OF THE MOSAIC L.A. 03:12:56.598 --> 03:12:57.098 PLAN. 03:12:57.165 --> 03:12:58.466 IT'S REALLY TURNING IT OVER 03:12:58.533 --> 03:13:00.602 TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES. 03:13:01.069 --> 03:13:04.739 THIS ORGANIZING AS NORA SHARED 03:13:05.507 --> 03:13:08.310 JUST A BIT AGO, IS HAPPENING AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL. 03:13:08.376 --> 03:13:09.611 IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 03:13:09.678 --> 03:13:12.847 LOS ANGELES IS ACTIVELY ORGANIZING THEMSELVES. 03:13:12.914 --> 03:13:16.751 THIS IS LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LOCAL CULTURAL LIFE. 03:13:17.385 --> 03:13:19.387 AND WE CAN LEVERAGE THIS REALLY 03:13:19.454 --> 03:13:23.058 TO SECURE THE FUNDING TO SUSTAIN AND SUSTAIN BEYOND. 03:13:23.525 --> 03:13:24.893 AND SO, 03:13:25.593 --> 03:13:28.330 SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT 03:13:28.396 --> 03:13:31.032 HERE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR LEADERSHIP 03:13:31.633 --> 03:13:35.136 IN PARTICULAR FOR INVESTING IN THE HISTORIC SOUTH L.A. 03:13:35.203 --> 03:13:37.672 BLACK CULTURAL DISTRICT. 03:13:37.739 --> 03:13:40.241 THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF INVESTMENT 03:13:40.308 --> 03:13:42.811 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, CONTINUED 03:13:42.877 --> 03:13:44.646 BUILDS CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 03:13:44.713 --> 03:13:47.349 IT LETS US REACH AT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, 03:13:47.716 --> 03:13:49.517 LETS US REACH COMMUNITIES. 03:13:49.584 --> 03:13:51.219 AND REALLY, THIS IS HOW WE ADVANCE 03:13:51.286 --> 03:13:52.354 CULTURAL EQUITY, 03:13:52.420 --> 03:13:57.659 THIS GLOBAL MOMENT FOR LOS ANGELES. 03:13:57.726 --> 03:14:01.229 BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT CREATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE 03:14:01.296 --> 03:14:02.430 MEANS JOBS. 03:14:02.497 --> 03:14:04.232 AND SO I DO WANT TO THANK 03:14:04.299 --> 03:14:07.035 COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE WHO INVITED ARTS L.A. 03:14:07.102 --> 03:14:09.037 IN THE MONTH OF MAY TO PRESENT 03:14:09.104 --> 03:14:10.238 FOR THE CREATIVE ECONOMY 03:14:10.305 --> 03:14:12.540 HEARING ON THE CREATIVE JOBS COLLECTIVE. 03:14:12.607 --> 03:14:15.343 YOU'LL RECALL THAT THIS CREATIVE JOBS COLLECTIVE 03:14:15.410 --> 03:14:18.980 IS AN INITIATIVE TO 10,000 YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS 03:14:19.314 --> 03:14:21.816 INTO LIVING WAGE JOBS BY 2030. 03:14:22.183 --> 03:14:25.754 JUST A QUICK UPDATE FOR YOU ALL SINCE WE SHARED AN UPDATE 03:14:25.820 --> 03:14:28.890 WITH YOU IN MAY, WE'VE SECURED 26 EMPLOYER PARTNERS. 03:14:28.957 --> 03:14:31.793 WE'VE DONE 607 JOB PLACEMENT COMMITMENTS, 03:14:32.127 --> 03:14:35.130 AND WE NOW HAVE A THOUSAND GAMES RELATED COMMITMENTS 03:14:35.563 --> 03:14:37.699 THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING TO SECURE. 03:14:37.766 --> 03:14:38.933 500 OF THOSE 03:14:39.000 --> 03:14:42.637 WE ARE AIMING TO SECURE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE AGES 18 TO 26, 03:14:43.571 --> 03:14:45.774 ARTS FOR ALSO CONTINUES TO SIT ON 03:14:46.107 --> 03:14:48.710 28TH LOCAL HIRE WORKING GROUP. 03:14:48.910 --> 03:14:50.645 WE'VE BEEN SERVING ON THAT LOCAL HIRE 03:14:50.712 --> 03:14:52.747 WORKING GROUP FOR THREE YEARS 03:14:52.814 --> 03:14:55.550 AND WE DO THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE STRATEGIES 03:14:55.617 --> 03:14:57.318 THAT ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE 03:14:57.385 --> 03:15:00.021 ARE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN 03:15:00.088 --> 03:15:03.625 HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY. 03:15:03.691 --> 03:15:06.895 BUT THIS IS HOW WE LEVERAGE CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE 03:15:06.961 --> 03:15:10.131 INTO CREATIVE JOBS. 03:15:10.198 --> 03:15:13.501 AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE OUR COMMITTEE HERE 03:15:13.568 --> 03:15:17.806 TO SEE THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD AND NOT AS A 03:15:18.740 --> 03:15:21.676 TO SEE IT AS A TO SEE IT AS A CATALYST. 03:15:21.743 --> 03:15:23.978 THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD IS NOT A FINISH LINE 03:15:24.279 --> 03:15:26.314 IN OUR ASK FOR THE LEGISLATURE HERE 03:15:26.381 --> 03:15:29.150 FOR ALL OF YOU HERE IS TO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 03:15:29.217 --> 03:15:33.421 NEIGHBORHOOD CULTURAL DISTRICTS AS LASTING INFRASTRUCTURE. 03:15:34.122 --> 03:15:37.358 THESE THIS IS THE WAY IN WHICH WE EMPOWER COMMUNITIES 03:15:37.425 --> 03:15:40.929 TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES AND TO MAKE THIS MOMENT LAST 03:15:41.229 --> 03:15:42.530 IN LOS ANGELES, THANK YOU 03:15:45.300 --> 03:16:02.450 SO TAKING IT BACK, 03:16:03.618 --> 03:16:05.587 I GET IT. 03:16:05.653 --> 03:16:06.454 THANK YOU. 03:16:06.521 --> 03:16:08.623 GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS. 03:16:09.424 --> 03:16:11.292 AND THANK YOU, SENATOR ALLEN, FOR CONVENING 03:16:11.359 --> 03:16:14.429 THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND YOUR 12 YEARS OF SERVICE 03:16:14.496 --> 03:16:18.066 SPECIFICALLY IN ADVOCATING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE 03:16:18.133 --> 03:16:20.335 INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 03:16:20.401 --> 03:16:21.503 MY NAME IS HEATHER HESLOP. 03:16:21.569 --> 03:16:24.839 I SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS AT DESTINATION 03:16:24.906 --> 03:16:27.742 CRENSHAW, BUT I ALSO REPRESENT CALIFORNIA ARTS, 03:16:28.710 --> 03:16:31.980 CALIFORNIA ARTS ADVOCATES AND CALIFORNIANS FOR THE ARTS. 03:16:32.046 --> 03:16:34.883 AS A BOARD MEMBER, THESE ORGANIZATIONS 03:16:35.150 --> 03:16:36.017 SHARE A COMMITMENT 03:16:36.084 --> 03:16:38.753 TO ADVANCING COMMUNITIES THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE, 03:16:39.120 --> 03:16:40.989 STRENGTHENING THE CREATIVE ECONOMY, 03:16:41.055 --> 03:16:43.291 AND CREATING LASTING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 03:16:43.591 --> 03:16:45.660 FOR ARTISTS, CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS, 03:16:45.927 --> 03:16:48.163 AND THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE THE BACKBONE 03:16:48.229 --> 03:16:49.364 OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 03:16:49.430 --> 03:16:51.232 AND I'M GOING TO I HAVE SLIDES, TOO. 03:16:51.299 --> 03:16:53.735 SO SORRY. 03:16:53.801 --> 03:16:55.136 SO SORRY. 03:16:55.203 --> 03:16:57.572 AND FOR THIS, 03:16:57.772 --> 03:16:59.407 WE'VE GOT VISUAL ARTS PEOPLE. 03:16:59.474 --> 03:17:00.275 WE'VE GOT VISUALS. 03:17:01.342 --> 03:17:03.044 SO DESTINATION CRENSHAW, 03:17:03.111 --> 03:17:05.947 WE ARE TRANSFORMING A 1.3 MILE 03:17:06.881 --> 03:17:10.218 STRETCH OF CRENSHAW BOULEVARD INTO A THRIVING, 03:17:10.285 --> 03:17:15.023 ECONOMICALLY THRIVING CULTURAL AND CULTURAL HUB. 03:17:15.790 --> 03:17:18.993 OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO CELEBRATING 03:17:19.060 --> 03:17:23.131 BLACK CREATIVITY, PRESERVING CULTURAL IDENTITY AND CREATING 03:17:23.731 --> 03:17:27.135 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED 03:17:27.202 --> 03:17:29.470 THE CRENSHAW DISTRICT HOME FOR GENERATIONS. 03:17:30.505 --> 03:17:32.540 SO OUR CENTRAL BELIEF IS SIMPLE. 03:17:32.607 --> 03:17:36.077 THESE COMMUNITIES THAT CREATE AND SUSTAIN CULTURE 03:17:36.411 --> 03:17:39.647 SHOULD BENEFIT AND HAVE A VOICE IN DETERMINING ITS FUTURE. 03:17:40.114 --> 03:17:43.384 THE 2028 GAMES OFFER AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY 03:17:43.618 --> 03:17:46.087 TO PUT THAT PRINCIPLE INTO PRACTICE. 03:17:46.955 --> 03:17:50.325 OUR CENTRAL GOAL IS TO ACTIVATE THIS CORRIDOR. 03:17:50.725 --> 03:17:54.495 CULTURAL TOURISM EQUALS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. 03:17:55.230 --> 03:17:57.031 BRINGING OLYMPIC AND PARALLEL 03:17:57.098 --> 03:18:00.635 PARA OLYMPIC VISITORS AND SPENDING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 03:18:00.969 --> 03:18:03.204 THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DEFINE LOS ANGELES 03:18:03.871 --> 03:18:06.908 SHOULD BE PRIORITY ONE 03:18:07.442 --> 03:18:08.076 DESTINATION. 03:18:08.142 --> 03:18:11.312 CRENSHAW IS BUILDING AN ONGOING ECOSYSTEM 03:18:11.613 --> 03:18:15.516 AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC ART, MURALS, 03:18:15.783 --> 03:18:20.688 LARGE SCALE SCULPTURES, AS WELL AS ACTIVATING UNDERUSED, 03:18:21.723 --> 03:18:23.758 UNDERUSED PARCELS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. 03:18:24.259 --> 03:18:27.829 OFTEN THESE PARCELS ARE OWNED BY LEGACY LANDOWNERS, AGAIN, 03:18:27.895 --> 03:18:30.231 WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS, 03:18:30.465 --> 03:18:33.234 ENCOURAGING THEM TO REIMAGINE 03:18:33.301 --> 03:18:36.437 HOW WE USE THAT SPACE. 03:18:36.504 --> 03:18:38.273 THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD CAN CONNECT 03:18:38.339 --> 03:18:41.276 INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES DIRECTLY TO SOUTH L.A. 03:18:41.342 --> 03:18:43.578 AS ARTISTS, RESTAURANTS, BUSINESSES 03:18:43.645 --> 03:18:47.882 AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND AS SO MANY MENTIONED, BARCELONA, 03:18:47.949 --> 03:18:51.019 LONDON AND PARIS SHOWED US EXACTLY WHAT'S POSSIBLE 03:18:51.219 --> 03:18:54.155 AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LONGER TERM TOURISM BENEFITS 03:18:54.455 --> 03:18:58.026 WHEN OLYMPIC VISIBILITY IS BY SUSTAINED 03:18:58.092 --> 03:19:02.096 INVESTMENT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS. 03:19:02.930 --> 03:19:06.067 SO WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? 03:19:06.134 --> 03:19:10.571 NOT SIMPLY HOW MANY PEOPLE VISIT LOS ANGELES IN 2028, 03:19:11.172 --> 03:19:12.874 BUT HOW MUCH OF THAT ECONOMIC 03:19:12.940 --> 03:19:15.043 ACTIVITY REACHES OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, 03:19:15.109 --> 03:19:18.546 AND HOW OF IT REMAINS AFTER THE GAMES CONCLUDE. 03:19:19.514 --> 03:19:22.950 TO DATE, DESTINATION CRENSHAW HAS SUPPORTED 03:19:23.318 --> 03:19:26.120 EVEN WITHIN OUR BUILD BECAUSE WE ARE STILL CONSTRUCTION. 03:19:26.321 --> 03:19:30.158 BUT WE HAVE SUPPORTED 73 SMALL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS 03:19:30.391 --> 03:19:34.629 WITHIN THE CRENSHAW DISTRICT AND OVER 461 ARTISTS 03:19:34.696 --> 03:19:37.765 AND, CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH OUR TECH TECHNICAL 03:19:37.832 --> 03:19:43.738 ASSISTANCE AND COMMISSIONING OPPORTUNITIES. 03:19:43.805 --> 03:19:45.406 THIS IS JUST ART MATTERS. 03:19:46.641 --> 03:19:47.842 ART IS A DRIVER. 03:19:47.909 --> 03:19:49.544 IT IS A REMINDER. 03:19:49.811 --> 03:19:51.713 BUT THE IDEA IS TO PROTECT THE CULTURE. 03:19:51.779 --> 03:19:53.781 VISIBILITY, EXCUSE ME? 03:19:53.848 --> 03:19:57.085 VISIBILITY MUST LEAD TO CULTURAL PERMANENCE 03:19:57.518 --> 03:19:58.886 AND CULTURAL RECOGNITION. 03:19:58.953 --> 03:20:01.723 WITHOUT AN ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AND SECURITY 03:20:02.156 --> 03:20:04.225 CAN ACCELERATE DISPLACEMENT. 03:20:04.859 --> 03:20:08.329 CRENSHAW IS THE HISTORIC HEART OF BLACK LOS ANGELES. 03:20:08.396 --> 03:20:12.700 YET COMMUNITIES CAN BECOME CELEBRATED CULTURAL, 03:20:12.767 --> 03:20:16.371 WHILE THE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT IDENTITY 03:20:16.437 --> 03:20:17.839 ARE PRICED OUT. 03:20:17.905 --> 03:20:20.641 DESTINATION CRENSHAW IS WORKING TO CHANGE THAT THROUGH 03:20:20.708 --> 03:20:24.545 PUBLIC ART, CREATIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT 03:20:24.612 --> 03:20:27.281 IN NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES AND CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS. 03:20:27.715 --> 03:20:30.318 AT THIS MOMENT, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ASSEMBLY 03:20:30.385 --> 03:20:32.420 MEMBER ISAAC BRYANT, WHOSE LEADERSHIP 03:20:32.487 --> 03:20:35.323 IN SECURING OUR RECENT 5 MILLION STATE BUDGET 03:20:35.390 --> 03:20:38.259 ALLOCATION FOR DESTINATION CRENSHAW DEMONSTRATES 03:20:38.326 --> 03:20:41.829 THE KIND OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT NECESSARY TO PROTECT 03:20:41.896 --> 03:20:44.866 AND SUSTAIN BLACK CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 03:20:45.700 --> 03:20:47.402 SO THROUGH OUR JERRY'S OWN PARTNERSHIP 03:20:47.468 --> 03:20:48.936 WITH THE CITY OF L.A., 03:20:49.003 --> 03:20:52.540 WE'VE ALREADY SUPPORTED BLACK BUSINESSES ON THE CORRIDOR 03:20:53.674 --> 03:20:54.575 BY CONTRIBUTING 03:20:54.642 --> 03:20:58.112 500,000 IN COMMERCIAL FACADE IMPROVEMENT PARK 03:20:58.179 --> 03:21:01.482 PROGRAMS, BENEFITTING SIX BUSINESSES ON THE CORRIDOR. 03:21:01.549 --> 03:21:06.554 AND WE DO INTEND TO EXPAND THIS PARTNERSHIP AND ACTIVATE 03:21:06.621 --> 03:21:09.791 THOSE THOSE BUSINESSES AND SOME OF THE VACANT PARCELS 03:21:10.057 --> 03:21:13.661 AS COMMUNITY SPACES SUCH AS GALLERY 03:21:13.728 --> 03:21:17.064 SHOWCASE, CULTURAL HUB, IF YOU WILL. 03:21:17.899 --> 03:21:20.568 AND SO WHAT ARTISTS AND CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS HAVE SAID 03:21:20.635 --> 03:21:22.703 THEY NEED IS SPACE TO WORK 03:21:23.805 --> 03:21:25.907 FAIR COMPENSATION, ACCESSIBLE 03:21:25.973 --> 03:21:28.910 PROCUREMENT, INVESTMENT IN LEGACY BUSINESSES 03:21:28.976 --> 03:21:32.980 AND LANDOWNERS AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR OWNERSHIP. 03:21:33.047 --> 03:21:33.815 SIMPLY PUT, 03:21:33.881 --> 03:21:36.884 IF THE WORLD IS COMING TO LOS ANGELES TO EXPERIENCE 03:21:36.951 --> 03:21:41.989 BLACK CULTURE, BLACK COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE STRONGER FOR IT. 03:21:47.395 --> 03:21:49.163 THIS IS JUST WHY PUBLIC ART. 03:21:49.230 --> 03:21:52.467 PUBLIC ART TELLS THE STORIES THAT ARE HISTORY OUT IN 03:21:52.533 --> 03:21:55.102 OUR PROJECT IS ALL ABOUT THE STORIES. 03:21:55.536 --> 03:21:59.507 WE MUST INVEST IN THE CULTURAL NETWORKS THAT ALREADY EXIST 03:21:59.574 --> 03:22:02.677 AND ALREADY ARE TELLING THESE STORIES, ELEVATING STORIES. 03:22:03.511 --> 03:22:05.646 PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY FOR BUILDING 03:22:05.713 --> 03:22:08.483 AND SUSTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE BEYOND 2028. 03:22:09.050 --> 03:22:10.418 TO THIS END, I'D LIKE TO 03:22:10.485 --> 03:22:13.988 RECOGNIZE AND SENATOR LOLA SMALLWOOD CUEVAS 03:22:14.222 --> 03:22:14.455 FOR HER 03:22:14.522 --> 03:22:16.724 LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING THE HISTORIC BLACK 03:22:16.791 --> 03:22:19.460 DISTRICT, BLACK CULTURAL DISTRICT IN SOUTH L.A.. 03:22:20.094 --> 03:22:23.564 THIS DESIGNATION ACKNOWLEDGES WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE KNOWN 03:22:23.631 --> 03:22:24.799 FOR GENERATIONS. 03:22:24.866 --> 03:22:25.466 SOUTH L.A. 03:22:25.533 --> 03:22:28.669 IS NOT SIMPLY A COLLECTION OF CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, 03:22:28.903 --> 03:22:32.640 BUT A LIVING CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM WORTHY OF RECOGNITION, 03:22:32.907 --> 03:22:35.810 PROTECTION AND INVESTMENT DESTINATION. 03:22:35.877 --> 03:22:38.913 CRENSHAW IS JUST ONE PART OF THIS ECOSYSTEM. 03:22:39.347 --> 03:22:40.648 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE L.A. 03:22:40.715 --> 03:22:43.217 COMMONS FOR L.A. 03:22:43.284 --> 03:22:46.787 ART AND PRACTICE, VISION, THEATER, AND MANY OTHERS 03:22:46.854 --> 03:22:49.290 THAT WE ARE PARTNER WITH ARE ESSENTIAL IN BUILDING 03:22:49.357 --> 03:22:52.627 A COORDINATED CULTURAL DISTRICT, THIS CULTURAL DESTINATION 03:22:52.960 --> 03:22:55.930 THROUGH SHARED EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, 03:22:55.997 --> 03:22:59.433 TOURS, ARTISTS, EXCHANGES, MARKETPLACES AND MORE. 03:23:00.101 --> 03:23:02.603 SO WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DO AND HAS BEEN DOING 03:23:02.970 --> 03:23:06.140 IS ENGAGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS EARLY 03:23:06.207 --> 03:23:10.878 INTO DECISIONS, EARLY AND OFTEN INTO DECISION MAKING FUND 03:23:11.812 --> 03:23:14.482 AND CREATE RESOURCES FOR SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS, 03:23:14.715 --> 03:23:18.252 ARTISTS AND BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS STATE RECOGNIZED 03:23:18.319 --> 03:23:19.954 CULTURAL DISTRICTS 03:23:20.021 --> 03:23:22.990 AND COORDINATES, SUSTAINED ALIGNED PROGRAMING, 03:23:23.057 --> 03:23:26.961 PROMOTION AND PROCUREMENT WHILE INVESTING BEYOND 2028. 03:23:28.429 --> 03:23:28.863 I THINK IN 03:23:28.930 --> 03:23:32.066 CLOSING, I AND THAT'S IT I WOULD GO AROUND. 03:23:32.667 --> 03:23:35.636 I THINK THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD PRESENTS CALIFORNIA 03:23:35.703 --> 03:23:38.706 AND LOS ANGELES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDEFINE 03:23:38.973 --> 03:23:41.776 WHAT A SUCCESSFUL OLYMPIC LOOKS LIKE. 03:23:42.310 --> 03:23:43.444 AT THE HEART OF THIS WORK 03:23:43.511 --> 03:23:45.980 IS A SHARED BELIEF THAT ARTS AND CULTURE 03:23:46.347 --> 03:23:49.383 ARE NOT SIMPLY EXPRESSIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 03:23:49.984 --> 03:23:53.721 THEY ARE DRIVERS OF ECONOMIC VITALITY, 03:23:54.088 --> 03:23:57.792 CULTURAL PRESERVATION, AND LONG TERM COMMUNITY PROSPERITY. 03:23:58.593 --> 03:23:59.627 OUR DESTINATION, CRENSHAW. 03:23:59.694 --> 03:24:02.697 WE ARE TO BUILD THAT LEGACY NOW AND WELCOME. 03:24:02.763 --> 03:24:05.566 WE ARE PARTNERING AND WELCOME CONTINUE PARTNERSHIPS 03:24:06.000 --> 03:24:08.102 TO WORK WITH THE STATE, THE CITY, L.A. 03:24:08.169 --> 03:24:11.339 28 AND OTHER CULTURAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE 03:24:11.405 --> 03:24:14.642 THE BENEFITS EXTEND WELL BEYOND 2028. 03:24:14.709 --> 03:24:16.644 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 03:24:16.711 --> 03:24:17.578 THANK YOU 03:24:18.546 --> 03:24:22.783 VERY, SOPHIA. 03:24:27.788 --> 03:24:29.090 OKAY. 03:24:29.657 --> 03:24:30.291 THANK YOU. 03:24:30.358 --> 03:24:32.059 CHAIR ELLEN AND COMMITTEE. 03:24:32.126 --> 03:24:35.496 THANK FOR YOUR STEWARDSHIP, YOUR DIRECTION FOR 03:24:35.563 --> 03:24:37.632 BRINGING US TOGETHER TODAY. 03:24:37.698 --> 03:24:39.867 THANK YOU, SENATOR ALLEN, FOR YOUR 12 YEARS OF SERVICE 03:24:39.934 --> 03:24:42.970 AND FOR BEING REALLY THE EMBODIMENT OF SANTA MONICA. 03:24:43.704 --> 03:24:45.272 AND SO I AM SOPHIA. 03:24:45.339 --> 03:24:46.807 CATEGORY CULTURE, HEAVY BIRD. 03:24:46.874 --> 03:24:49.143 I KNOW IT'S A HEAVY BURDEN. 03:24:49.210 --> 03:24:50.611 YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT. GREAT. 03:24:50.678 --> 03:24:52.113 I'M SOPHIA CLARKE, OUR CULTURAL AFFAIRS 03:24:52.179 --> 03:24:54.215 MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA. 03:24:54.281 --> 03:24:55.683 I'M HERE TO BRING THIS HOME 03:24:56.717 --> 03:24:56.984 SHARE. 03:24:57.051 --> 03:24:58.653 BOTH SANTA MONICA'S APPROACH 03:24:58.719 --> 03:25:01.622 REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF NON HOST CITIES. 03:25:01.689 --> 03:25:03.791 AND AS THOSE BEFORE ME TODAY 03:25:04.025 --> 03:25:06.293 SPEAK TO THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO BUILD A LASTING 03:25:06.360 --> 03:25:08.562 CULTURAL LEGACY ACROSS THE REGION. 03:25:08.629 --> 03:25:09.630 AND AS AN ASIDE, 03:25:09.697 --> 03:25:12.700 I ATTENDED THE 84 ARTS FESTIVAL AS A TEN YEAR OLD, 03:25:13.000 --> 03:25:14.669 AND I'M CONVINCED THOSE EXPERIENCES ARE 03:25:14.735 --> 03:25:17.204 WHY I'M HERE, SITTING HERE TODAY. 03:25:17.271 --> 03:25:23.177 AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS PANELS, YOU MAY NEED TO LOOK, 03:25:23.244 --> 03:25:25.680 BUT NOT REALLY. I GOT IT. I GOT IT. 03:25:25.746 --> 03:25:29.450 LOS ANGELES IS THE HOST CITY, BUT THE GAMES WILL REACH 03:25:29.517 --> 03:25:31.819 AND IMPACT COMMUNITIES ACROSS, THE COUNTY AND REGION. 03:25:32.053 --> 03:25:33.821 FROM SANTA MONICA AND WEST HOLLYWOOD 03:25:33.888 --> 03:25:37.792 TO LONG BEACH, PASADENA, GLENDALE, INGLEWOOD AND BEYOND. 03:25:38.259 --> 03:25:41.462 OUR LOCAL ARTISANS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR DECADES. 03:25:41.762 --> 03:25:45.433 ARTISTS, AUDIENCES AND PARTNERS ALREADY CROSS CITY BOUNDARIES 03:25:45.700 --> 03:25:49.336 AND OUR PLANNING SHOULD REFLECT THAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE. 03:25:49.403 --> 03:25:53.007 THERE ARE MANY FRAMEWORKS AND WHILE THERE IS ALIGNMENT, 03:25:53.074 --> 03:25:56.644 THE URGENCY TO SHARE WHAT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN EXPECT 03:25:56.944 --> 03:25:58.145 HAS BEEN PRESSING. 03:25:58.212 --> 03:25:59.413 AND MANY LOCAL CITIES 03:25:59.480 --> 03:26:02.416 AND NONPROFITS COULD NO LONGER WAIT FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTION. 03:26:02.917 --> 03:26:05.820 FOR MANY OF US, OUR GOAL IS A STRONGER CREATIVE, 03:26:05.886 --> 03:26:09.490 A COMMUNITY, A PUBLIC REALM THAT SERVES ALL RESIDENTS. 03:26:09.757 --> 03:26:11.892 HOPEFULLY ALONG AFTER 2028, 03:26:12.760 --> 03:26:15.329 SANTA MONICA IS PART OF THE MUSIC L.A. 03:26:15.396 --> 03:26:18.232 CONVERSATION AS PART OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICT NETWORK. 03:26:18.499 --> 03:26:21.035 THAT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING WAY TO COME TOGETHER. 03:26:21.102 --> 03:26:24.271 I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A WAY FOR US TO REALLY START TO CONNECT. 03:26:24.805 --> 03:26:27.508 WE CREATED SANTA MONICA'S CREATIVE FRAMEWORK, 03:26:27.575 --> 03:26:29.643 WHICH IS INCLUDED AT THE BACK OF YOUR PACKET 03:26:29.710 --> 03:26:31.212 TO GIVE THE CITY AND OUR PARTNERS 03:26:31.278 --> 03:26:34.615 A SHARED APPROACH TO PLANNING, PARTNERSHIP AND FUNDING. 03:26:35.916 --> 03:26:38.819 OUR CREATIVE FRONT FRAMEWORK IS GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY 03:26:38.886 --> 03:26:42.556 INPUT IN 24, WHEN WE WERE STILL CONSIDERING BEING A HOST CITY. 03:26:42.923 --> 03:26:44.859 WE SURVEYED RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES 03:26:44.925 --> 03:26:46.093 AND CAN BE AN ARTISTS ARTS 03:26:46.160 --> 03:26:49.663 LEADERS, GRANTEES, PARTNERS AND FUNDERS, PEOPLE IN VISION 03:26:49.730 --> 03:26:52.967 SANTA MONICA AS A WELCOMING CITY AND CULTURAL SHOWCASE 03:26:53.234 --> 03:26:56.670 WHILE EMPHASIZING SUSTAINABILITY AND THE NEED TO AVOID 03:26:56.737 --> 03:26:59.106 DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION. 03:26:59.173 --> 03:27:01.842 ARTISTS CULTURE WOVEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 03:27:02.042 --> 03:27:04.178 MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT AND PLANNING. 03:27:04.445 --> 03:27:07.748 AND MORE SPACE AND LASTING RESOURCES FOR THEIR WORK. 03:27:08.349 --> 03:27:10.718 LOOKING BEYOND GAMES AND THAT'S WE'RE TALKING 03:27:10.785 --> 03:27:11.786 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC 03:27:11.852 --> 03:27:15.089 WHEN WE SAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY CALLED FOR PERMANENT CULTURAL 03:27:15.156 --> 03:27:18.926 INFRASTRUCTURE RECOGNITION OF TONGVA AND OTHER HISTORICAL 03:27:19.593 --> 03:27:22.329 IN A PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITY COULD BE PROUD OF. 03:27:22.630 --> 03:27:25.566 THEY ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT THIS WORK MUST EXTEND 03:27:25.633 --> 03:27:29.770 WELL BEYOND THE TWO WEEKS OF THE COMPETITION. 03:27:29.837 --> 03:27:34.542 OUR WORK FOR THIS IS THEMED LAND AND WATER HERE AND NOW. 03:27:35.209 --> 03:27:37.478 IT CONNECTS SANTA MONICA'S COASTAL IDENTITY 03:27:37.745 --> 03:27:40.514 WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, 03:27:40.581 --> 03:27:42.750 WITH CLIMATE JUSTICE AT THE CENTER. 03:27:42.950 --> 03:27:44.618 THE OCEAN HAS NO BORDERS. 03:27:44.685 --> 03:27:46.787 GIVING US A WAY TO CONNECT LOCAL STORIES 03:27:46.854 --> 03:27:50.457 WITH GLOBAL QUESTIONS OF CLIMATE, CULTURE, DEMOCRACY 03:27:50.524 --> 03:27:51.659 AND EQUALITY. 03:27:51.725 --> 03:27:53.093 MOST IMPORTANTLY, 03:27:53.160 --> 03:27:56.564 THE THEME HELPS US BUILD A CONNECTED CULTURAL STORY 03:27:56.797 --> 03:27:59.767 RATHER THAN SIMPLY ASSEMBLING A LIST OF EVENTS. 03:28:00.234 --> 03:28:04.071 ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, FILMMAKERS, CHEFS, ATHLETES, ENVIRONMENTAL 03:28:04.138 --> 03:28:08.309 LEADERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN ALL HELP TELL THAT STORY. 03:28:08.742 --> 03:28:12.479 SANTA MONICA EXPECTS TO HOST 10 TO 11 03:28:12.546 --> 03:28:14.982 INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY HOUSES, 03:28:15.316 --> 03:28:17.952 THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION IN THE REGION. 03:28:18.319 --> 03:28:18.552 CLUB. 03:28:18.619 --> 03:28:21.121 FRANCE WILL BE AT THE ANNENBERG COMMUNITY BEACH HOUSE. 03:28:21.388 --> 03:28:24.592 SWITZERLAND WILL BE AT THE CAMERA OBSCURA BUILDING. 03:28:24.658 --> 03:28:26.927 AND BOTH OF THOSE SITES ARE CULTURAL FACILITIES 03:28:26.994 --> 03:28:29.029 THAT WE OVERSEE IN THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA. 03:28:29.496 --> 03:28:32.399 WE'RE ALSO PURSUING ART FOR PUBLIC SPACES, 03:28:32.466 --> 03:28:35.069 INCLUDING AN INSTALLATION ON THE BROADWAY BRIDGE 03:28:35.269 --> 03:28:37.104 AND THE BEACH ITSELF. 03:28:37.171 --> 03:28:40.374 THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GUIDED BY TWO CENTRAL COMMITMENTS 03:28:40.641 --> 03:28:43.878 FINDING ARTISTS AND BRINGING ART INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 03:28:45.679 --> 03:28:48.682 SANTA MONICA'S FRAMEWORK HAS FOUR CONNECTED PILLARS, 03:28:48.949 --> 03:28:50.217 AND YOU'VE SEEN THESE PILLARS 03:28:50.284 --> 03:28:52.419 THROUGHOUT THIS CONVERSATION TODAY. 03:28:52.720 --> 03:28:54.355 ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY FUNDING. 03:28:54.421 --> 03:28:56.090 I TOTALLY LOVE HAVING A SOUNDTRACK. 03:28:56.156 --> 03:28:57.691 THAT WAS AMAZING. 03:28:58.592 --> 03:29:00.060 WE ARE GOING TO BRING IT HOME FOR YOU. 03:29:00.127 --> 03:29:02.863 OC ART IS IN COMMUNITY FUNDING COMMISSIONS, 03:29:02.930 --> 03:29:05.432 PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC ART 03:29:05.699 --> 03:29:07.668 AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUTH PROGRAMS. 03:29:07.735 --> 03:29:10.704 WE CAN BEGIN BY ALIGNING THE NEXT 18 MONTHS 03:29:10.771 --> 03:29:14.141 OF OUR CURRENT ART OF RECOVERY FUNDING WITH THAT FRAMEWORK. 03:29:14.341 --> 03:29:18.379 SO WE'RE TAKING EXISTING FUNDS AND REALLY ALLOCATING THEM 03:29:18.445 --> 03:29:19.780 NOT REAPPROPRIATE, 03:29:19.847 --> 03:29:21.515 BUT WE'RE CHANGING WHAT THE THEME IS 03:29:21.582 --> 03:29:24.118 SO THAT WE'RE STILL MEETING THIS LOCAL DEMAND. 03:29:24.451 --> 03:29:26.153 SECOND ART AND PLACE 03:29:26.220 --> 03:29:28.455 BRINGING TEMPORARY AND LASTING ART TO THE COAST, 03:29:28.522 --> 03:29:30.658 DOWNTOWN, THE PROMENADE AND OUR PARKS, 03:29:30.724 --> 03:29:32.927 WHILE EXPLORING A BEACHFRONT SCULPTURE PARK 03:29:32.993 --> 03:29:34.995 AND A SITE SPECIFIC BEACH COMMISSION. 03:29:35.362 --> 03:29:37.665 THIRD, CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND BELONGING. 03:29:37.898 --> 03:29:41.535 USING THESE INTERNATIONAL HOUSES AS PLATFORMS FOR PERFORMANCES, 03:29:41.802 --> 03:29:44.138 EXHIBITIONS, ARTIST TALKS AND EXCHANGE 03:29:44.204 --> 03:29:46.941 BETWEEN LOCAL AND VISITING CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS. 03:29:47.007 --> 03:29:48.876 AND FOURTH, THE REGIONAL CONNECTION. 03:29:48.943 --> 03:29:49.944 YOU'VE HEARD THIS ALL TODAY. 03:29:50.010 --> 03:29:51.912 COORDINATING WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES 03:29:51.979 --> 03:29:55.149 SO ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES CAN MOVE ACROSS THE CITY LINES 03:29:55.416 --> 03:29:57.952 WITH SANTA MONICA SOMETIMES TAKING THE LEAD, 03:29:58.185 --> 03:30:01.555 CO-LEADING OR PARTICIPATING, DEPENDING ON THE OPPORTUNITY. 03:30:03.023 --> 03:30:04.725 COMPARING THE FRAMEWORKS 03:30:04.792 --> 03:30:07.895 WE'RE BUILDING ON REGIONAL WORK, NOT DUPLICATING IT. 03:30:08.228 --> 03:30:09.530 AS MENTIONED EARLIER, L.A. 03:30:09.596 --> 03:30:11.665 IS ACTIVATING ALL 15 COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 03:30:11.865 --> 03:30:12.633 WEST HOLLYWOOD 03:30:12.700 --> 03:30:15.402 IS DEVELOPING A PROGRAM AROUND INVENTING TRADITIONS, 03:30:15.602 --> 03:30:17.504 INCLUDING A PUBLIC ART CORRIDOR. 03:30:17.571 --> 03:30:19.740 CULVER CITY IS BUILDING ON TWO EXISTING 03:30:19.807 --> 03:30:21.642 GRANTS AND PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS. 03:30:21.709 --> 03:30:22.910 AND PASADENA IS CONNECTING 03:30:22.977 --> 03:30:25.379 TO ITS OLYMPIC VENUES AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS. 03:30:26.180 --> 03:30:28.782 LEARNED FROM THESE APPROACHES, INCLUDING THEIR USE 03:30:28.849 --> 03:30:32.553 OF GUIDING THEMES, PROGRAM PILLARS AND TIERED FUNDRAISING. 03:30:32.853 --> 03:30:33.587 SANTA MONICA'S 03:30:33.654 --> 03:30:36.123 FRAMEWORK IS DISTINCTLY COASTAL AND PLACE BASED. 03:30:36.357 --> 03:30:38.525 CONNECTING OUR HISTORY FROM 1984, 03:30:38.592 --> 03:30:40.794 WHICH WAS THE LAUNCH OF OUR ARTS COMMISSION 03:30:40.861 --> 03:30:43.664 TO 2028 WITH WATER CLIMATE. 03:30:43.731 --> 03:30:46.166 LOCAL ARTISTS. NEIGHBORHOODS. INDIGENOUS, MS. 03:30:46.233 --> 03:30:49.103 AND MULTICULTURAL PRESENT AND INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE. 03:30:50.504 --> 03:30:53.307 OUR NEIGHBORS ARE ALREADY PUTTING THIS INTO PRACTICE. 03:30:53.374 --> 03:30:54.308 WEST HOLLYWOOD. 03:30:54.375 --> 03:30:55.509 AND I'M THINKING YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR 03:30:55.576 --> 03:30:57.711 FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER CITIES RIGHT AFTER THIS. 03:30:57.778 --> 03:31:00.447 BUT WEST HOLLYWOOD IS PLANNING INCLUSIVE ARTS PROGRAMING, 03:31:00.748 --> 03:31:04.251 LGBTQ PLUS OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC EXHIBITIONS. 03:31:04.451 --> 03:31:07.921 A PRIDE HOUSE, PERMANENT PUBLIC ART BONG BEACHES. 03:31:07.988 --> 03:31:11.825 IMAGINE TATE IS INVESTING IN NEIGHBORHOOD ROOTED ART MURALS, 03:31:11.892 --> 03:31:14.928 PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS ALONGSIDE ITS PARALYMPIC EVENTS. 03:31:15.262 --> 03:31:17.231 CULVER CITY IS MOVING ON THEIR CULTURAL 03:31:17.297 --> 03:31:19.033 FRAMEWORK LEADING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, 03:31:19.099 --> 03:31:21.769 UNIQUE CHARACTER, ACTIVATING PARKS AND PEPPERING. 03:31:21.835 --> 03:31:24.304 THIS IS HER LANGUAGE PEPPERING IN SOME FUN SURPRISES 03:31:24.371 --> 03:31:25.439 AND POP PERFORMANCES. 03:31:26.673 --> 03:31:27.708 I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE 03:31:27.775 --> 03:31:30.077 THAT THE PARALYMPICS MUST BE PART OF OUR CULTURAL 03:31:30.144 --> 03:31:32.880 PLANNING FROM THE BEGINNING, NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT. 03:31:34.948 --> 03:31:37.284 WHAT THE ARTISTS ARE NEEDING FUNDING THAT COVERS 03:31:37.351 --> 03:31:40.387 REAL LIVING AND PRODUCTION COSTS AND CONTINUE BEYOND THE GAMES. 03:31:40.721 --> 03:31:43.290 TRANSPARENT OPPORTUNITIES ANNOUNCED EARLY ENOUGH 03:31:43.490 --> 03:31:47.127 FOR ARTISTS TO PREPARE STRONG PROPOSALS, ACCESSIBLE WAYS 03:31:47.194 --> 03:31:48.996 FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO BE RECOGNIZED 03:31:49.063 --> 03:31:50.431 AS PART OF THE GAMES 03:31:50.497 --> 03:31:52.900 AND COORDINATED MARKETING AND SHARED ARTISTS REGISTRY 03:31:52.966 --> 03:31:55.702 SO AUDIENCES CAN WORK ACROSS THE REGION. 03:31:56.003 --> 03:31:59.373 THESE ARE PRACTICAL NEEDS THAT OUR CITIES CAN ADDRESS TOGETHER. 03:32:00.374 --> 03:32:02.543 HOW THE STATE CAN HELP. 03:32:02.609 --> 03:32:05.012 WE HAVE FOUR REQUESTS FROM OUR CITIES 03:32:05.079 --> 03:32:06.080 FOR THE COASTAL COMMISSION. 03:32:06.146 --> 03:32:08.115 THESE ARE REALLY SPECIFIC FOR THE COASTAL COMMISSION. 03:32:08.182 --> 03:32:11.919 THE CURRENT GAMES EXEMPTION MAY NOT COVER OUR ART INSTALLATIONS 03:32:11.985 --> 03:32:12.920 THAT WE NEED. 03:32:12.986 --> 03:32:14.822 SANTA MONICA, LONG BEACH PARTICULARLY. 03:32:14.888 --> 03:32:15.422 BOTH NEED 03:32:15.489 --> 03:32:18.892 THAT CLARIFIED FOR OUR BEACHES AND WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE SAND. 03:32:19.460 --> 03:32:21.662 WE WOULD WELCOME LEGISLATION THAT COULD MAKE THAT 03:32:21.728 --> 03:32:23.764 MORE EXPLICIT CAPACITY 03:32:23.964 --> 03:32:27.101 FUNDING FOR MUNICIPAL, CULTURAL STAFF AND REGIONAL ARTS 03:32:27.167 --> 03:32:30.737 INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THOSE CITIES WHO ARE NON HOST CITIES. 03:32:30.938 --> 03:32:32.940 SO THAT OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC PROGRAMING 03:32:33.006 --> 03:32:35.309 HAS THAT LONG GOING LEGACY. 03:32:35.375 --> 03:32:38.345 CULTURAL DISTRICTS, AND YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE TODAY AS WELL. 03:32:38.579 --> 03:32:39.613 STATE SUPPORT, 03:32:39.680 --> 03:32:43.183 ONGOING, EXPANDED STATE SUPPORT FOR CULTURAL DISTRICTS. 03:32:43.250 --> 03:32:46.120 TURNING THE SUMMER ACTIVITY INTO PERMANENT NEIGHBORHOOD 03:32:46.186 --> 03:32:48.622 ANCHORS AND COORDINATION 03:32:49.223 --> 03:32:52.426 PARTNERSHIP WORKS BEST WHEN THEY START EARLY. 03:32:52.726 --> 03:32:54.862 LONG BEACH'S FORMAL GAMES AGREEMENT WITH L.A. 03:32:54.928 --> 03:32:57.331 28 SHOWS WHAT CLEAR AGREEMENTS CAN DO. 03:32:57.631 --> 03:33:01.201 WE'D LIKE A REGIONAL MECHANISM THAT ALIGNS ACTIVATION SCHEDULES 03:33:01.268 --> 03:33:05.372 AND ARTIST REGISTRIES ACROSS, JURISDICTIONS. 03:33:07.107 --> 03:33:08.775 SO IN 1984, THE GAMES 03:33:08.842 --> 03:33:11.912 ESTABLISH MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS AND CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 03:33:12.312 --> 03:33:15.983 AND HERE WE ARE 40 YEARS LATER, OUR COMMUNITY OF MUNICIPAL ARTS 03:33:16.049 --> 03:33:17.684 AGENCIES ARE TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY 03:33:17.751 --> 03:33:19.920 TO CREATE THAT KIND OF LEGACY AGAIN. 03:33:19.987 --> 03:33:22.456 ACROSS OUR REGION AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. 03:33:22.756 --> 03:33:26.226 SUSTAINED INVESTMENT CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. 03:33:26.460 --> 03:33:29.296 MEANINGFUL INCLUSION OF PARALYMPIANS. 03:33:29.563 --> 03:33:31.732 AND COORDINATION. THAT STARTS NOW. 03:33:31.798 --> 03:33:38.539 THANK YOU. 03:33:38.605 --> 03:33:40.207 I DON'T KNOW. TASTIC. 03:33:40.274 --> 03:33:40.941 THIS IS GREAT. 03:33:41.008 --> 03:33:50.584 AND I MEAN SHE. 03:33:50.651 --> 03:33:52.219 RIGHT? YEAH. 03:33:52.286 --> 03:33:54.454 YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW WEST HOLLYWOOD, 03:33:55.088 --> 03:33:56.023 LONG BEACH WANTED TO SPEAK. 03:33:56.089 --> 03:33:58.225 AND THERE'S ACTUALLY INFORMATION 03:33:58.292 --> 03:34:00.527 FROM EACH OF THOSE TOWNS IN YOUR PACKETS 03:34:01.628 --> 03:34:04.398 TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE REALLY, REALLY COOL PROJECTS 03:34:04.464 --> 03:34:06.833 THAT FOLKS ARE STEPPING UP TO DO CITY BY CITY. 03:34:06.900 --> 03:34:08.869 SO IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL. 03:34:08.936 --> 03:34:10.370 AND I AND 03:34:11.471 --> 03:34:12.873 I'M JUST IT'S IT'S EXCITING. 03:34:12.940 --> 03:34:14.508 IT'S EXCITING TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING. 03:34:14.575 --> 03:34:15.509 I THINK IT'S PART OF WHAT WE 03:34:17.811 --> 03:34:18.845 IT'S IT'S PART OF WHAT THE 03:34:18.912 --> 03:34:22.716 BROAD CALL WAS FOR FOR FOLKS TO STEP UP AND START TO 03:34:23.517 --> 03:34:27.120 STEP INTO THE GAP AND AND START PROVIDING THESE KINDS OF 03:34:28.121 --> 03:34:31.558 LEADERS, THE LEADERSHIP AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, TO REALLY 03:34:33.193 --> 03:34:34.828 MAKE THIS SUMMER SO SPECIAL. 03:34:34.895 --> 03:34:38.832 AND I DO WANT TO JUST REITERATE THE THE PRAISE AND THANKS TO 03:34:39.666 --> 03:34:41.235 SENATOR SMALLWOOD FOR HER LEADERSHIP 03:34:41.301 --> 03:34:44.037 ON THE CULTURAL DISTRICT IN SOUTH L.A. 03:34:44.104 --> 03:34:46.840 ALL THE WORK THAT'S UNDERWAY WITH PROJECT CRENSHAW 03:34:47.241 --> 03:34:49.710 AND YOU MENTIONED CYBER BRYANT AND OTHERS, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING 03:34:49.776 --> 03:34:50.110 SO HARD. 03:34:50.177 --> 03:34:52.112 IT'S REALLY, REALLY EXCITING 03:34:52.179 --> 03:34:54.348 TO SEE HOW THAT HOW MUCH THE WORK IS PROGRESSING. 03:34:54.414 --> 03:34:57.818 SO I LOVE TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES A TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS 03:34:58.218 --> 03:34:58.919 TO KNOW. 03:34:58.986 --> 03:35:02.623 REALLY APPRECIATED THIS PANEL AND IT GIVES ME A LOT OF HOPE 03:35:03.257 --> 03:35:07.761 AFTER THE EARLIER PANELS TO SEE WHAT IT ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT 03:35:07.828 --> 03:35:11.965 IT IS, THE GROUND, WHAT'S REAL RIGHT AND HOW IT'S MOVING. 03:35:12.165 --> 03:35:16.336 I GUESS THAT BRINGS ME BACK TO MY MAIN QUESTION. 03:35:16.403 --> 03:35:21.308 HAVE ANY OF YOUR PROJECTS RECEIVED RESOURCES FROM L.A. 03:35:21.375 --> 03:35:23.410 TATE TO SUPPORT? 03:35:24.077 --> 03:35:29.549 THESE VARY IN, POWERFUL AND AMBITIOUS PLANS 03:35:29.616 --> 03:35:32.753 ACROSS DESTINATION SANTA MONICA IN THE COLLECTIVE 03:35:34.588 --> 03:35:37.124 START? 03:35:37.190 --> 03:35:39.459 WELL, I CAN SHARE. 03:35:39.526 --> 03:35:42.629 THERE'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO HIGHLIGHT ABOUT MOSAIC L.A. 03:35:42.929 --> 03:35:46.199 AND I FAILED TO SHARE THIS EARLIER. 03:35:46.266 --> 03:35:49.169 THE IS BEING CO-CHAIRED BY LETITIA 03:35:49.236 --> 03:35:51.571 BARKLEY, WHO IS HERE IN THE ROOM WITH US TODAY. 03:35:52.472 --> 03:35:53.240 ALSO DR. 03:35:53.307 --> 03:35:57.210 BARRIO, ROSARIO JACKSON AND KAREN MAC FROM L.A. 03:35:57.277 --> 03:35:58.478 COMMONS. 03:35:58.545 --> 03:36:00.213 THERE ARE BUDGETS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT, 03:36:00.280 --> 03:36:04.751 THE NO RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO IT YET. 03:36:04.951 --> 03:36:08.288 AND AND AND NOT BY L.A. 03:36:08.355 --> 03:36:12.125 TATE OR AND WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS 03:36:12.192 --> 03:36:15.262 ABOUT INVESTMENTS FROM PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY, WHICH WE DO 03:36:15.329 --> 03:36:20.534 ANTICIPATE NOTHING'S BEEN SECURED YET. 03:36:20.600 --> 03:36:23.303 I WOULD SAY THAT WE WE DON'T HAVE DIRECT FUNDING FROM L.A. 03:36:23.370 --> 03:36:26.707 TATE AND WHAT WE ARE HAVING THE CONVERSATION AROUND IS WHO 03:36:26.773 --> 03:36:28.542 IN PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY WE'RE TALKING TO. 03:36:28.608 --> 03:36:30.210 SO WE'RE NOT STEPPING ON TOES 03:36:30.277 --> 03:36:32.679 AND SO THAT WE CAN BE COORDINATED IN THAT WAY. 03:36:33.480 --> 03:36:37.417 I THINK MANY OF US HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE, 03:36:37.684 --> 03:36:39.453 AND YOU'RE SEEING TENSION 03:36:39.519 --> 03:36:41.955 OF WANTING TO BE PART OF THE BIG UMBRELLA, 03:36:42.155 --> 03:36:44.958 WAITING TO SEE HOW THAT FUNDING WILL COME THROUGH, KNOWING 03:36:45.025 --> 03:36:48.862 THAT THERE'S A PLAN, BUT NOT KNOWING WHAT IT IS YET. 03:36:48.929 --> 03:36:51.298 AND I WOULD JUST ECHO I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN 03:36:51.832 --> 03:36:54.468 COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH L.A. 24. 03:36:54.534 --> 03:36:56.937 WE SEE THE PLANS IN DEVELOPMENT, WE SEE THE BUDGETS 03:36:57.003 --> 03:36:57.704 IN DEVELOPMENT. 03:36:57.771 --> 03:37:01.375 BUT THE RESOURCES HAVE NOT YET BEEN ALLOCATED, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. 03:37:01.441 --> 03:37:04.111 LET ME ADD THAT THAT'S THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. 03:37:04.177 --> 03:37:05.445 AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING 03:37:05.512 --> 03:37:06.680 THIS COMMITTEE HAS 03:37:06.747 --> 03:37:09.916 TO KEEP IN MIND MOVING FORWARD, GIVEN THE TIMELINES, 03:37:09.983 --> 03:37:12.119 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE MORE TIME TO WAIT. 03:37:12.185 --> 03:37:14.020 I THINK THAT WAS A CLEAR 03:37:15.122 --> 03:37:17.724 IMPERATIVE OUT OF TODAY'S CONVERSATION 03:37:18.558 --> 03:37:22.162 TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE FUNDING GOAL 03:37:22.229 --> 03:37:23.163 AND THEN 03:37:23.230 --> 03:37:26.566 HOW WILL THOSE RESOURCES COME IN, WHAT HAS TO BE BACKFILLED 03:37:26.633 --> 03:37:30.070 AND PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTMENTS. 03:37:30.704 --> 03:37:35.208 I REALLY YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATED HOW THOUGHTFUL YOU ALL HAVE 03:37:35.275 --> 03:37:38.245 BEEN IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BARRIERS. 03:37:39.246 --> 03:37:41.314 UNFORTUNATELY, AT THE STATE LEVEL, 03:37:41.381 --> 03:37:44.718 WE WOULD LOVE TO DO ALL THINGS RIGHT, EVERYTHING. 03:37:45.018 --> 03:37:49.923 BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR UNDERSTANDING 03:37:49.990 --> 03:37:53.727 WHAT ARE THE LARGEST BARRIERS TO PREVENTING LOCAL ARTISTS 03:37:53.794 --> 03:37:55.629 AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY 03:37:55.695 --> 03:37:59.599 THOSE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, HAVE NOT BEEN 03:37:59.666 --> 03:38:02.436 SUFFICIENTLY RESOURCE FOR THE BASICS, LET ALONE 03:38:02.836 --> 03:38:05.372 FOR EXPANDING OUR PROGRAMS. 03:38:06.306 --> 03:38:09.443 JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THOSE BIGGEST BARRIERS AND WHAT 03:38:10.010 --> 03:38:12.512 WHAT COULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT 03:38:12.579 --> 03:38:18.452 GAME CHANGING TOOL OR ACTION THAT THE STATE COULD TAKE 03:38:18.852 --> 03:38:23.123 TO ADDRESS THOSE BARRIERS? 03:38:23.190 --> 03:38:26.493 AND SO WE'VE BEEN I MEAN, WE DID A 03:38:27.327 --> 03:38:30.964 A NUMBER A TWO TOTALS IN MY MY TENURE AT DESTINATION 03:38:31.031 --> 03:38:33.333 CRENSHAW REPORTS THE CREATIVE ECONOMY 03:38:34.000 --> 03:38:37.237 THAT INCLUDED SURVEYING CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS AND ORDER 03:38:37.304 --> 03:38:41.608 ARTISTS AND WHAT THEY FORGET, WHAT THEY NEED FOR THE OLYMPICS, 03:38:41.675 --> 03:38:45.979 WHAT THEY JUST NEED IS, LIKE WE SAID, CONSISTENT INCOME 03:38:47.080 --> 03:38:49.382 AND PLACES TO WORK, 03:38:50.050 --> 03:38:53.053 LIVE AND PRODUCE THEIR ARTWORK. 03:38:54.187 --> 03:38:57.324 I THINK RESOURCES THAT JUST CEMENT 03:38:57.390 --> 03:39:00.694 THAT WOULD BE FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT RESOURCES 03:39:00.760 --> 03:39:04.464 THAT SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT FOR A DESTINATION. 03:39:04.531 --> 03:39:06.600 CRENSHAW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WITH SO MUCH, 03:39:07.267 --> 03:39:09.469 WE STILL HAVE VERY, VERY HIGH 03:39:09.536 --> 03:39:12.472 BLACK OWNERSHIP ON THE CORRIDOR, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH VACANCY 03:39:12.539 --> 03:39:14.641 UNDERUTILIZATION OF THOSE SPACES. 03:39:14.941 --> 03:39:16.776 SO WORKING WITH EACH OF THOSE LEGACY 03:39:16.843 --> 03:39:19.679 LANDOWNERS HELP THEM RE-ENVISION WHAT'S POSSIBLE 03:39:20.180 --> 03:39:23.717 AND THEN PULLING THE ARTISTS IN LIKE AFTER AFTER THAT, 03:39:23.783 --> 03:39:26.553 LIKE CREATIVES KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH SPACE WHEN THEY GET IT. 03:39:26.853 --> 03:39:30.390 AND SO THE STATE BEING ABLE TO RESOURCE OPPORTUNITIES 03:39:30.457 --> 03:39:35.962 LIKE THAT SPACE AND RESOURCE, FINANCIAL RESOURCES 03:39:36.229 --> 03:39:38.932 AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY WILL DO WHAT 03:39:38.999 --> 03:39:43.503 IT HAS ALWAYS DONE, CREATE. 03:39:43.570 --> 03:39:46.506 AND SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PANELISTS NOW 03:39:46.573 --> 03:39:50.477 THAT WE'RE WRAPPING UP, CAN I JUST ANSWER 03:39:50.810 --> 03:39:52.913 JUST LIKE ONE MORE SECOND, WHICH IS TO SAY, 03:39:52.979 --> 03:39:56.483 I THINK THAT WHEN THE STATE DOES FUNDING, 03:39:56.883 --> 03:39:59.553 THERE'S USUALLY A REQUIREMENT FOR SOME SORT 03:39:59.619 --> 03:40:00.921 OF FORMAL STRUCTURE. 03:40:00.987 --> 03:40:03.657 AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CULTURAL DISTRICTS 03:40:03.890 --> 03:40:08.361 AND FUNDING INTO AREAS THAT ARE NOT THE USUALLY FUNDED AREAS, 03:40:08.595 --> 03:40:12.465 WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPENNESS TO RELEASING THE FORMALITY 03:40:12.532 --> 03:40:15.435 OF OUR EXPECTATION OF WHAT THOSE STRUCTURES LOOK LIKE 03:40:15.835 --> 03:40:18.572 SO THAT THAT FUNDING CAN GET INTO COMMUNITIES 03:40:18.772 --> 03:40:21.074 WITHOUT THE BARRIER OF AN EXPECTATION, 03:40:21.274 --> 03:40:23.777 LET'S SAY A FORMAL NONPROFIT STRUCTURE. 03:40:24.144 --> 03:40:27.514 WE ARE THERE OTHER WAYS THAT FUNDING MECHANISMS CAN GO IN 03:40:27.747 --> 03:40:29.883 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT IN PLACE? 03:40:30.684 --> 03:40:33.954 AND I DO THINK THAT THOSE BARRIERS OF THE EXPECTATION 03:40:34.020 --> 03:40:35.555 AND THOSE GUIDELINES, 03:40:35.622 --> 03:40:38.024 LITTLE TWEAKS CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN 03:40:38.525 --> 03:40:42.629 OUR BUDGETS ARE MANAGED AND GRANTS ARE SENT OUT. MM 03:40:44.364 --> 03:40:48.602 HMM. I'LL JUST ADD ONE MORE THING. 03:40:48.668 --> 03:40:51.104 SO JUST FILLED WITH DATA POINTS. 03:40:51.171 --> 03:40:52.005 OKAY. 03:40:52.238 --> 03:40:55.342 AND THE OTHER DATA POINT THAT DID NOT SHARE IS THAT 80, 03:40:55.408 --> 03:41:01.615 84% OF THE RESPONDENTS TO THAT SURVEY SAID THAT 03:41:02.549 --> 03:41:05.552 SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FOR SMALL AND MID-SIZED 03:41:05.852 --> 03:41:10.156 ORGANIZATIONS WAS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST BARRIERS MULTIYEAR, 03:41:10.757 --> 03:41:12.559 UNRESTRICTED RESOURCES 03:41:12.626 --> 03:41:16.229 THAT ORGANIZATIONS CAN REALLY USE AS THEY SEE FIT, 03:41:16.563 --> 03:41:20.500 BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THAT HERE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, 03:41:20.567 --> 03:41:22.335 IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, 03:41:22.402 --> 03:41:25.005 OUR BUDGETS HAVE STAYED RELATIVELY FLAT. 03:41:25.405 --> 03:41:28.441 AND WE KNOW THAT THE COSTS HAVE INCREASED YEAR TO YEAR 03:41:28.508 --> 03:41:30.243 BECAUSE OF INFLATION. 03:41:30.310 --> 03:41:33.246 FOLKS, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW FOLKS NEED A LONGER RUNWAY 03:41:33.313 --> 03:41:37.217 TO BE ABLE TO PLAN TO DO SOME OF THESE ACTIVATIONS. 03:41:37.283 --> 03:41:40.553 ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE COMING TO A HEAD SIMULTANEOUSLY. 03:41:40.854 --> 03:41:44.324 AND SO, YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CULTURAL DISTRICTS 03:41:44.391 --> 03:41:45.792 AS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 03:41:45.859 --> 03:41:47.327 AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE, 03:41:47.394 --> 03:41:47.961 BUT ALSO WHAT 03:41:48.028 --> 03:41:51.331 THE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN DOING WITH THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL 03:41:51.631 --> 03:41:55.402 AND INCREASING THE RESOURCES OF THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL, 03:41:55.669 --> 03:42:00.040 ENSURING THAT ORGANIZATIONS CAN TAP INTO THOSE RESOURCES, TOO, 03:42:00.340 --> 03:42:03.643 BECAUSE THE FIELD NEEDS IT. 03:42:03.710 --> 03:42:04.244 YEAH. 03:42:04.310 --> 03:42:05.645 LET ME GO AHEAD AND MENTION AGAIN, 03:42:05.712 --> 03:42:07.814 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND THE ENTIRE. 03:42:08.048 --> 03:42:09.416 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. 03:42:09.482 --> 03:42:11.851 BUT I THINK THE MESSAGE WE'VE GOTTEN, 03:42:11.918 --> 03:42:13.753 THIS HAS GOT TO BE A JOINT VENTURE. 03:42:13.820 --> 03:42:15.889 WE HAVE GOT TO LISTEN. 03:42:16.189 --> 03:42:18.091 WE HAVE GOT TO PARTICIPATE. 03:42:18.158 --> 03:42:20.493 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS OBVIOUSLY HERE 03:42:20.794 --> 03:42:23.963 WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND OUR CHAIR AND MY COLLEAGUE 03:42:24.030 --> 03:42:27.133 WHO'S ACTUALLY IN THE DISTRICT WE'RE SITTING IN RIGHT NOW. 03:42:27.200 --> 03:42:31.337 SO I WOULD CUEVAS AND I, WE SIT PRETTY CLOSE 03:42:31.404 --> 03:42:32.539 TO ONE ANOTHER AND. 03:42:32.605 --> 03:42:35.141 WE'VE WE'VE CREATED THIS FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS. 03:42:35.475 --> 03:42:40.213 AND SO I'VE VISITED CRENSHAW AND I'VE WALKED THE STREETS 03:42:40.280 --> 03:42:42.682 AND I'VE SEEN THE ART AND I'VE SEEN THE SHOPS 03:42:42.982 --> 03:42:44.984 AND I'VE SEEN THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE. 03:42:45.051 --> 03:42:48.655 AND AND I CAN SEE WHAT THE FUTURE OF CRENSHAW WOULD DO. 03:42:48.955 --> 03:42:51.991 AND SO IT TELLS ME THAT AFTER THE OLYMPICS, 03:42:52.192 --> 03:42:54.260 THERE'S A BIT BIGGER, BETTER CRENSHAW. 03:42:54.327 --> 03:42:56.396 AND SUSTAINABILITY IS IMPORTANT. 03:42:56.629 --> 03:42:57.597 I SEE THAT. 03:42:57.664 --> 03:43:01.501 BUT WE ALSO SEE THE FACT THAT IN REFERENCE TO THIS OLYMPICS 03:43:02.168 --> 03:43:04.871 EVENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WE'VE GOT TO SPREAD THE LOVE 03:43:04.938 --> 03:43:08.742 ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND BRINGING IT FOCUS INTO L.A. 03:43:08.808 --> 03:43:10.510 COUNTY, L.A. CITY. 03:43:10.577 --> 03:43:12.011 AND WE'RE DOING THAT 03:43:12.078 --> 03:43:14.380 BY DOING THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BRING CULTURES TOGETHER. 03:43:14.748 --> 03:43:17.917 AND IN OUR PARTICULAR VENTURE RIGHT NOW IS ART, 03:43:18.284 --> 03:43:19.919 AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER THAT. 03:43:19.986 --> 03:43:22.455 SO REST ASSURED, THIS 03:43:22.522 --> 03:43:25.558 THIS EVENT TODAY THAT WE'VE HAD IS OPENING UP SOME DOORS, 03:43:25.625 --> 03:43:27.594 AND I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF IT. 03:43:27.660 --> 03:43:29.863 BUT I WOULD JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING. 03:43:30.163 --> 03:43:31.097 WE'VE HEARD YOU. 03:43:31.164 --> 03:43:32.432 WE'VE HEARD YOUR SUCCESSES. 03:43:32.499 --> 03:43:35.502 WE'VE HEARD YOUR DESIRES, YOUR DREAMS, YOUR AMBITIONS. 03:43:35.568 --> 03:43:37.637 AND OBVIOUSLY, YOUR GOALS ARE OURS. 03:43:37.704 --> 03:43:40.306 SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 03:43:40.373 --> 03:43:41.574 THANK YOU. 03:43:41.641 --> 03:43:44.911 WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME, JUST GIVEN A CHANCE PROGRAM 03:43:44.978 --> 03:43:47.213 TO GIVE GRISELDA FROM LONG BEACH AND REBECCA 03:43:47.280 --> 03:43:49.582 FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD THE CHANCE TO JUST GIVE SOME COMMENTS? 03:43:49.649 --> 03:43:52.585 WHAT YOU GUYS MAYBE AROUND AND YOU COULD HAND THEM TO MIKE 03:43:52.652 --> 03:43:53.153 AND THEY CAN 03:43:54.988 --> 03:43:57.323 JUST BRIEFLY, BECAUSE YOU'RE 03:43:57.390 --> 03:43:59.425 TECHNICALLY PART OF A PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT 03:43:59.492 --> 03:44:02.762 MAYBE YOU CAN JOIN US UP HERE. 03:44:02.829 --> 03:44:07.033 AND JUST AS CITIES, YOU KNOW, SHARING YOUR STORIES OF THE WORK 03:44:07.100 --> 03:44:09.569 THAT'S UNDERWAY. 03:44:10.203 --> 03:44:13.173 THANK YOU, CHAIR ALAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 03:44:13.239 --> 03:44:15.375 MY NAME IS GRISELDA SUAREZ AND I'M THE 03:44:15.909 --> 03:44:18.211 CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 03:44:18.278 --> 03:44:21.581 AND ON BEHALF OF THE OF LONG BEACH, 03:44:21.648 --> 03:44:24.918 I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON 03:44:24.984 --> 03:44:26.586 THE GAMES, 03:44:26.653 --> 03:44:28.988 THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND PROTOCOL 03:44:29.055 --> 03:44:30.990 AND THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS DIVISION 03:44:31.057 --> 03:44:33.693 WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY, ARTS AND CULTURE. 03:44:34.194 --> 03:44:37.363 AS WE PREPARE TO HOST THE AUDIENCES, 03:44:37.430 --> 03:44:41.334 LONG BEACH IS COMMITTED TO, LIKE MANY OF OUR PARTNERS HERE, 03:44:43.102 --> 03:44:46.806 THAT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE GAMES STRENGTHENS 03:44:46.873 --> 03:44:49.409 COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, CULTURE 03:44:49.475 --> 03:44:52.078 PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL CREATIVE ECONOMIES. 03:44:52.812 --> 03:44:55.715 OUR CITY'S APPROACH BEGINS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL. 03:44:56.516 --> 03:44:58.751 LONG BEACH IS HOME TO A WIDE NETWORK 03:44:58.818 --> 03:45:01.788 OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, EACH REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY 03:45:01.855 --> 03:45:03.857 AND CULTURE IDENTITY OF OUR RESIDENTS. 03:45:04.390 --> 03:45:07.894 BEGINNING THIS FALL, THE CITY WILL EXPAND COMMUNITY 03:45:07.961 --> 03:45:11.197 OUTREACH PARKS AND LIBRARIES AND SPACES 03:45:11.264 --> 03:45:13.833 WHERE RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES GATHER TO ENSURE 03:45:13.900 --> 03:45:17.537 THAT LOCAL PERSPECTIVES SHAPE OUR CULTURAL PLANNING 03:45:18.504 --> 03:45:20.006 FOR THE GAMES. 03:45:20.073 --> 03:45:22.842 AND WE. 03:45:23.509 --> 03:45:23.943 THE L.A. 03:45:24.010 --> 03:45:27.814 COUNTY MEETINGS TWO YEARS AGO SPARKED A FEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS 03:45:27.881 --> 03:45:29.215 AND THEY STARTED ORGANIZING. 03:45:29.282 --> 03:45:30.917 AND SO PLANNING HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE 03:45:30.984 --> 03:45:34.187 FOR TWO YEARS ALREADY IN LONG BEACH BY THE COMMUNITY. 03:45:34.554 --> 03:45:36.356 THEY DID NOT WAIT. 03:45:36.422 --> 03:45:40.426 ONE EXAMPLE THAT IS COMMUNITY DRIVEN CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 03:45:40.493 --> 03:45:44.230 IS OUR COLLABORATION WITH WORLD FAMOUS VIP RECORDS, 03:45:44.764 --> 03:45:47.000 A HISTORIC MUSIC CENTERED SMALL BUSINESS 03:45:47.367 --> 03:45:51.437 IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED HISTORIC BI CULTURAL DISTRICT. 03:45:52.238 --> 03:45:54.874 THE CITY IS DEVELOPING THE VIP PLAZA IN TIME 03:45:54.941 --> 03:45:55.942 FOR THE GAMES 03:45:56.009 --> 03:45:58.111 WITH EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, 03:45:58.177 --> 03:46:01.281 FORMING OUR COMMITMENT TO CULTURAL EQUITY, SMALL BUSINESS 03:46:01.347 --> 03:46:04.384 SUPPORT AND THE PRESERVATION OF LOCAL CREATIVE HERITAGE 03:46:05.518 --> 03:46:08.521 THE CITY IS APPLYING THE SAME MODEL THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS 03:46:08.588 --> 03:46:12.392 WITH THE WHAT WE CALL THE LONG BEACH HUDDLE, A COALITION OF 03:46:13.326 --> 03:46:16.296 MEMBERS FACILITATED BY THE ARTS COUNCIL FOR LONG 03:46:16.362 --> 03:46:19.032 BEACH AND LOCAL BUSINESS STUDIO 111. 03:46:19.532 --> 03:46:22.035 THIS GROUP IS CREATING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 03:46:22.101 --> 03:46:25.138 FOR CULTURAL OFFERINGS THAT REFLECTS EXISTING COMMUNITY 03:46:25.204 --> 03:46:27.407 ECOSYSTEMS RATHER THAN IMPOSING 03:46:27.473 --> 03:46:30.677 NEW STRUCTURES THE COMMUNITY KNOWS BEST 03:46:31.444 --> 03:46:34.981 THROUGH THE IMAGINED 28% FOR ARTS ALLOCATION THAT WE HAVE 03:46:35.048 --> 03:46:39.419 AT THE CITY, WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED 135,000 03:46:40.153 --> 03:46:44.590 IN 12 LOCAL GROUPS TO PILOT NEW CULTURAL CONCEPTS. 03:46:45.024 --> 03:46:46.726 THIS THIS YEAR. 03:46:46.793 --> 03:46:49.595 AND WE HAVE SET ASIDE AN ANNUAL INVESTMENT FROM 03:46:49.662 --> 03:46:53.733 THAT PERSON FOR ARTS FOR NEXT SUMMER AND THE SUMMER OF 28. 03:46:54.667 --> 03:46:57.770 THESE EFFORTS ALIGN STRONGLY WITH OUR PRIORITIES 03:46:57.837 --> 03:47:01.174 TO CONNECT INTERNATIONAL SPORT EVENTS WITH CULTURAL EQUITY, 03:47:01.240 --> 03:47:03.876 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND PUBLIC ARTS, 03:47:04.243 --> 03:47:06.579 SMALL BUSINESS CAPACITY BUILDING. 03:47:07.780 --> 03:47:10.516 ALL OF THIS IS REALLY TO INTEGRATE 03:47:10.984 --> 03:47:13.453 CULTURAL PROGRAMING AT ALL LEVELS. 03:47:13.519 --> 03:47:15.621 AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW THAT THERE 03:47:15.688 --> 03:47:18.558 ONGOING CHALLENGES, SO FUNDING FOR THE ARTS 03:47:18.624 --> 03:47:21.260 AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS REMAINS LIMITED 03:47:22.962 --> 03:47:24.330 AND RELATIVE TO THE COMMUNITY 03:47:24.397 --> 03:47:27.266 NEED BEYOND PARKS AND LIBRARIES, 03:47:27.667 --> 03:47:30.636 LONG BEACH HAS FEW DEDICATED CULTURAL FACILITIES 03:47:30.903 --> 03:47:34.007 AND RISING COSTS CREATED DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE 03:47:34.807 --> 03:47:37.143 FOR ARTISTS, OUR CULTURAL GROUPS. 03:47:38.011 --> 03:47:40.346 THIS WILL ONLY INTENSIFY. 03:47:40.413 --> 03:47:43.349 THE CITY ALSO JUST WANTS TO SAY THAT THERE 03:47:43.416 --> 03:47:45.218 IS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY 03:47:45.284 --> 03:47:49.322 FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGES WITHIN A NETWORK OF OUR REGION 03:47:49.555 --> 03:47:52.258 FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURAL PARTICIPANTS TO 03:47:52.959 --> 03:47:55.895 MOVE ACROSS ALL THE DISTRICTS, ALL THE COUNTY, 03:47:55.962 --> 03:48:01.834 ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS AND FAN ZONES AND VENUE CITIES. 03:48:03.169 --> 03:48:05.505 YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR CULTURAL DISTRICTS, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE 03:48:05.571 --> 03:48:08.841 AN WITH ALL OUR OTHER PARTNER CITIES AND PARTNER 03:48:09.375 --> 03:48:11.944 CULTURAL ASSETS. 03:48:12.011 --> 03:48:12.578 SO FINALLY, 03:48:12.645 --> 03:48:16.215 WE ENCOURAGE THE STATE TO EXPLORE PROCUREMENT PATHWAYS 03:48:16.282 --> 03:48:19.685 FOR CREATIVE BUSINESSES, FOR PERFORMING ARTS BUSINESSES, 03:48:19.752 --> 03:48:22.755 FOR NONPROFITS TO PARTICIPATE IN MAJOR EVENTS. 03:48:23.456 --> 03:48:25.191 THERE IS STILL NOT QUITE A PATHWAY 03:48:25.258 --> 03:48:27.527 THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD HELP OUR ARTIST 03:48:27.593 --> 03:48:32.031 AND CREATIVE NETWORKS TO BE PART OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. 03:48:33.099 --> 03:48:34.934 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 03:48:35.001 --> 03:48:37.637 AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE ARTS AND CULTURE AS ESSENTIAL 03:48:37.970 --> 03:48:40.473 TO CALIFORNIA'S GLOBAL GLOBAL PRESENCE. 03:48:41.374 --> 03:48:44.010 THANK YOU. HI. 03:48:44.077 --> 03:48:44.844 GOOD AFTERNOON. 03:48:44.911 --> 03:48:45.778 I WILL BE BRIEF. 03:48:45.845 --> 03:48:47.847 MY COMMENTS ARE VERY BRIEF. 03:48:47.914 --> 03:48:51.084 THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TODAY TO SHARE SOME OF THE WORK 03:48:51.150 --> 03:48:53.786 THAT WEST HOLLYWOOD HAS BEEN DOING IN PREPARATION. 03:48:53.853 --> 03:48:55.721 THE L.A. 28 GAMES. 03:48:55.788 --> 03:48:56.989 MY NAME IS REBECCA LEHMAN. 03:48:57.056 --> 03:49:00.093 I AM THE ARTS MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD. 03:49:01.561 --> 03:49:02.695 IN 2024, 03:49:02.762 --> 03:49:05.731 WEST HOLLYWOOD, A COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH 03:49:05.798 --> 03:49:10.303 EFFORT TO PLAN A THREE YEAR CREATIVE PLAN. 03:49:10.670 --> 03:49:11.771 SO WE'RE IN THE FIRST YEAR, 03:49:11.838 --> 03:49:13.072 JUST COMPLETING OUR FIRST YEAR 03:49:13.139 --> 03:49:15.675 OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLAN 03:49:15.741 --> 03:49:17.777 IN THE LEAD UP TO THE 2028 GAMES. 03:49:17.844 --> 03:49:22.248 IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE AT GO WEHO DAWGS CREATIVE PLAN. 03:49:22.315 --> 03:49:24.450 IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE IN YOUR PACKETS TODAY 03:49:25.184 --> 03:49:28.521 AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT A HOST CITY FOR SPORTS VENUES, 03:49:28.588 --> 03:49:31.557 WE RECOGNIZED EARLY ON THAT WEST HOLLYWOOD CAN PLAY 03:49:31.624 --> 03:49:34.193 AN ESSENTIAL CULTURAL ROLE DURING THE GAMES. 03:49:35.595 --> 03:49:38.197 OUR PLAN POSITIONS THE CITY AS A HUB OF CREATIVE 03:49:38.264 --> 03:49:40.233 EXPRESSION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 03:49:40.299 --> 03:49:44.303 THROUGHOUT THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. 03:49:44.370 --> 03:49:46.939 WEST HOLLYWOOD'S CREATIVE PLAN IS ORGANIZED 03:49:47.006 --> 03:49:51.110 AROUND FOUR FOCUS AREAS ARTS ACTIVATIONS, EXPANSIONS 03:49:51.177 --> 03:49:55.281 OF EXISTING PROGRAMING, LASTING PUBLIC ART INVESTMENTS, 03:49:55.348 --> 03:49:56.282 AND OPPORTUNITIES 03:49:56.349 --> 03:49:58.851 FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE CREATIVELY. 03:49:59.485 --> 03:50:01.821 BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF OUR APPROACH 03:50:01.888 --> 03:50:03.956 IS A COLLABORATION BEYOND OUR BORDERS. 03:50:04.957 --> 03:50:06.025 A STRONG EXAMPLE IS 03:50:06.092 --> 03:50:08.928 THE ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL PUBLIC ART CORRIDOR. 03:50:10.062 --> 03:50:13.799 WE WE ENVISIONED TEMPORARY ART INITIATIVE 03:50:13.866 --> 03:50:16.802 SPANNING WEST HOLLYWOOD, BEVERLY HILLS AND SANTA MONICA. 03:50:17.036 --> 03:50:19.338 IT BECAME VERY CLEAR WHEN THE MAPS STARTED COMING OUT 03:50:19.405 --> 03:50:20.106 THAT WEST HOLLYWOOD 03:50:20.173 --> 03:50:22.875 WAS NOT ON THE MAPS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN LOS ANGELES 03:50:22.942 --> 03:50:24.777 AND WE'RE NOT IN ANY OF THE MAJOR 03:50:24.844 --> 03:50:26.779 METRO CONNECTION CONNECTIONS. 03:50:26.846 --> 03:50:31.517 SO WE BUILT OUR OWN PUBLIC ART QUARTER ALONG ROUTE 66. 03:50:31.584 --> 03:50:34.520 I SHARED SHARED EXPERIENCE 03:50:34.587 --> 03:50:37.423 THAT IS CURRENTLY CELEBRATING ITS 100TH YEAR. 03:50:38.324 --> 03:50:42.094 SO BY COORDINATING AN ARTIST COMMISSION AND VISUAL IDENTITY, 03:50:42.161 --> 03:50:45.231 WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE THIS ACROSS MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS 03:50:45.531 --> 03:50:49.202 FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD THROUGH BEVERLY HILLS AND SANTA MONICA. 03:50:49.735 --> 03:50:51.837 AND SO WE'RE TESTING THIS MODEL FOR REGIONAL 03:50:51.904 --> 03:50:53.072 CULTURAL COLLABORATION. 03:50:53.139 --> 03:50:56.075 WHAT COULD THIS LOOK LIKE IN 28 03:50:56.142 --> 03:50:58.544 MODELS THAT WILL BE ESSENTIAL FOR A COHESIVE L.A. 03:50:58.611 --> 03:51:00.713 28 CULTURAL FOOTPRINT? 03:51:00.780 --> 03:51:03.783 LOOKING AHEAD TO 27 AND 28, WEST HOLLYWOOD 03:51:03.849 --> 03:51:06.219 IS PREPARING A SERIES OF SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS 03:51:06.285 --> 03:51:09.322 THAT ALIGN OUR CREATIVE PLAN THEME INVENTING TRADITIONS, 03:51:09.822 --> 03:51:13.125 A FRAMEWORK THAT INVITES ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES TO EXPLORE 03:51:13.192 --> 03:51:15.094 HOW NEW CULTURAL RITUALS EMERGE. 03:51:16.229 --> 03:51:16.662 UPCOMING 03:51:16.729 --> 03:51:19.332 INITIATIVES INCLUDE A CITYWIDE MURAL FESTIVAL, 03:51:19.899 --> 03:51:22.201 A SPECIAL EXHIBITION ON, THE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS 03:51:22.268 --> 03:51:23.402 ON SUNSET BOULEVARD. 03:51:23.469 --> 03:51:25.538 THERE ARE MOVING IMAGE MEDIA ART PROGRAM, 03:51:26.105 --> 03:51:28.941 TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE AQUATICS CENTER, 03:51:29.008 --> 03:51:31.177 INCLUDING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. 03:51:31.244 --> 03:51:34.247 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC MUSEUM AND OF COLORADO SPRINGS, 03:51:34.313 --> 03:51:38.317 FEATURING LGBTQ PLUS ATHLETES, MEMORABILIA AND FACTS. 03:51:39.418 --> 03:51:42.688 A MONUMENTAL NEW SHEPARD FAIREY MURAL REIMAGINING THE WEST 03:51:42.755 --> 03:51:44.323 HOLLYWOOD PEACE, ELEPHANT 03:51:44.390 --> 03:51:47.159 AND A MAJOR PERMANENT PUBLIC ARTWORK ON THE EXTERIOR 03:51:47.226 --> 03:51:49.228 OF THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER 03:51:49.528 --> 03:51:50.329 THAT WILL BE CREATED 03:51:50.396 --> 03:51:52.898 THROUGH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 03:51:53.666 --> 03:51:54.400 IN ADDITION, 03:51:54.467 --> 03:51:57.770 CITY WEST HOLLYWOOD WILL BE HOST TO PRIDE HOUSE L.A. 03:51:58.170 --> 03:51:59.205 IN WEST HOLLYWOOD PARK. 03:51:59.272 --> 03:52:01.741 SO WE WILL BE THAT WILL BE OUR 03:52:02.842 --> 03:52:04.910 CULTURAL HERITAGE HUB. 03:52:04.977 --> 03:52:07.780 THESE PROJECTS REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO CREATING BOTH 03:52:07.847 --> 03:52:11.550 ACCESSIBLE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AND CIVIC ASSETS. 03:52:11.617 --> 03:52:12.752 THEY ARE ALSO A 03:52:12.818 --> 03:52:15.454 THEY ALSO REINFORCE OUR BELIEF THAT THE ARTS CAN HELP 03:52:15.521 --> 03:52:18.624 DEFINE HOW COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL EVENTS 03:52:18.991 --> 03:52:21.560 BY SHAPING IDENTITY, CREATING CONNECTION 03:52:21.627 --> 03:52:24.597 AND ESTABLISHING NEW TRADITIONS GROUNDED IN OUR VALUES 03:52:24.664 --> 03:52:27.466 OF DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND CREATIVE FREEDOM. 03:52:28.267 --> 03:52:30.469 AS WE MOVE TOWARDS 2028, WEST HOLLYWOOD 03:52:30.536 --> 03:52:33.339 IS COMMITTED TO ELEVATING THE REGION'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, 03:52:33.706 --> 03:52:35.741 AND WE WELCOME CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP 03:52:35.808 --> 03:52:37.276 TO ENSURE THE GAMES CREATE 03:52:37.343 --> 03:52:39.979 A UNIFIED AND UNFORGETTABLE CULTURAL LEGACY. 03:52:41.314 --> 03:52:41.714 THANK YOU. 03:52:41.781 --> 03:52:43.716 THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 03:52:43.783 --> 03:52:44.150 ALL RIGHT. 03:52:44.216 --> 03:52:46.519 LET'S ASK FOLKS WHO ARE THE FOLKS WHO WANT TO 03:52:47.720 --> 03:52:49.722 PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT TO LINE UP 03:52:49.789 --> 03:52:52.091 RIGHT WHERE HENRY IS WAS STANDING AND SINGER 03:52:53.225 --> 03:52:55.795 AND WE'LL HEAR FROM WE'LL HEAR FROM EVERYBODY. 03:52:55.861 --> 03:52:57.930 AND IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A SEAT, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. 03:52:59.832 --> 03:53:02.034 HENRY BUT WE'LL HAVE YOU STAND RIGHT THERE 03:53:02.101 --> 03:53:05.304 AND HENRY CAN ORGANIZE THE THE MICROPHONE. 03:53:05.938 --> 03:53:07.239 THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. 03:53:07.306 --> 03:53:09.408 LET'S LET'S START WITH YOU. YEAH. 03:53:10.042 --> 03:53:11.243 DO YOU WANT US TO. 03:53:11.310 --> 03:53:12.945 IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 03:53:13.012 --> 03:53:14.113 I APPRECIATE IT. 03:53:14.413 --> 03:53:15.114 THANKS FOR 03:53:18.150 --> 03:53:19.251 EVERYTHING YOU GOT. 03:53:19.318 --> 03:53:20.186 I DIDN'T REALIZE 03:53:20.252 --> 03:53:21.387 WE'RE GOING TO GET TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT, 03:53:21.454 --> 03:53:23.723 SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING. 03:53:23.789 --> 03:53:25.057 THANK YOU. 03:53:25.624 --> 03:53:26.859 THANK YOU FOR THE FOLKS WHO STUCK AROUND. 03:53:26.926 --> 03:53:28.861 I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A PARTY OR SOMETHING 03:53:28.928 --> 03:53:33.399 AND A STAND UP AND DANCE OR DO SOMETHING. 03:53:33.466 --> 03:53:34.633 THANK YOU FOR TODAY. 03:53:34.700 --> 03:53:37.303 AND AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS MOMENT TO SPEAK. 03:53:38.938 --> 03:53:40.973 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHILDREN. 03:53:41.040 --> 03:53:42.308 MY NAME IS LAURA PORTER. 03:53:42.375 --> 03:53:44.577 I, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BLOOM ARTS 03:53:44.910 --> 03:53:47.113 ARTS FOUNDATION HERE IN LOS ANGELES. 03:53:47.179 --> 03:53:49.615 AND WE'VE SERVED THIS SIX YEARS. 03:53:49.915 --> 03:53:52.251 WE'VE SAID IT ABOUT 30,000 KIDS. 03:53:52.318 --> 03:53:55.454 SO BRINGING MUSIC DURING THE SCHOOL DAY 03:53:55.888 --> 03:53:58.224 TO KIDS, BASICALLY T K THROUGH SIXTH GRADE. 03:53:58.524 --> 03:54:01.026 BUT WE HAVE THIS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM 03:54:01.427 --> 03:54:04.830 AND SO WE HAVE KIDS IN DELAVAN DRIVE ELEMENTARY IN L.A. 03:54:05.264 --> 03:54:06.732 AND WE'RE 03:54:07.666 --> 03:54:10.603 COLLABORATING WITH KIDS IN 03:54:10.669 --> 03:54:13.305 SOUTH AFRICA, ZAMBIA AND INDIA. 03:54:13.873 --> 03:54:16.008 AND OF COURSE, OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THEM HERE 03:54:16.475 --> 03:54:19.011 FOR THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD TO PERFORM, 03:54:19.078 --> 03:54:21.380 OPENING GAMES TO PERFORM, BUT 03:54:23.182 --> 03:54:24.650 IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT L.A. 03:54:24.717 --> 03:54:27.653 IS A PLACE WHEN I MOVED HERE ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO, 03:54:27.720 --> 03:54:30.990 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN STUNNED AND ASTONISHED BY L.A. 03:54:31.056 --> 03:54:32.224 AHEAD OF IT. 03:54:32.291 --> 03:54:33.559 THERE'S JUST SOME THINGS THAT L.A. 03:54:33.626 --> 03:54:36.695 JUST GETS, AND THEY'RE SHOWING THE WORLD HOW TO DO THINGS. 03:54:37.530 --> 03:54:38.297 IT'S LIKE A MODEL. 03:54:38.364 --> 03:54:39.665 AND I FEEL LIKE THESE CHILDREN, 03:54:39.732 --> 03:54:42.701 THE WAY THEY COLLABORATE TOGETHER, THEY CREATE WORK. 03:54:43.602 --> 03:54:45.438 THEY'RE ALSO DOING THAT WORK. 03:54:45.504 --> 03:54:46.872 AND I WOULD LOVE IF 03:54:48.407 --> 03:54:48.808 THERE IS 03:54:48.874 --> 03:54:51.977 ATTENTION GIVEN TO MORE ORGANIZATIONS 03:54:52.344 --> 03:54:55.281 LIKE OURS TO SHOW WHAT CHILDREN ARE DOING IN THIS CITY. 03:54:55.347 --> 03:54:56.782 AND IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. 03:54:56.849 --> 03:55:00.686 AND THEY'RE YES, IT'S ASYNCHRONOUS, 03:55:01.053 --> 03:55:03.689 BUT WE'RE SHARING STORIES AND SHARING THEIR LIVES 03:55:03.756 --> 03:55:07.393 AND MAKING MUSIC AND COLLABORATING ON ORIGINAL WORK. 03:55:07.726 --> 03:55:10.629 AND THEY THINK IT'S AMAZING 03:55:10.963 --> 03:55:13.599 AND IT'S REALLY OPENING UP A WORLD FOR THEM. 03:55:13.999 --> 03:55:16.669 AND IF YOU GET A CHANCE, GO TO YOUTUBE FOR BLUE MARS 03:55:16.735 --> 03:55:18.504 FOUNDATION AND LOOK AT GLOBAL PROGRAMS 03:55:18.571 --> 03:55:19.505 AND YOU'LL SEE 03:55:19.572 --> 03:55:22.475 THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY. 03:55:22.541 --> 03:55:26.011 IT'S LIKE A TWO MINUTE VIDEO AND YOU JUST IT'S AMAZING. 03:55:26.078 --> 03:55:28.113 SO LET'S AS WE THINKING ABOUT 03:55:28.180 --> 03:55:31.283 ALL THE ARTISTS AND AND THE PROGRAMS AND 03:55:31.984 --> 03:55:34.053 AND THE AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING, 03:55:34.553 --> 03:55:35.254 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 03:55:35.321 --> 03:55:36.088 THAT ORGANIZATIONS 03:55:36.155 --> 03:55:37.857 ARE WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND THEY'RE DOING SOME 03:55:37.923 --> 03:55:40.059 PRETTY AMAZING THINGS. GET THAT ATTENTION. 03:55:40.759 --> 03:55:42.628 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. 03:55:42.695 --> 03:55:43.596 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 03:55:44.964 --> 03:55:46.098 SENATOR ALLEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH 03:55:46.165 --> 03:55:48.634 FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO L.A. TODAY. 03:55:48.701 --> 03:55:52.771 AND FOR ALL THE SENATORS SAYING AND BEING HERE IN THE ROOM, 03:55:53.105 --> 03:55:54.406 MY NAME IS AMY ERICKSON. 03:55:54.473 --> 03:55:55.341 I'M THE EXECUTIVE 03:55:55.407 --> 03:55:57.977 DIRECTOR OF ANGEL'S GATE CULTURAL CENTER IN SAN PEDRO. 03:55:58.978 --> 03:56:02.381 AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIFTH HEARING I'VE SPOKEN AT WITH 03:56:03.015 --> 03:56:06.852 SENATOR ALLEN ABOUT THE ARTS OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS. 03:56:07.820 --> 03:56:08.354 YOU KNOW, 03:56:08.420 --> 03:56:11.991 THE CULTURAL CENTER IS A MEMBER OF MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS 03:56:12.057 --> 03:56:14.760 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT TODAY ARE FOR ARCHER, L.A., L.A. 03:56:14.827 --> 03:56:17.062 RISING, THE CULTURAL DISTRICT NETWORK, 03:56:17.329 --> 03:56:20.132 AND THAT COLLABORATION AND COALITION BUILDING 03:56:20.199 --> 03:56:22.201 THAT BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, 03:56:22.268 --> 03:56:24.336 KNOWING THAT WE NEEDED TO GET AHEAD OF THIS, 03:56:24.603 --> 03:56:28.307 HAS BEEN VITAL TO OUR ARTS ECOSYSTEM HERE IN L.A.. 03:56:29.108 --> 03:56:32.978 WHEN I WAS 12, I SAW MY FIRST MURALISTS MAKING A MURAL. 03:56:33.045 --> 03:56:35.915 IT WAS ON THE ONE ON FREEWAY, AND IT WAS DURING THE TIME 03:56:35.981 --> 03:56:37.616 BEFORE THE 84 OLYMPICS. 03:56:37.683 --> 03:56:39.518 THESE OLYMPICS TOUCH ALL OF US AND. 03:56:39.585 --> 03:56:40.352 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 03:56:40.419 --> 03:56:44.290 THAT WE STAY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE IN. 03:56:45.257 --> 03:56:47.426 SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 03:56:48.027 --> 03:56:50.362 FOR THE LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT 03:56:50.429 --> 03:56:52.498 YOU HELPED TO BRING TO OUR AREA. 03:56:53.465 --> 03:56:57.803 THOSE KINDS OF MONIES ARE SO VERY IMPORTANT 03:56:58.137 --> 03:57:02.775 AND I REALLY THINK THAT THE ONLY WAY TO THINK ABOUT 03:57:02.841 --> 03:57:05.644 THIS IS TO SUPPORT THE NONPROFITS DOING THE WORK 03:57:05.844 --> 03:57:08.047 SO THAT WE CAN GET DOLLARS STRAIGHT TO THE ARTISTS. 03:57:08.447 --> 03:57:12.117 SO I HOPE THE STATE WILL STEP UP FROM SO MANY OF THE OFFICES. 03:57:12.384 --> 03:57:13.919 YOU KNOW, MANY SMALL ORGANIZATIONS 03:57:13.986 --> 03:57:16.288 DON'T KNOW THAT THE NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCY 03:57:16.355 --> 03:57:20.526 AND THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS CAN GIVE FUNDING TO THEM. 03:57:21.093 --> 03:57:21.860 WHAT WE KNOW IS 03:57:21.927 --> 03:57:25.164 AN ARTIST IS A SMALL BUSINESS, SO HOW DO WE MAKE 03:57:25.230 --> 03:57:25.864 THOSE CONNECTIONS? 03:57:25.931 --> 03:57:28.500 WE ARE STARTING TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE PAST. 03:57:28.567 --> 03:57:30.603 DIRECTOR OF OSB AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE 03:57:30.669 --> 03:57:33.672 CAN KEEP MAKING THOSE CORRECT, THOSE CONNECTIONS NOW. 03:57:34.607 --> 03:57:36.075 BUT LET'S GET TO THE REAL ISSUE. 03:57:36.141 --> 03:57:38.143 ARTISTS NEED THE FUNDING. 03:57:38.210 --> 03:57:40.579 WHAT WE FOUND OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS 03:57:40.646 --> 03:57:43.415 IS THAT THE STATE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE FUNDED 03:57:43.716 --> 03:57:46.885 THAT WE HAVE COME AND ADVOCATED FOR, LIKE CREATIVE CORPS 03:57:46.952 --> 03:57:48.487 AND THE CULTURAL DISTRICT FUNDING, 03:57:48.554 --> 03:57:52.157 HAVE GOTTEN MONEY STRAIGHT TO ARTISTS TO PAY THEM TO MAKE 03:57:52.458 --> 03:57:54.326 THE IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENTS AND ACTIVATIONS 03:57:54.393 --> 03:57:57.296 THAT WE NEED TO SEE DURING THIS NEXT FEW YEARS. 03:57:57.663 --> 03:58:00.799 AND JUST IN THE SAN PEDRO ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT, 03:58:00.866 --> 03:58:03.235 WHEN WE GOT OUR LARGE FUNDING FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, 03:58:03.502 --> 03:58:07.773 WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT $400,000 TO ARTISTS AND LOCAL 03:58:08.407 --> 03:58:12.277 PEOPLE TO MAKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAPPEN IN OUR AREA. 03:58:12.344 --> 03:58:15.881 MOST OF THOSE SAID TO US THAT THEY COULD NOT 03:58:16.749 --> 03:58:19.551 HAVE APPLIED FOR THOSE FUNDING ANY TIME BEFORE 03:58:19.618 --> 03:58:21.787 BECAUSE THEY WERE SO DAUNTED BY THE APPLICATION. 03:58:22.187 --> 03:58:26.125 AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT HELPED OVER 40,000 VISITORS 03:58:26.392 --> 03:58:27.860 COME TO SAN PEDRO AND. 03:58:27.926 --> 03:58:29.728 WHAT WE SAW FROM THOSE VISITORS 03:58:29.795 --> 03:58:33.265 AND THE PR WE SPENT THE MONEY ON WITH THOSE DOLLARS 03:58:33.599 --> 03:58:34.600 IS THAT 03:58:34.667 --> 03:58:36.835 THE ARTISTS ARE SEEING MUCH, MANY MORE PEOPLE 03:58:36.902 --> 03:58:39.438 COME THROUGH THEIR DOORS AND SELL THEIR THEIR WORK. 03:58:39.505 --> 03:58:42.941 SO I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOWER THIS BARRIER. 03:58:43.509 --> 03:58:45.477 AND I THINK THE LAST PIECE I WANT TO SAY IS, 03:58:45.544 --> 03:58:48.047 I THINK AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE CITY LEVEL 03:58:48.113 --> 03:58:49.915 AND THEY'VE HEARD FROM US, TOO, 03:58:49.982 --> 03:58:52.151 THAT IF WE COULD LOWER THE BARRIER TO PERMITTING, 03:58:52.451 --> 03:58:55.387 NOT ONLY PERMITTING FOR OUR ACTIVATIONS AND THOSE WORKS, BUT 03:58:55.654 --> 03:58:57.890 ESPECIALLY GETTING SIGNS UP AND PR UP. 03:58:58.590 --> 03:58:59.358 SMALL ORGANIZATIONS 03:58:59.425 --> 03:59:00.025 LIKE MINE 03:59:00.092 --> 03:59:01.794 DIDN'T HAVE MARKETING UNTIL THREE YEARS AGO 03:59:01.860 --> 03:59:04.229 AFTER 42 YEARS OF BEING AN ORGANIZATION. 03:59:04.530 --> 03:59:06.732 SO HOW CAN WE DO THAT TOGETHER? 03:59:06.799 --> 03:59:08.967 SO THANK YOU SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 03:59:10.602 --> 03:59:11.503 THANK YOU. 03:59:12.237 --> 03:59:13.906 GOOD AFTERNOON. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. 03:59:13.972 --> 03:59:14.406 I WOULD LIKE TO 03:59:14.473 --> 03:59:18.477 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS THERE. 03:59:18.544 --> 03:59:19.645 I'M MICHELLE BRANCH. 03:59:19.712 --> 03:59:22.181 I'M THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF PASADENA. 03:59:22.247 --> 03:59:24.783 AND I WAS SO PLEASED TO HEAR SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES 03:59:24.850 --> 03:59:27.519 FROM OTHER CITIES TALK ABOUT THE WONDERFUL 03:59:28.020 --> 03:59:31.724 THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY APPROVED ARE IN PROCESS TO ACTIVATE 03:59:32.257 --> 03:59:35.294 THE CITIES AND REGION FOR THE OLYMPICS. 03:59:35.360 --> 03:59:39.131 PASADENA ALSO, WHICH IS TO OVER 60 ARTS AND CULTURAL 03:59:39.198 --> 03:59:43.068 ORGANIZATIONS, IS PLANNING TO HAVE INCREDIBLE ACTIVATION. 03:59:43.135 --> 03:59:46.805 I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR PLANS 03:59:46.872 --> 03:59:48.474 AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT 03:59:48.540 --> 03:59:49.942 THAT THIS WAS POSSIBLE TODAY 03:59:50.008 --> 03:59:52.244 SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR SOME OF THE FUNDING NEEDS. 03:59:52.311 --> 03:59:55.380 I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, OF COURSE, 03:59:55.681 --> 03:59:57.549 WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ARTS 03:59:57.616 --> 04:00:00.619 AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ARTISTS THEY HIRE 04:00:01.120 --> 04:00:04.990 ARE SUFFICIENTLY FUNDED AND RESOURCE SO THAT THEY WILL 04:00:05.057 --> 04:00:09.094 BE, IN FACT WELL-POSITIONED TO REPRESENT OUR CITY 04:00:09.161 --> 04:00:11.063 TO NOT ONLY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, 04:00:11.130 --> 04:00:12.865 BUT ALSO TO THE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. 04:00:12.931 --> 04:00:13.465 THANK YOU. 04:00:13.532 --> 04:00:14.199 THANK YOU. 04:00:14.266 --> 04:00:17.669 THANK YOU. HI, SENATOR. 04:00:17.736 --> 04:00:18.504 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 04:00:18.570 --> 04:00:20.205 JULISSA VASQUEZ, ASSISTANT VICE 04:00:20.272 --> 04:00:22.541 PRESIDENT OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. 04:00:22.608 --> 04:00:25.611 I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT WE DO HAVE A GORGEOUS 04:00:26.011 --> 04:00:28.113 THAT WE OPERATE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. 04:00:28.180 --> 04:00:29.648 WE HAVE TWO BUILDINGS. 04:00:29.715 --> 04:00:32.317 AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TOOLS 04:00:32.618 --> 04:00:36.421 THAT A UNIVERSITY HAS IS ITS ABILITY TO CONVENE. 04:00:36.488 --> 04:00:37.489 SO BRINGING IN 04:00:37.556 --> 04:00:41.126 LOTS OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, A LOT OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS 04:00:41.193 --> 04:00:43.195 AND A LOT OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TO HAVE 04:00:44.229 --> 04:00:46.365 PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, DIFFICULT, 04:00:46.431 --> 04:00:49.434 BUT ALSO A LOT OF OUR ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMING THAT 04:00:49.501 --> 04:00:53.438 WE'VE HAD DANCERS, THEATER, SINGLE MAN SHOWS, ETC.. 04:00:53.639 --> 04:00:57.042 SO UTILIZING THAT TOOL IN MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, 04:00:57.276 --> 04:01:00.813 WE ALSO HELP THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES OPERATE A PUBLIC PARK 04:01:01.213 --> 04:01:01.947 THAT IS AVAILABLE 04:01:02.014 --> 04:01:05.117 THAT WE'VE USED FOR A LOT OF OUR ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY 04:01:05.984 --> 04:01:08.587 THEN ADDITIONALLY, FROM SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY, 04:01:09.288 --> 04:01:12.591 OUR CULTURE, WE HAVE PHYSICAL STUDENTS HERE 04:01:12.658 --> 04:01:16.595 IN LOS ANGELES IN FILM AND FASHION WHICH SEEM TO BE 04:01:16.662 --> 04:01:17.596 SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS 04:01:17.663 --> 04:01:21.099 OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHOWCASE IN THE CITY. 04:01:21.733 --> 04:01:25.170 WE ALSO HAVE A FASHION MUSEUM AND WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING 04:01:25.404 --> 04:01:29.174 WOMEN IN SPORT EXHIBIT THAT WILL HAPPEN IN OUR MUSEUM 04:01:29.241 --> 04:01:30.843 DURING THE OLYMPICS. 04:01:30.909 --> 04:01:35.314 SO THESE ARE JUST TOOLS TO UTILIZE AND STUDENTS TO ENGAGE. 04:01:35.380 --> 04:01:37.149 WE WILL ALSO HAVE FULL PRESENCE 04:01:37.216 --> 04:01:39.985 OF OUR CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM ON SITE 04:01:40.052 --> 04:01:41.486 DURING THE ENTIRETY OF THE OLYMPICS. 04:01:41.553 --> 04:01:43.121 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 04:01:43.188 --> 04:01:47.392 AND THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY. 04:01:50.462 --> 04:01:50.796 HELLO. 04:01:50.863 --> 04:01:51.129 MY NAME 04:01:51.196 --> 04:01:51.697 IS JOSEPHINE 04:01:51.763 --> 04:01:53.532 HERNANDEZ AND I'M A BOARD MEMBER FOR ORANGE 04:01:53.599 --> 04:01:54.933 COUNTY ARTS AND DISABILITY, 04:01:55.000 --> 04:01:58.036 A SMALL NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES 04:01:58.103 --> 04:02:01.039 FOR ARTISTS AND ART ENTHUSIASTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 04:02:01.473 --> 04:02:03.675 SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP 04:02:03.742 --> 04:02:04.543 IS I'VE NOTICED 04:02:04.610 --> 04:02:06.712 THAT ACCESSIBILITY HAS BEEN A COMMON THEME 04:02:06.778 --> 04:02:08.881 THROUGHOUT ALL THE CONVERSATIONS TODAY, 04:02:09.214 --> 04:02:10.716 AND SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO 04:02:10.782 --> 04:02:14.353 PEOPLE'S ATTENTION IS IN THESE CONVERSATIONS ON ACCESSIBILITY, 04:02:14.586 --> 04:02:15.754 DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY 04:02:15.821 --> 04:02:17.489 AND THE ACCESSIBILITY OF COMMUNICATION 04:02:17.556 --> 04:02:19.925 MATERIALS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. 04:02:20.392 --> 04:02:23.595 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS 04:02:23.662 --> 04:02:27.633 PARTICIPATING IN THE OLYMPICS AND PARTICIPATING IN THE ARTS. 04:02:27.699 --> 04:02:29.434 PROGRAMING THAT WILL OCCUR ALONGSIDE 04:02:29.501 --> 04:02:31.570 THE OLYMPICS SHOULD CONSIDER. 04:02:31.637 --> 04:02:33.538 ARE THE WEB CONTENT ACCESSIBILITY 04:02:33.605 --> 04:02:35.140 GUIDELINES BEING FOLLOWED? 04:02:35.207 --> 04:02:37.676 HOW IS THAT BEING REPORTED AND? 04:02:37.743 --> 04:02:41.179 ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE ART ENTHUSIASTS, 04:02:41.613 --> 04:02:43.515 OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPIC ENTHUSIASTS, 04:02:43.582 --> 04:02:45.584 WHETHER OR NOT THEY USE ACCESSIBILITY 04:02:45.651 --> 04:02:48.754 SOFTWARE, ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH ALL OF THE MATERIALS. 04:02:50.389 --> 04:02:51.356 THANK YOU. 04:02:51.590 --> 04:02:53.191 ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT WRAPS UP OF A COMMENT. 04:02:53.258 --> 04:02:55.227 LET ME JUST THINK 04:02:55.294 --> 04:02:57.129 EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING, ALL THE WONDERFUL PANELISTS. 04:02:57.195 --> 04:02:59.164 I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, 04:02:59.464 --> 04:03:02.200 SHOSHANA AND TINA, WHO HAVE BEEN JUST FANTASTIC 04:03:02.267 --> 04:03:06.238 WITH OUR SPECIAL COMMITTEE, LAUREN PEYSER MEANS, 04:03:06.305 --> 04:03:08.874 WHO'S BEEN HOW MANY DECADES NOW AS 04:03:08.941 --> 04:03:10.842 THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS. 04:03:10.909 --> 04:03:13.812 AND YOU KNOW JUST THANK YOU THE HARD WORK THAT COMES 04:03:13.879 --> 04:03:18.650 GOES BEHIND PULLING TOGETHER A MEANINGFUL HEARING LIKE THIS, 04:03:19.084 --> 04:03:21.186 THE INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF STAFF HOURS, 04:03:21.720 --> 04:03:23.188 BOTH ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE, THE FOLKS 04:03:23.255 --> 04:03:25.023 WHO COME DOWN FROM SACRAMENTO, 04:03:25.090 --> 04:03:26.558 THE PEOPLE HERE AT THE SCIENCE CENTER 04:03:26.625 --> 04:03:27.793 WHO HAVE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS WITH US 04:03:27.859 --> 04:03:29.895 YEAR AFTER YEAR ON EVENTS LIKE THIS. 04:03:30.495 --> 04:03:31.029 SO THANK YOU. 04:03:31.096 --> 04:03:32.864 THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR THIS. 04:03:32.931 --> 04:03:33.799 AND LOOK, 04:03:33.865 --> 04:03:36.702 THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING PROSPECT BUT 04:03:36.768 --> 04:03:37.903 THERE'S A LOT OF TOUGH ISSUES, RIGHT? 04:03:37.970 --> 04:03:39.471 WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WE'RE PREPARED. 04:03:39.538 --> 04:03:42.174 WE YOU KNOW, WE WE WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 04:03:42.240 --> 04:03:44.176 THERE'S LIMITED TIME AND LIMITED RESOURCES 04:03:44.242 --> 04:03:44.810 AND CHALLENGES 04:03:44.876 --> 04:03:47.412 WITH GETTING EVERYONE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. 04:03:47.946 --> 04:03:52.351 BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE SENATORS HERE 04:03:52.417 --> 04:03:54.386 AND THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ARE VERY FOCUSED ON TRYING 04:03:54.453 --> 04:03:56.588 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STATE DOES ITS PART 04:03:56.655 --> 04:03:57.189 IN ENSURING 04:03:57.255 --> 04:03:59.191 THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, THEIR STATE FUNDING, 04:03:59.257 --> 04:04:00.826 THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUSH OUT FOR VARIOUS 04:04:00.892 --> 04:04:03.195 ASPECTS OF THIS WORK, INCLUDING AT L.A. 04:04:03.261 --> 04:04:05.097 CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND ELSEWHERE. 04:04:05.163 --> 04:04:08.300 AND I KNOW THAT COLLEAGUES ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO ENSURING 04:04:08.367 --> 04:04:11.403 THAT CONTINUES, THAT THIS IS A MAGICAL SUMMER FOR ALL OF US 04:04:12.137 --> 04:04:14.940 THAT WILL HELP TO TRANSFORM OUR CITY IN NEW WAYS 04:04:15.507 --> 04:04:17.342 THAT PERHAPS WE CAN'T EVEN ANTICIPATE. 04:04:17.409 --> 04:04:20.212 AND THAT WAS THE MAGIC OF 84, AND WE HOPE TO REPLICATE 04:04:20.278 --> 04:04:22.447 THAT AGAIN IN NEW WAYS IN 28. 04:04:22.514 --> 04:04:24.116 SO AGAIN, IT'S BEEN SUCH AN HONOR 04:04:24.182 --> 04:04:27.319 TO WORK WITH SO MANY OF YOU IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY. 04:04:28.920 --> 04:04:29.755 MY TIME IS 04:04:29.821 --> 04:04:33.792 COMING TO A CLOSE IN DECEMBER IN THE SENATE AND 04:04:35.027 --> 04:04:37.996 BUT BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE, 04:04:38.063 --> 04:04:39.364 THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU REPRESENT, 04:04:39.431 --> 04:04:41.967 THE WORK YOU DO TO HELP PROVIDE 04:04:43.301 --> 04:04:46.405 SUCH A MEANINGFUL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL ACCESS, 04:04:47.039 --> 04:04:49.107 BOTH FOR THE ARTISTS AND FOR OUR BROADER COMMUNITIES 04:04:49.174 --> 04:04:52.844 THAT WHOSE LIVES YOU ENRICH IN SO MANY INNUMERABLE WAYS. 04:04:53.311 --> 04:04:55.814 SO THANK YOU FOR THE DEDICATION AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO 04:04:55.881 --> 04:04:58.316 AND THAT YOU WILL DO IN THE YEARS TO COME TO 04:04:58.383 --> 04:05:00.552 TO CONTINUE TO ENRICH LIFE IN OUR IN OUR REGION 04:05:00.819 --> 04:05:03.955 SO THAT WE'LL CALL THIS HEARING TO A CLOSE. 04:05:04.022 --> 04:05:18.236 THANK YOU.