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  1. Broadway World: Governor Newsom Signs Bill Securing Critical Funds to Support Creative Worker Jobs

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:54:00 GMT – 0

    SB104/AB104 will reallocate $11.5 million in unexpended funds from previously established grant programs for the performing arts to the Fund.

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  2. Broadway World: California Senate Passes Bill With Investment In Nonprofit Performing Arts Organizations

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:59:00 GMT – 0

    Bill heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom for signature.

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  3. Broadway World: Actors' Equity Comments on California Bill Investing in Nonprofit Performing Arts Organizations

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:03:00 GMT – 0

    Understanding the impact of the proposed California bill on nonprofit performing arts organizations.

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  4. Broadway World: Actors' Equity Association Applauds Boost in Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts

    Equity News Staff – Fri, 23 Dec 2022 13:00:00 GMT – 0

    "The National Endowment for the Arts supports jobs in every Congressional district in the country. While we advocate primarily for the actors and stage managers we represent, we applaud that NEA funding also drives economic growth in restaurants, hospitality, tourism and beyond. This increase will mean more jobs and a stronger economy for everyone," said Kate Shindle, president of Actors' Equity Association.

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  5. Broadway World: Portantino's Nonprofit Theater Bill Signed By Governor Newsom

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:34:00 GMT – 0

    The effort comes at a time when small community theatres are struggling in the aftermath of the pandemic.

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  6. Deadline: Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs “Landmark” Bill To Aid Small Performing Arts Nonprofits

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:17:00 GMT – 0

    Introduced by Senator Anthony Portantino (D – Burbank), Senate Bill 1116 was cosponsored by Actors’ Equity Association and the Theatrical Producers of Southern California.

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  7. Los Angeles Daily News: Small theaters, lawmakers, call on Newsom to sign bill to help them ‘thrive’

    Levy, David – Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:00:00 GMT – 0

    Two senators, one assemblymember, artist labor leaders, several social justice advocates, and activists as well as actors of every stripe gathered at Boston Court Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 8. But when the curtain rose on a rally exhorting Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign SB 1116 into law, all of them were simply theater kids.

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  8. BROADWAY WORLD: ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION APPLAUDS CA'S ARTS FUNDING INITIATIVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 03 Mar 2022 14:39:00 GMT – 0

    The Arts and Music in Schools measure seeks to increase funding for arts and music education in all PreK-12 public schools in California.

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  9. DEADLINE: Performing Arts Reps Warn House Hearing Not To Let “Creative Infrastructure Of Our Economy Vanish” As Covid Continues But Aid Doesn’t

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:59:00 GMT – 0

    Advocates for the creative economy — from the head of a performing arts center to a venue owner, an actor and an Actors’ Equity exec — lobbied Congress today to shore up the industry before it’s too late amid an ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

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  10. WFPL: NEW REPORT SAYS MANY GRANT-GIVING ARTS AGENCIES ACROSS THE U.S. ARE FALLING SHORT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 16 Dec 2021 17:23:00 GMT – 0

    A new survey of arts agencies across the country finds their grant-making practices directly contribute to a lack of diversity on stages.

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