REMARKS
Council member introduces discussion on supporting cultural organizations
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Council Member Carlina Rivera opens the discussion by expressing appreciation for the panelists' work and asks a broad question about how city agencies like DCLA and SBS can better support cultural organizations. She specifically requests information on challenges related to public realm grants and working with different funding sources.
- Rivera acknowledges the need to include DOT and Open Streets in the conversation
- She asks panelists to speak directly about difficulties they've encountered in their work
Carlina Rivera
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Thank you so much.
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I I have so much love and and respect for all of you.
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You do incredible work in your neighborhoods.
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And it's been such a joy and and privilege getting to know you.
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I I, you know, I have a a broad question in terms of, like, what opportunities do you see for this city That's DCLA, that's SBS.
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Specifically, those are the agencies that are here.
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Though I agree, the OT and Open Streets hat must be included.
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What opportunities do you see for this city to better support your work?
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And in your experience and and, Ryan, you mentioned this, you're in the the public realm grant space.
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And this if you could speak directly to some of the challenges and difficulties that tend to arise, maybe in that space or when even when you're working with different types of funding sources, I'd I'd love to hear about that.
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Is that broad enough or too broad?
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Or
