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Advocacy Works! California Increases Arts Funding in the Final 2026-27 Budget
California's final 2026–27 state budget, approved through AB/SB 113, a Budget Bill Jr. awaiting the Governor's signature, includes more than $80 million in new cross-agency investment in the arts. This is the largest single-year expansion of state arts funding since COVID, and it provides meaningful support to artists, cultural workers, performing arts organizations, and communities across California.
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