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SUBMIT COMMENTS:
By Tuesday, May 20th, submit a public comment to the Budget and Finance Committee.

Sample language is provided below that you can use or personalize. This is the most effective way to voice your opposition to budget cuts impacting L.A.'s Barnsdall Art Park and Hollyhock House. Comments will also be shared with Council Districts 13 and 4.

Who You're Contacting

Bob Blumenfield

Councilmember

District 3

19040 Vanowen Street
Reseda, CA 91335 US

Phone: (818) 774-4330

Budget and Finance Committee

200 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Eunisses Hernanadez

Councilmember

District 1

200 N. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012 US

Phone: (213) 473-7001

Heather Hutt

Councilmember

District 10

200 N. Spring St, Room 420
Los Angeles, CA 90012 US

Phone: 213-473-7010

Hugo Soto-Martinez

Councilmember

District 13

1722 Sunset Blvd
Echo Park, CA 90026 US

Phone: 213-207-3015

Katy Yaroslavsky

Councilmember

District 5

6380 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048 US

Phone: 323-866-1828

Nithya Raman

Councilmember

District 4

6501 Fountain Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028 US

Phone: (323) 957-6415

Tim McOsker

Councilmember

District 15

200 N. Spring St., Rm. 475
Los Angeles, CA 90012 US

Phone: 213.473.7015

What You’re Saying

Subject

Salutation

To Whom It Concerns [Decision Maker]:

Body

The proposed cuts in the City of Los Angeles' proposed 2025-2026 budget threaten Barnsdall Art Park and LA's only UNESCO World Heritage site: Hollyhock House, Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece. Seven essential staff positions at Barnsdall are at risk under the proposed budget, including three of Hollyhock House’s four full-time positions.  These cuts mean that the house would have to suspend public tours.

Gifted to the City of Los Angeles in 1927, Barnsdall Art Park has been part of the fabric of East Hollywood and Los Feliz, as well as a destination for art-loving Angelenos and tourists for nearly a century. Hollyhock House welcomes many thousands of Angelenos and tourists every year and is a source of pride and revenue for the City. The City worked for over fifteen years to get UNESCO status for Hollyhock House, and now these cuts will adversely affect the preservation, protection and public access to this site, potentially jeopardizing its UNESCO designation.

Programming at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and Barnsdall Gallery Theatre would also be greatly reduced, and the low-cost fine art classes at Barnsdall Arts Center and Barnsdall Junior Arts Center, provided to thousands of local children and adults annually for over 50 years, will be significantly diminished.

This is the time to protect our most valuable cultural treasures, not shut them down - especially ahead of the World Cup and Olympics.  I urge you to vote against these proposed cuts to ensure the legacy of Barnsdall Art Park continues.

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hollyhock

Who You're Contacting

Bob Blumenfield

Budget and Finance Committee

Eunisses Hernanadez

Heather Hutt

Hugo Soto-Martinez

Katy Yaroslavsky

Nithya Raman

Tim McOsker

What You’re Saying

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