Even in the entertainment and arts world, which is often a battle for resources, the most important asset is one that encapsulates all industries: Education.
Scholarships support college-bound foster youth: Ready To Succeed hosted their annual two-day summer camp, Camp Ready, in July. The event is the start of the internship and scholarship program for new participants in the RTS program.
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Community Conversation: The final Culture Collective conversation event of 2023 took place on Nov. 28, a fireside chat at the Santa Monica Ice Rink hosted by Santa Monica Arts Commissioner Michelle Edgar and Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. Director of Operations & Placemaking Jeremy Ferguson.
LA advances restrictions on new hotel development:A proposal to force hotel developers to replace housing lost in the development process advanced out of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission last week as part of a deal between the city and a local labor union. The proposed ordinance would require developers to replace any housing lost to hotel construction, increase community input into hotel projects, strengthen oversight of properties that host disturbing parties or tolerating trafficking or other criminal activity on their premises (including short-term rentals, hotels and other properties) and increase the supply of interim housing.