A Serious City Invests in the Arts
Budgets have been described as moral documents because they express, in hard financial terms, what we truly value. The current proposal to gut funding for arts and culture in the City budget may soun...
Erin Harkey: Arts, Culture, and a Healthy Democracy
Editor’s Note: This episode was recorded in April 2026, before the City of San Diego released its initial FY27 budget proposal. That proposal has since raised urgent questions about the future of pu...
Norma Chávez-Peterson: Courage, Community, and Defending Civil Liberties
Norma Chávez-Peterson is a longtime organizer and civil rights leader who serves as Executive Director of the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties, one of the region’s leading voices on civil ...
In Response to the City of San Diego’s Initial FY27 Budget Proposal
Grant Oliphant, President and CEO of the Prebys Foundation:“The proposed $11.8 million reduction to arts funding raises real concerns about the immediate and long-term impact on San Diego’s nonpro...