A recent report issued by the Comptroller\u2019s Office claims to have uncovered numerous problems at the Cultural Equity Grants Program. This report, characterized by some as a \u201chit-piece\u201d and by others (most notably by MacArthur \u201cGenius\u201d Guillermo Gomez-Pena) as \u201cracist,\u201d is an attempt to cover-up the Arts Commission\u2019s primary problem: the agency has no leadership and is headed towards chaos.<\/p>\n
\n- The last two Directors of the Arts Commission have been forced the to resign;<\/li>\n
- The incessant non-professional staff in-fighting, leadership turnovers, staff promotions, demotions and reclassifications and inaccessible financial information weakens the Arts Commission\u2019s ability to support arts organizations rooted in the City\u2019s communities of color and in the LGBT, women’s and disabled communities.<\/li>\n
- The Cultural Equity Grants Program is nationally respected because it has successfully diversified San Francisco\u2019s non-profit arts community over the past 15 or so years; however, despite the exponential growth of community demand for grants, technical assistance and fundraising advice, the program\u2019s budget has not grown for over a decade.<\/li>\n
- The Comptroller and the Acting Director found it problematic that Galer\u00eda de la Raza received $200,000 from the Arts Commission over a five-year period, but they have no problem handing over almost $2,000,000– every year– to the Symphony.<\/li>\n
- The Acting Director apparently has no background in human resources or personnel management nor does she have a plan to solve the Commission\u2019s toxic staff situation; she repeatedly makes poor political decisions and seems reluctant to consult the community -or even the Arts Commission staff.<\/li>\n
- Before being moved to the Community Arts and Education category, the Native American grants program\u2019s published deadline was December 15; as of today, no guidelines or application forms have been published.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A recent report issued by the Comptroller\u2019s Office claims to have uncovered numerous problems at the Cultural Equity Grants Program. …<\/p>\n
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