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Senator Smallwood-Cuevas: State Designates South LA as Black Cultural District (2025)
Press release, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (SD-28), 'State Designates South LA as Black Cultural District.' Announces California Arts Council unanimous vote designating Historic South LA as the state's first Black Cultural District. December 19, 2025.
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Announces the California Arts Council’s unanimous vote to designate Historic South LA as California’s first Black Cultural District. Reports $3 million in state funding secured in 2023 for cultural markers and monuments, and $2.5 million approved in the Budget Act of 2025 to seed the district’s development. Names LA Commons as the community engagement lead, alongside the Coalition for Responsible Community Development and Los Angeles City Planning. Fourteen cultural districts existed statewide before this designation; none represented a historically Black community.
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- California State Senate, District 28
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- 2025
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- 2026-07-09
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