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Senator Smallwood-Cuevas: Historic South LA Black Cultural District Designation Effort (July 1, 2025)

Press release, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (SD-28), 'Senator Smallwood-Cuevas Announces Historic South LA Black Cultural District Designation Effort; State Legislature Approves $2.5 Million to Seed New Cultural District,' July 1, 2025.

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States that the Senator “secured $3 million in state funding in 2023 to initiate the process of designing and erecting markers and monuments throughout the district,” and that “the State Legislature voted to approve $2.5 million in funding for the Historic South LA Black Cultural District as part of the Budget Act of 2025.” Says her district team worked with LA Commons and a coalition of community groups, business owners, artists and residents on the district’s shape before the application to the California Arts Council. Read on September 30, 2026.

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California State Senate, District 28
Published
2025
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2026-09-30

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