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# Give the arts a chance
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/give-the-arts-a-chance-editor/
- Published: 2008-01-19T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:03:18.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Lawrence Shapiro Santa Monica*

Thank you for the article concerning arts funding and The Creative Capital Plan (”Artists could see more cash,” page 1, Jan. 11) (1/09). I hope our city council will support the Creative Capital Plan financially so that both individual artist and arts organizations can continue to thrive in Santa Monica. The arts in Santa Monica have become an economic engine which contributes greatly to the overall economic health of our city.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 19, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011908.pdf?ref=smdp.com)