At Our Peril: Ignoring the Canary in the Coal Mine of Arts and Culture Defunding

At Our Peril: Ignoring the Canary in the Coal Mine of Arts and Culture Defunding

Over a recent phone conversation, a friend conveyed her sense of disillusionment with how cities are being managed. The expression “tone-deaf” came up, and that warnings are all around us. Across the United States, cities are making budget decisions that reveal far more than their fiscal priorities. They reveal their values, their imagination, and their sense of responsibility to future generations. In San Diego, the mayor’s proposed budget woul…