Implementing AB 812 Webinar

Learn the ins and outs of leveraging AB 812 to create affordable housing for artists

CA for the Arts joins forces with creative community development specialists to help local advocates understand and leverage AB 812 to create affordable artist housing. Enacted in 2023, this law empowers local governments to mandate affordable units for artists in housing developments in cultural districts. Panelists will provide guidance on establishing state and local cultural districts, navigating city ordinances and regulations, and developing persuasive arguments for artist housing initiatives within your community.

Webinar recording will be made available after the event.

Panelists

Tracy is an artist, advocate and consultant who has worked at the intersections of art and economic and community development for over twenty years. She is a painter and theatre artist who specializes in collaborative devised works. Her artistic practices have informed the numerous creative placemaking and civic imagining platforms she has produced. Some of her favorite projects include developing the Creative Community Thomas Fire Recovery Programs, producing and facilitating the Westside Community Innovation Exchange, serving as Arts Impact Director for Downtown Oxnard and directing WeSource, a youth-led devised theatre project. As a consultant, she has contributed to the success of creative businesses and cultural nonprofits through the design and management of programming, marketing, fundraising and organizational development systems. As a creative economy advocate, she has organized campaigns and forums, developed policy language for local land use and economic development plans, produced cross-sector collaborations, published reports and articles and has served as a keynote speaker in various venues.

Jean Johnstone teaches Arts and Cultural Policy and Social Welfare Policy at UC Berkeley. She is a public policy consultant and analyst working on a variety of projects at the municipal and state level. She studies and writes about comparative cultural and social policies internationally. Jean was the Executive Director of Teaching Artists Guild, a national organization supporting artists working in participatory settings. She holds a Masters in Public Affairs from UC Berkeley, and a B.A. and Post-Graduate certificate in Theater Arts from University of California, Santa Cruz. She trained in Russia at the Moscow Art Theater, and has lived and worked around the world.

Jennifer Lovvorn (she/her) is the Chief Cultural Affairs Officer for the City of Berkeley’s Civic Arts Program where she directs the City's arts programs, operations, and municipal arts policy. Working with the Civic Arts Commission, she provides leadership in developing new policies and partnerships to build a stronger and more sustainable arts ecosystem throughout the City of Berkeley. She has worked in the municipal arts context for two decades (previously at the San Francisco Arts Commission and Fort Worth Arts Council in Texas). She is committed to positioning the arts as essential infrastructure for community resilience and equitable economic development.