AB 2257, follow up legislation to AB 5, was signed by Governor Newsom on September 4, 2020 and goes into effect immediately. The law includes new exemptions for musicians, performing artists and fine artists. Learn more about these new exemptions in this webinar moderated by Julie Baker, Executive Director, California Arts Advocates/Californians for the Arts; guest speakers Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, 80th District, Author AB 5 and AB 2257; Assembly Majority Leader Ian C. Calderon, 57th District, Principal Co-author AB 2257; John Acosta, President, AFM Local 47; and Sara B. Boyns, Attorney, Fenton & Keller. Information & registration here.

Americans for the Arts has launched "To Rebuild and Reimagine the United States Post-Pandemic, We Must Put Creative Workers to Work", a policy proposal developed with over 100 partners throughout the creative community to Put Creative Workers to Work in the national recovery. You are invited to visit the document, review it, and add your organizational or personal endorsement to the policies outlined in it. This proposal will be shared with the Presidential campaigns, various Congresspeople, and the campaign staff of those running in races for the House and Senate. In addition, we hope that these proposals-which are written from the federal point of view-spark ideas locally, particularly since many emerged from exemplary local examples. Read more here.