Contra Costa County’s Board of Supervisors has approved plans for an Arts Council to promote the development of local arts and culture.

Previously, the Contra Costa County Arts and Culture Commission advised the board on matters related to the arts. As a government agency, the commission was limited in terms of where it could get funding and how it could be spent, and in March 2022, the Board of Supervisors dissolved the commission following a series of resignations from commissioners.

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Spencer Otte recently graduated from Cal Sate Fullerton, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. At Fullerton, he was the news editor and editor-in-chief of The Daily Titan and covered the 2022 midterm elections, the 2021 Orange County Oil Spill and President Biden’s visit to Irvine. This summer, Spencer was selected to be an editing intern through the Dow Jones News Fund.