Oakland City Hall in Oakland, Calif., on April 9, 2021. (Samantha Laurey/Bay City News)

Two dozen arts and culture organizations serving Oaklanders are getting access to $600,000 in “emergency” grants via a partnership between the city and the East Bay Community Foundation, city officials announced. 

The money is intended for groups that received funds from Oakland’s Organizational Assistance Program in Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and were poised to get a second round of funding this fiscal year before the City Council passed a budget that made deep cuts in several areas, including the arts, to close a massive budget deficit. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.