Los Angeles Times announces the launch of the California CDP.

“For the first time, the data are going to be apples to apples,” said Laura Zucker, executive director of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. “It’ll be the same definitions collected in the same rigorous way that will not only give us information about the whole state but will allow us to compare regions or sectors by discipline. And as more states join the project, that’s going to become a more interesting national conversation as well.”

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