ADVISORY

San Francisco Architectural Heritage
Advisory/Information

2/10/09

Call Feinstein and Boxer - Senate to Vote Today on Stimulus Bill. Calls take less than 5 min. and are conveyed to the Senators.

When you call please ask our senators to keep the proposed $55 million for Historic Preservation Fund projects in the economic stimulus bill. During Senate negotiations on the economic stimulus bill this weekend, the proposed $55 million for Historic Preservation Fund programs was removed.

We have until the end of the day today to contact all members of Congress -- House and Senate -- to say:
$50 million of this will go directly to bricks and mortar preservation projects in communities nationwide, through the state's historic preservation offices. $5 million will go to Tribal Historic Preservation Offices.

This is a tremendous opportunity to invest in our communities. A little stimulus money will go a long way -- and leverage significant private investment.

Background Info:
"Coburn Amendment: Arts Get No Stimulus Love," Madville Times, February 8, 2009 (http://madvilletimes.blogspot.com/2009/02/coburn-amendment-arts-get-no-stimulus.html)
and an LA TImes Arts Blog commentary that has a response from Feinstein's office (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/02/nea-senate.html)
CNN has a list of what got cut from the Stimulus bill (http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/07/stimulus.cuts/index.html)

Please contact Senator Feinstein at:
Phone: (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
or Email: http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUS.EmailMe

and Senator Boxer at:
Phone: (202) 224-3553
Fax: (202) 228-0454
or Email: http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm

Phone calls are best. Thanks!