San Diego OKs percent for art scheme

San Diego has approved a 'percent for the arts' scheme, after a long process that included public hearings. Developers must spend 1% of the cost of developments above US$ 5 million on public sculpture for their developments, or the following alternatives: to finance other city cultural and artistic facilities; to donate a piece of art to the city or deposit half the dollar amount of the fee into the city's Public Art Fund. City projects will devote 2% to public art.

posted: May 16, 2004