San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a few days ago that San Francisco will invest more than $4.7 million in arts and culture grants for AAPI and Latino communities.
The mayor's office said in a statement that the funding will include museums, exhibits and important cultural events for the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Latino communities.
There will be an exhibit in Chinatown on the career of martial arts artist Bruce Lee, as well as the Festival of Arts and Light, as well as Day of the Dead and other events in the Mission District.
The document highlights that the investment aims to attract residents and tourists to historic commercial corridors to celebrate culture and support local small businesses and the arts, entertainment and tourism industries, which have been affected by the pandemic and the recent increase in cases due to the coronavirus variant.
In addition, it specifies that the financing includes grants of 5 thousand dollars to 230 small businesses in Chinatown that had not previously received any