AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoArts & Culture: The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens Sept. 22 in L.A., betting that mass-media illustrators and cartoonists deserve fine-art status—plus a spacecraft-like building designed by Ma Yansong. Music & Women’s Culture: Olivia Rodrigo’s women-led Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine raised $20M for 10 orgs, with Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna and FreeFrom founder Sonya Passi turning the crowd into a loud, intergenerational call for safety and rights. Immigration & Education: CSU has paused new Course Credit CPT applications for international students after ICE guidance, tightening when internships can count for credit. Politics & Health: California AG Dan Rayfield and a coalition of states sued the Trump administration over a rule that would block federal Medicaid/CHIP reimbursement for gender-affirming care for low-income youth. Civic Life: A federal lawsuit from immigrant and voting-rights groups alleges DHS is attacking naturalized citizens’ right to vote, including claims that California has 190,000 affected voters. Local Governance: L.A. County supervisors approved stronger protections for wildfire survivors against contractor fraud as rebuilding ramps up.
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