Drummer MATT SORUM Rallies Against LAUSD Budget Cuts In The Arts; Video Available
February 15, 2012, 12 years ago
As reported earlier this week by The Associated Press, the Los Angeles Unified School District's board on Tuesday postponed a decision to slash more than $500 million from next school year's budget, including the elimination of adult education, preschools and elementary arts.
The vote followed a demonstration outside the board meeting and a lengthy parade of people pleading with the board to keep the programs, including Grammy Award-winning drummer Matt Sorum, of the rock group VELVET REVOLVER and formerly of GUNS N' ROSES and THE CULT.
Watch Sorum in action below as he pleads his case to the Los Angeles Unified School District's board: