Latino Film Institute
Attn: Rafael Agustin Guerrero
143 S. Glendale Ave., Suite 204
Glendale, CA 91205

Dear Mr. Guerrero:

Subject: Apportionment to the Latino Film Institute (LFI), for the Youth Cinema Project (YCP), Fiscal Year 2023–24

This apportionment, in the amount of $500,000, is made from the General Fund to the LFI pursuant to Control Section 19.568(c)(2) added to the Budget Act of 2023 in Section 264 of Assembly Bill 102 (Chapter 38, Statutes of 2023), as amended by Control Section 19.568(c)(2) in Section 97 of Senate Bill (SB) 104 (Chapter 189, Statutes of 2023). The apportionment represents 100 percent of the funds available to the LFI in the fiscal year 2023–24.

The purpose of this funding is to provide the YCP with the necessary filmmaking equipment at five school sites in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Furthermore, pursuant to Control Section 19.568(a), funds shall be available for encumbrance through June 30, 2025, and expenditure until June 30, 2027. Funds may be used to pay for costs incurred prior to the enactment of SB 104.

Warrants will be mailed approximately three weeks from the date of this letter. This letter and the accompanying apportionment schedule are posted on the California Department of Education’s web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/specprogonetime23.asp.

If you have any questions regarding this subject, please contact the Categorical Allocations and Audit Resolution Office by email at CAAR@cde.ca.gov.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Dearstyne, Director
School Fiscal Services Division

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