The City of El Segundo's Cultural Arts Development Program is a robust public arts and culture program that creates vital public spaces and programing while fostering economic development and contributing to a vibrant community to live, work, and visit.
To date, the Cultural Development Program has worked with more than 36 partners for the Percent for Art Program and generated over $4 million for arts and culture in the City, including more than a dozen public artworks and year-round programming.
The El Segundo Cultural Development Program (CPD) was created to steward the Percent for Art funding which was implemented in 2019. The CDP works closely with the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, part of the City's official Committees, Commissions and Boards. Click here to see upcoming and past public meetings and what was discussed.
On April 1, 2025, City Council adopted an ordinance amending El Segundo Municipal Code 15-34 regarding the cultural development fee structure. The amendment provides the option to split the 1% cultural development fee between installing on-site art and paying the remainder as an in-lieu fee, establishes a fee cap not to exceed $1,000,000, and allows applicants to pay the fee prior to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy rather than prior to the issuance of the building permit.
