Opera San Jose is just one of the thousands of California arts groups hit hard by recent budget cuts, which slashed the state’s per capita funding rate for the arts to the lowest of any state in the U.S. But the Silicon Valley-based opera company is scheduled to move into a new theater next year, and says it simply won’t be able to make ends meet without more money from the city. The group’s director “hopes the city will exempt the company from the new formula and instead give the opera a financial shot in the arm.” The city has promised to consider the request.