Helping Hollywood
With Hollywood facing its second major strike of the year, a Los Angeles city official on Tuesday called for more municipal effort to accommodate the film industry and state legislation to give it job-training credits. Daily News.
"Without Hollywood there is no Tinseltown," council President Eric Garcetti said after introducing a proposal to expand enterprise zones and tax credits the city offers and to develop proposals to accommodate film shoots around the city.
Garcetti said he and Councilman Tom LaBonge believe the city needs to do more to keep productions - and their jobs - in the city.
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The Los Angeles Daily News' City Hall reporters Rick Orlov and Kerry Cavanaugh write about politics on the local, state and national stage.
I couldn't agree more. Nothing is more identified with our city than the motion picture industry. There must be a way to keep this vital part of our local economy intact. I applaud these efforts.