Entertainment Industry Is Valuable State Asset
The Times’ coverage of the Assembly Select Committee on Entertainment and the Arts [“Boom May Cost Hollywood,” Dec. 16] missed the mark when it stated that “there is sentiment in Sacramento to view the healthy entertainment industry as a ‘cash cow.’ ”
The purpose of the committee hearing was to gather information about the economic impact of the film industry and determine if there are ways the state can foster industry growth. It’s accurate that at one point the state parks department had apparently been considering imposing a fee on movies shot on state park property. But rest assured that the committee members would oppose any such effort. Further, I believe the governor and majority of the Legislature share that sentiment.
The film industry is a unique California economic and cultural asset. Those of us in Sacramento want to keep it that way.
ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA
Assembly Majority Leader
Sacramento
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