Supporting Our Legacy Industry: Mayor Bass Convenes Inaugural Entertainment Industry Council to Help Entertainment Industry Thrive

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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass last week convened her inaugural EntertainmentIndustry Council to draw upon senior industry leaders' expertise as she leads new efforts to support L.A's foundational industry as it stabilizes and recovers.

"We are bringing leaders together through the EntertainmentIndustry Cabinet to inform solutions that will help Hollywood better reflect Los Angeles workers and make sure that the City is an advocate rather than an impediment to local film and TV production," said Mayor Bass. "Right now, our foundational industry needs the City's support so we will be taking further action to help keep production local and help Hollywood stabilize. I look forward to all that we can accomplish together."

EntertainmentIndustry Council Members are:

• Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, CEO/Founder, The Gotham Group

• Cookie Parker, Co-Founder and Board Member, Yes2Jobs

• Charlie Rivkin, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Motion Picture Association (Arlen Valdivia, Vice President, State Government Affairs)

• Karla Sayles, Deputy Director, CA Film Commission

• Amy Lemisch, Studio & Production Policy, Netflix

• Ri-Karlo Handy, Founder and CEO, Handy Foundation

• Christina Lee Storm, Founder and CEO, ASHER XR

• Ken Ziffren, Partner, Ziffren Brittenham LLP

• Michael F. Miller, Jr. 3rd International Vice President/Department Director, Motion Picture & Television Production, IATSE

• Jason Reitman, Filmmaker and Producer

• Poppy Hanks, Senior Vice President of Development & Production, MACRO

• Karen Stuart, Executive Director, Association of Talent Agents

• Paul Audley, President, FilmLA

• Yvette Estrada, Vice President of Government Affairs, NBCUniversal

• Kathy Garmezy, Consultant, EntertainmentUnion Coalition

Under Executive Directive 4, Mayor Bass is working to eliminate barriers to business development, growth and creation. The City streamlined the permitting and inspection for 7 new studios and soundstages to open on time and on budget. More than 8 million square feet of soundstage, studios and creative space are in the pipeline.