00:00Hollywood built Los Angeles, but now many productions are fleeing California and industry jobs are disappearing.
00:07As politicians fight for votes, many Angelenos are wondering, can the entertainment capital of the world be restored?
00:13I have friends in the industry and a lot of them have told me that and are experiencing joblessness.
00:19My husband's in the film industry and it's just changed.
00:24Nobody films here. Nobody films here because there's no tax credits, because there's no benefits to.
00:30He films out of the state all the time, out of the country all the time, because it benefits them.
00:36Louisiana's booming film business, Atlanta, Toronto, even Vegas now is giving tax credits.
00:43So unless they do something dramatically to change it, Hollywood's not going to be the hub of entertainment.
00:49I was an actress, or I wanted to be.
00:51Every time I've been in Los Angeles or I've been in Atlanta, every time I book something, it's not necessarily
00:56there and I'm booking it online.
00:58Too many of the jobs are fleeing out, especially shooting on location.
01:02But the people who are the electricians and the gaffes and the sick construction people, camera operators, you know, they
01:09need to work here.
01:10So bring it on home. Absolutely. Yeah, that's a big priority.
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