To the editor: The mayoral candidates all tout plans to ease allowing for low-budget productions to stimulate the leisure business (“How Hollywood’s manufacturing disaster grew to become a key challenge within the L.A. mayor’s race,” Could 17). Sadly, the results of this plan will likely be to encourage non-union manufacturing whereas persevering with to drive out extra profitable, life-sustaining union jobs. At finest, IATSE [International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees] can accommodate such ultra-low price range exhibits, however on the lowest stage, salaries are sometimes not sufficient to maintain employees. At worst, this technique will trigger a proliferation of non-union manufacturing, just like that which existed within the Nineteen Eighties.
The allowing cuts have to be throughout the board to really accomplish the promised resuscitation of the movie business.
Suzan Lowitz, Hollywood
