California has been losing population for the last two years due to high taxes and regulations. Up until now, most of the people leaving the state are just average people seeking greener pastures.
Now the entertainment industry is starting to flee the state for many of the same reasons. What happens to Los Angeles when there is no more Hollywood? It’s a huge part of the city’s identity.
Some people are even warning that Los Angeles could end up becoming the ‘next Detroit.’
The New York Post reports:
Los Angeles in danger of becoming ‘the next Detroit’ as film and TV productions move out
Amid a sharp rise in the number of celebrities moving out of L.A. to places like Texas and Florida, industry workers have now raised the alarm about the stark decline in the number of entertainment projects being carried out in Hollywood and throughout California.
These fears were the focus of an April 14 town hall in which lawmakers and movie producers pushed for changes to the state’s entertainment production tax incentive in order to cover up to 35% of qualified expenditures, while also widening the range of productions that would receive these subsidies.
“This is not hyperbole to say that if we don’t act, the California film and TV industry will become the next Detroit auto,” said producer Noelle Stehman, a member of the “Stay in LA” campaign who spoke at the event, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
It’s important to note that the entertainment industry did this to themselves.
Well the studios feed into the Democratic policies that are destroying them.
— Never forget
(@kathy25932350) April 17, 2025
In the video below, actor and filmmaker Rob Lowe talks about how movies are made in locations other than Hollywood because it’s so expensive.
“It’s criminal what California and LA have let happen. It’s criminal. Everybody should be fired” – Rob Lowe, calling out corrupt politicians like Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass for chasing away the entertainment industrypic.twitter.com/Iscc3pX48c
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) March 23, 2025
None of this is going to change if they keep electing the same kind of leaders. Why do none of them understand this?
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