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The dual writers and actors strikes have brought film and TV productions to a halt, and pressed pause on the local economy with them. The latest is that California’s economy has already lost about $3 billion as a result of the strikes, Todd Holmes, a professor of entertainment industry management at California State University-Northridge, told CNBC. -- The Messenger

This group, including public policy researchers and experts from Cal State Northridge, USC, the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Loyola Marymount University, the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs, and Pepperdine University, was represented at the meeting by Gary Segura, a professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Sara Sadhwani, assistant professor of Politics at Pomona College and a former California state redistricting commissioner, Raphael Sonnenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs and a Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Cal State LA, and Fernando Guerra, Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University. -- Larchmont Buzz

As Denise Sandoval, professor of Chicano/Chicana students at CSUN, and an expert in L.A.’s cultural history told me, Fernando was a “game-changer” for the game and in the region’s cultural history. -- Los Angeles Daily News

The film industry contributed about $500 billion to the U.S. economy prior to the pandemic. The twin strikes are estimated to have cost California at least $3 billion so far, according to an analysis from California State University-Northridge. About 20% of the Los Angeles economy involves people who work directly or indirectly for the entertainment industry, according to UCLA. -- Spectrum News