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When Katersky Lit a Fire, Culver City’s Response Was to Blow It Out

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‘It Is Sacramento’s Fault’

When they did, the strategy was to deflect the blame to the big guy, the state of California and its rules. Is it just less painless to deflect blame 500 miles north to Sacramento, where rules are made that producers say continue to drive them into the arms of other states eager to host them. Other lands and other states hand out lucrative deals. California communities can only drool. These quietly competitive non-California governments structure cozy, irresistible deals that make money available immediately and by the pot full.

Will City Hall Become Aroused?

What will it take to worry Culver City? “When they start seeing studio space go vacant,” said one official. It happened in the last century, and history could repeat, one realtor said. “Remember that Studio Estates used to be (MGM’s) Lot 2. The Raintree complex was Lot 3. The Raintree Shopping Center was Lot 4.”