L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Calls for ‘Immediate’ Resolution of Hollywood Strikes
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer In her most forceful comments to date about the Hollywood strikes, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass called Friday on the unions and studios to reach a deal “immediately” to get the industry back to work.
Bass, who has largely remained on the sidelines thus far, said she is willing to get personally involved to help bring the strikes to an end. “It is critical that this gets resolved immediately so that Los Angeles gets back on track and I stand ready to personally engage with all the stakeholders in any way possible to help get this done,” Bass said.
Bass made the comments on Friday as representatives of the Writers Guild of America were meeting with the head of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for the first time since the writers strike began on May 1.
Ellen Stutzman, the chief negotiator, and Tony Segall, the WGA general counsel, were seen entering the AMPTP building in Sherman Oaks just before 1 p.m.
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