Rick Caruso’s Power Point for Hollywood: ‘The Future of L.A. Is Tied to the Future of the Entertainment Industry’
variety.comCynthia Littleton Business Editor Rick Caruso is confident that he’s going to be the next mayor of Los Angeles. “I’m getting the job,” he says with a grin before sitting down to detail his vision for the future of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles in an interview with Variety‘s “Strictly Business.” The real estate developer who is behind such retail destinations as the Grove and Glendale’s the Americana is vying against Congresswoman Karen Bass for the job of leading the nation’s second largest city at a time when L.A.
is beset with crises — most acutely, the growing ranks of the unhoused. Caruso spoke from his corporate offices overlooking the Grove in the Fairfax district. (Bass has an open invitation to appear on “Strictly Business.”) The L.A.
native was eager to address his views on how the city can become more hospitable to not only the biggest players in content but also the creative community’s many freelance workers. “The future of L.A.
is tied to the future of the entertainment industry. And I’m going to work hard to make sure we bring it back here, bring it home,” Caruso says.
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