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Television City Pledges $2 Million to Community, Diversity Initiatives in Wake of LAPD Presence at Protests

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Elaine Low Senior TV WriterHackman Capital Partners-owned Television City, located in the Beverly/Fairfax District of Los Angeles, has pledged $2 million to support local community revitalization efforts and diversity initiatives in the entertainment industry.The move comes a week and a half after the company came under scrutiny on social media for allowing the Los Angeles Police Department to use the Television City studio complex amid the protests stemming from the death of George Floyd.

Much of the outcry online was directed at CBS, which until 2018 owned the facility and still leases some of its sound stages and office space; it currently has no role in operations at Television City after selling the space to Hackman.

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