Tuesday, August 16, 2022

"Caruso touts support of Hollywood, while his firm battles studio expansion near the Grove"

LAT:

“More recently,” he added, “their legal counsel made that threat directly to our legal counsel, suggesting that if we didn’t dramatically restrict our proposed use of the Grove Drive [which serves as an entrance to the shopping center’s parking structure], they would launch a public and aggressive community campaign, activating hundreds of community members and sowing opposition to our proposed modernization at the studio.”

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[A Caruso representative] denied allegations that Caruso’s team threatened to wage a community campaign against the Television City proposal. But she confirmed that the company is worried about the impacts of the project

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it raises questions about how Caruso, if elected, would respond to businesses whose activities are potentially at odds with his company’s interests.