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Legislators from the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) are raising eyebrows after an alarming number of Black women left C-suite positions in the film industry.

Film studios in Hollywood took a one-two punch last week after actors announced they were joining the ongoing writers’ strike and as legislators in Sacramento questioned their commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI).

Gov. Gavin Newsom July 10 signed legislation that will enhance California’s job training pipeline, community benefits, and jobs standards in state and federal infrastructure programs. The Governor was joined by the joint authors of Senate Bill (SB) 150: Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach), Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), and Assemblymember Luz Rivas (D-San Fernando Valley).

The California Legislative Black Caucus is requesting answers from Hollywood studios over the recent departures of numerous Black women executives.

Several senior-level Black women executives no longer hold their positions at some of Hollywood’s biggest companies like Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and more. And now those same studios may be called to the carpet about it.

Leaders from Partnership for Growth LA and seven partner organizations, joined with Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan and Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas to announce a groundbreaking new urban farming initiative aimed at addressing food instability and economic inequality throughout parts of South and West LA.

A group of state legislators representing the California Legislative Black Caucus are calling on film studios to meet with them regarding the sudden removal of Black female executives over the past few weeks.

California lawmakers said Thursday the departures of high-profile black female executives in Hollywood is a “disturbing pattern,” particularly as the state has extended its film and television tax credits.