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    As a Hollywood writers' strike hobbles production, LA businesses brace for ripple effects

    by Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times May 05, 2023 4 minutes
    Corri Levelle, owner of Sandy Rose Floral in North Hollywood, is photographed next to silk flowers, inside the warehouse, May 3, 2023.

    Last time there was a Hollywood writers' strike, in 2007, the resulting halt in filmmaking activity depleted the savings of Pam and Jim Elyea's prop house History for Hire, so much so that they had to defer a dream of owning their own warehouse.

    Years later, COVID-19 brought another formidable challenge for their North Hollywood business, which has supplied props including period-appropriate luggage for "Titanic" and cameras for Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans."

    Now history is repeating itself with a new writers' strike that began on Tuesday, which is causing a significant portion of local production to shut down.

    "COVID didn't kill us," Pam Elyea said. "I don't want this to

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