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California lawmakers want answers after exit of Black Hollywood female executives

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, D- Los Angeles, speaks at a California Legislative Black Caucus event where lawmakers expressed concerns about the departure of four key Hollywood diversity executives in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, July 13, 2023.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Thursday said the departures of high-profile Black female executives in Hollywood are a "troubling pattern," especially because the state has extended its film and television tax credits.

"It's a pattern that conveys that the early progress that we have made together with that industry to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion above and below the lines is now coming to a grinding halt,"

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