Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: February 2nd, 2024
Season 4 Episode 18 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
We interview Cassandra Hesseltine from Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission.
We interview Cassandra Hesseltine from Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission about the recent film shoot centered in Humboldt County that took over Babe’s Pizza and engaged scores of local folks. Also, terms on the deal between the California Faculty Association and California State University System have been announced as employees get set to vote yay or nay.
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Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: February 2nd, 2024
Season 4 Episode 18 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
We interview Cassandra Hesseltine from Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission about the recent film shoot centered in Humboldt County that took over Babe’s Pizza and engaged scores of local folks. Also, terms on the deal between the California Faculty Association and California State University System have been announced as employees get set to vote yay or nay.
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MEMBERS WILL VOTE SOON IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE TERMS.
CASSANDRA HESSELTINE WILL TALK TO US ALSO.
COMING UP ON NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.
FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL, THIS IS HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.
I'M JAMES FAULK.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
HUMBOLDT AND DEL MAR COUNTIES HAVE A CINEMATIC HISTORY RETURN OF JEDI THE SPEEDER CHASERS THROUGH THE REDWOOD FOREST.
OR JURASSIC THE LOST WORLD.
THAT ARCHETYPAL WITH THE DINOSAURS SEEMED SO COMFORTABLE.
THE FERN CANYON.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE SWISS ARMY MAN.
AND INCLUDED ENOUGH FLATULENT HUMOR TO KEEP ME LAUGHING FOR MONTHS.
IN CONTINUING RIGHT UP UNTIL THIS PAST WEEK WHEN PROMINENT AND PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON HAD A MASSIVE AND SEVERAL A LIST ACTORS IN TOWN WITH THE CODE NAME OF BC PROJECT.
WHILE THE STORY REMAINS A TRADE SECRET WE'LL TALK WITH OUR REGIONAL FILM DIRECTOR CASSANDRA HESSELTINE.
HAVING BEEN LOCKED OUT OF MY SUPERMARKET MURPHY'S WHY THOSE TEMPORARY INCONVENIENCES ARE ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT IN THE LONG IT.
FIRST THE NEWS.
ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THE YUROK TRIBE HELD THE FIRST EVER WIND SUMMIT.
MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SUMMIT.
AS THE REEK CREATION AND WAS RECENTLY ALLOCATED MORE THAN $426 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT WIND POWER ON THE NAH ANYONES LAW.
YUROK TRIBAL CHAIRMAN JOSEPH JAMES ADDRESSED THE CROWD DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE.
THE OCEAN IS UN-CEDEUN-CEDED TO.
THE OCEAN IS THE LAST PRIS TAMPA BAY SACRED LEFT.
TRIBAL SACRED LANDS ARE PLACES AND LIVES AND CULTURE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE THE MOST PRIORITY.
AND THAT TRIBES CANNOT BE TRUST TO PREVENT SUCH CONSEQUENCES OR STOP DEVELOPMENT IF SUCH HARM OCCURS.
WE ARE CALLING ON FEDERAL AND STATE DECISION MAKERS TO RECOGNIZE THE INHERENT AUTHORITY OF TRIBES TO REGULATING THEIR ANCESTRAL WATERS AND LANDS INCLUDING PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTING AND TO COMMIT TO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBES ESTABLISHING A LEGAL FRAMEWORK WHICH RECOGNIZES CO-EQUAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITIED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT YUROK-TROOIB.org.
BECAUSE AS UNION MEMBERSHIP CONSIDERED THE TERMS AGREED TO BY THEIR LEADERSHIP.
THE DECISION WAS ACCEPTED AFTER ONE DAY.
THE DEAL INCLUDES A 5% GENERAL SALARY FOR RETROACTIVE TO JULY 1ST AND RAISING OF THE SALARY FLOOR ALSO PARENTAL LEAVE FROM SIX TO 10 WEEKS.
IF UNION MEMBERS VOTE NO THEY'LL RETURN TO THE DEAL THAT THE CSU AFTER NEGOTIATIONS HAD FIRST BROKEN DOWN.
JOINING US NOW IN THE CASSANDRA HESSELTINE THE HUMBOLDT DEL MAR COMMISSIONER.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> WE'VE ALL KIND OF BORN WITNESS TO WHAT'S 457ED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I WHAT GOOD THESE THINGS DO TO OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT I THOUGHT WE COULD GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.
HOW YOU GO ABOUT THE PROCESS OF ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY TO FILM AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT STUFF.
>> SURE.
YEAH.
THAT'S THE STUFF I CAN TALK ABOUT.
>> YES.
JUST SO FOLKS KNOW WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE STORY.
>> THAT'S THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
THAT'S THEIR RIGHT.
THERE'S THE ARTIST PROCESS.
FOR INSTANCE I'M DIRECTING A PLAY RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE IT.
SO IT'S THE TRANSLATE THAT TO A MOVIE, YOU KNOW PEOPLE OFTEN ASK WHY THE SECRECY SEE.
THAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
THAT ARTIST PROCESS TIMES THEY WANT TO REVEAL THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE NOW.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
PEOPLE DON'T AND THAT CROWD CONTROL MAKING SAFELY GET TO WHERE.
THE FILM IS AN INCONVENIENCE.
AND THEN YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S LESS OF AN INCONVENIENCE AND FOOTPRINT IF THERE'S A BIG CROWD COMING.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS WHY THEY'RE SECRETIVE.
USUALLY IT'S NOT -- >> THERE'S NO NEFARIOUS MOTIVE.
PEOPLE THINK SUCH THINGS.
>> WE ALL TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS TO.
>> TELL US HOW THIS TYPE OF PROJECT COMES TO BE.
>> THESE PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO YOU WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SPOT TO SHOOT.
MANY WHAT CAN YOU GIVE US THAT MEETS OR DEMAND.
>> MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE REDWOODS.
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AND WHAT WE HAD TO OFFER.
THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
IN THE STATES A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR AREA.
IN THE FILM INDUSTRY THEY PROBABLY TRAVELED HERE AS A KID.
I'VE GOTTEN THAT FROM A LOCATION MANAGERS.
I REMEMBER THOSE TREES.
AND THEY GET GET HANDED A SCRIPT SOMETIMES IT'S A CAR COMMERCIAL.
HEY WE NEED TREES.
WE NEED SOME EPIC TREES, AND THEN THEY THINK OF US.
>> THE MOST EPIC.
>> OR THEY WERE AT A TRADE SHOW AND THEY'VE MET US.
SO THERE'S MANY WAYS WHERE WE TRY TO EDUCATE THEM.
WHEN IT DOES CROSS IN FRONT OF THEM I KNOW WHERE TO GO.
AND SEE IF WE CAN DO A SCOUTING TO SHOW THE TEAM.
IN APRIL OF 2018 THEY REACHED OUT.
>> IT'S BEEN FIVE FULL YEARS.
THEY REACHED OUT HEY WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE AREA.
AND WE'RE THINKING THAT POSSIBLY WE WOULD BE FILMING THERE.
IN THAT TIME FRAME A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS HAPPENED.
>> COVID.
>> WE'RE STILL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE IT NOW.
AND SO THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF MORE IS WHERE WE PICK UP.
WHERE WE LEFT OFF THE.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO WORK ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE FOR THE FILM.
YEAH IT'S A LONG TIME.
>> NOW I'M INTERESTED.
BUT IN GENERAL IF A CREW IS COMING UP HERE TO SHOOT A MOVIE.
AND LIKE I SAID THAT THE EPIC REDWOODS IS IT PART OF YOUR JOB OR WHERE ELSE CAN WE FILM HERE, AND MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.
SO I NOTICE FOR EXAMPLE THEY USED DAVE'S PIZZA FOR THIS SHOOT.
BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
>> SOME PEOPLE WHY DID THNT THEY CHANGE BABE'S PIZZA TO A MEXICAN STORE.
AND SOMETIMES THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THEY HAVE TO TAKE INTO CAN YOU GOS.
CLEARLY THEY NEEDED A GROCERY STORE.
THEY VIEWED IT THAT WAY.
SO IT WAS ALL OF THAT.
THAT WHOLE LOOK, AND YES, THEY WERE HERE FOR OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
IT MAKES SENSE YOU WOULD BE EFFICIENT AND FIND OUT WHAT MATCHES YOUR SCRIPT.
WE'VE HAD THAT FOR WRINKLE IN TIME.
AND THEN THEY BUT WHILE THEY WERE.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED.
SHE GAVE ME A LIST OF ITEMS.
OH, I THINK WE'VE GOT THAT.
THEY CAME AND FILMED SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.
THEY TRY TO BE EFFICIENT WITH THEIR TIME AND THEIR SPENDING SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE PROJECT THEY'RE MAKING.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE.
YOU MAY NOT BE FULLY ENCAPSULATES.
THEY WERE ADVERTISING ON CRAIGSLIST FOR GRIPS AND IS CAMERA MEN.
FOR SOME WORK, AND THAT'S MASSIVE AROUND HERE.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MAKING $400 A DAY.
GRABTSED IT'S NOT PERPETUITY.
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT UNION MEMBERS.
IT'S A HUGE SHOT IN THE ARM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY BROUGHT IN OR WHAT THE ULTIMATE CONTRIBUTION TO THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY'S MAY REPRESENT >> IT'S HARD TO TELL.
THIS WAS ABOUT 11 DAYS THEY FILMED.
THEY'VE BEEN COMING FOR YEARS.
ALL THE SCOUT TRIPS EVERY TIME THEY COME AND THEY STAY IN HOTELS AND EAT IN RESTAURANTS.
AS WELL AS THEN YOU'VE GOT THE MONTHS OF PREPPING.
YOU'VE GOT THEN THE ACTUAL FILMING AND WRAPPING OUT.
THEY'RE TECHNICALLY STILL HERE.
AND INDY FEATURE FILMS THAT MAYBE HAD THAT SAME SCHEDULE.
SO IF I HAD TO GUESS MY GUESS IS GOING TO BE AT LEAST A MILLIONISH.
WHEN WRINKLE IN TIME WAS HERE FOR THEIR FIVE DAYS I THINK THEY DID OVER $600,000.
BIRTH WALK DID CLOSE TO A MILLION.
UP IN DEL MAR COUNTY IN JANUARY AS WELL.
IT WILL REALLY DEPEND ON SOME OF THE NOT ONLY WHERE DO THEY STAY, AND HOW MUCH CREWS AND VENDORS BUT THE LOCATIONS AND WHAT THEY HAD TO DO FOR THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE NUMBERS.
I THINK THEY'LL BE LOW SEASON.
COMES RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
IT'S THAT THAT WINTER MONTH AND WE USUALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER TYPE OF TOURISM THAT'S HERE DURING THAT TIME.
SO A $1 MILLION IN JULY IS A DIFFERENT $1 MILLION THAN IT IS IN JANUARY.
FOR EVERY DOLLAR THEY SPEND THEY $2.95.
>> BECAUSE THE FIRST $1 MILLION IS COUNTING THE ACTUAL LOCAL VENDORS, THE LOCAL CREW, THE LOCATION SPENDING, ALL OF THE HOTELS.
ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO DO WITH FILMING START TO FINISH.
WHEN THEY'RE DONE FILMING FOR THE DAY 150 OR 200 PEOPLE GO TO DINNER.
OR BUY GROCERIES OR PUT GAS IN THEIR CAR.
AND THEN IT IT DOESN'T COUNT FOR THE MONEY CIRCULATING IN THE ECONOMY THREE TIMES.
THESE ARE OUTSIDE DOLLARS.
>> IT WOULD ALREADY BE OUT.
THIS IS OUTSIDE DOLLARS THAT COMES IN AND DO DOES THAT.
IT REALLY FEELS LIKE EVERY DOLLAR IT'S ALMOST $3.
THAT'S THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT.
THERE'S A LONG-TERM ACCRETION WHERE YOU HAVE ALL THESE INDUSTRY PEOPLE AND THEY GET TO SEE THE BEST PARTS OF OUR COUNTY.
THEY GO BACK AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE THIS AREA IN THEIR MIND.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE VALUE OF HAVING PRODUCTIONS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS FOR US DOWNSTREAM.
>> DEFINITELY LIKE UPPED FOR THEM TO COME HERE AND EXPERIENCE AND SEE IT.
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH PRAISE FROM THE PRODUCTION.
THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVED WORKING HERE.
WOW IT WOULD BE MUCH THAT HARDER IN OTHER AREAS.
AND THEY HAD A LOT OF GRATITUDE.
THAT WILL DEFINITELY BRING IN MORE PRODUCTION.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF REPEAT CUSTOMERS.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE REFER YOU TO OTHER GROUPS.
WE'VE SEEN ALL OF THE HARD WORK FIVE OR TEN YEARS AGO COMES BACK.
IT'S BEEN REALLY LOVELY.
>> JASON AS SWISS ARMY MAN HE'S BEEN HERE DANIELS BEST PICTURE AND DIRECTORS AT THE ACADEMY.
AND I HAVE STORIES ABOUT THAT MOVIE.
>> I KNOW YOU DO.
>> WHEN THEY WENT TO WITH BEVERLY LEF LYNN AND CRAIG ROBINSON.
I KNOW WHERE'S THERE'S A TUDOR HOTEL.
THAT DOES HELP US DOWN THE ROAD.
EVEN SOMETHING AS A FAMILY TOUR WHERE WE CAN SHOW LOCATION MANAGERS WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
BE ABLE SHOW THEM RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS.
THAT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
>> SO YOU'VE DONE THAT SEVERAL TIMES.
>> WE'VE DONE THAT TWICE IN THE PAST 13 YEARS.
HEAD WATERS HELPED US WITH THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE GRANTS.
AS WELL AS WHEN THEY COME HERE AND SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES THEY CONTINUE TO SUBMIT US.
IT'S THE WE PUTS US IN THEIR BRAIN FOR EVERY TIME THEY CAN THINK OF A PROJECT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD MATCH.
>> WE'RE STILL IN CALIFORNIA.
WE'RE NOT THAT FAR AWAY.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE SELLING POINT FOR US.
WELL THERE'S ARCHITECTURE.
THERE'S REDWOODS AND THE OCEAN.
ARE THE THREE BIG SELLING POINTS.
THE SMALL TOWN U.S.A. AND REDWOODS.
THE OCEANS.
WE ALSO HAVE ROADS.
WE HAVE EPIC ROADS AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY MAYBE FIVE.
WE'VE GOT THE ABILITY DUBBED AS UN-SCOTLAND.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS THE SIZE OF RHODE ISLAND AND WE REPRESENT DE DELNORTE.
YOU GET MORE POINTS THE FARTHER NORTH YOU GO.
SO THE TAX INCENTIVE HAS HELPED US AS WELL.
>> HOW DOES THAT HELP WITH OUR BENEFIT.
>> IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOVIE IN CALIFORNIA.
SO IN CALIFORNIA.
WE'RE OR CANADA.
>> EVERYBODY NOW.
EVERY COUNTRY, EVERY MAJOR CITIES HAVE TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.
THEN IT BECAME EVERYONE.
JORDAN HAS ONE.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ONES THAT COMPETED.
AND SO WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK.
I FEEL I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE FILM COMMISSIONERS OF AND WE HELPED TO LOBBY THE TAX INCENTIVE AND BOOST THE TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR CALIFORNIA.
PRODUCTIONS STARTED COMING BACK.
THEY WERE PART OF PEOPLE THAT HAD NEVER MADE A MOVIE IN CALIFORNIA AND THEY LIVED IN L.A.
IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE HOLLYWOOD ZONE AND YOU GOT MORE POINTS.
WE'RE THE FARTHEST.
SO IT HAS BEEN AS A BENEFIT.
BUT YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET THE CALIFORNIA TAX INCENTIVE.
YOU GET A BIGGER BREAK FARTHEST NORTH YOU CAN IN CALIFORNIA.
>> YOU GET MORE POINTS TO YOUR APPLICATION.
ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM FOR THE PIECE OF THE PIE THEY'RE GOING AFTER.
>> IT'S BEEN A FASCINATING THING TO WATCH.
IS THAT THOUGH JUST MY IMPRESSION.
>> I THINK IT'S THE TYPE OF PRODUCTIONS.
WE'VE BEEN ROUGHLY 20 TO 25.
IT'S MORE OF THE TYPE.
FOR A LONG TIME WE WERE COMMERCIALS.
WE HAD MAYBE ONE MAJOR FILM EVERY FIVE TO TEN YEARS.
MAYBE ONE INDY FEATURE FILM EVERY 2 YEARS.
NOW IT SEEMS ONE TO TWO INDIES AND 1 OR 2 MAJORS A YEAR.
THAT PART IS TRUE.
AND IRONICALLY A LITTLE LESS CAR COMMERCIALS.
IT'S WHAT TYPE IS COMING.
>> YEAH.
IF THE LONGER PRODUCTIONS WOULD BRING MORE MONEY.
AN AMAZING BIG CAR COMMERCIAL GETS TO SPEND $200,000.
IF A FEATURE FILM IF IT'S FIVE OR 10 DAYS IT COULD GET IN THE MILLIONS.
IT'S GREAT WHEN THEY DO DO AN ENTIRE FEATURE FILM.
MOSTLY THAT'S AN INDY FEATURE FILM.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE FILMING FOR 20, 25 DAYS.
>> THE AMOUNT IS NOT THE SAME AS THE STUDIO.
>> THEY JUST HAVE A BIGGER BUDGET.
STUDIO FEATURE FILMS THAN INDY.
EVEN IF THE INDY IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED LATER BY A STADIO.
ONE OF THE HEARD I'VE HEARD OVER THE GRAPEVINE THERE'S BEEN A BIG OF A BOX OFFICE SQUEEZE.
HAS IT STAYED PRETTY STEADY.
>> YEAH.
WE KIND OF THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LEAP AFTER THE PANDEMIC JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT YOU KNOW LOW TEMPERATURES THERE BECAME ALL THESE PLATFORMS.
IT USED YOU HAD CABLE, AND NETFLIX NOW DISNEY HAD THEIR OWN.
SO THEY WERE CREATING THEIR OWN CONTENT.
AND PEOPLE WERE WATCHING EVERYTHING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IT WASN'T QUITE LIKE THAT WHICH WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE FOR US.
I THINK NOW MAYBE WE NEEDED TO WAIT.
IT WASN'T THE DUST SETTLED.
NOW THAT THINGS SEEM BACK TO A NEW NORMAL IT FEELS THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF PRODUCTION.
SO I DON'T FEEL WE AREN'T GETTING PRODUCTION UP HERE.
>> WE'RE DOING GREAT.
NOW FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT KNOW HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
CAN YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT A FILM COMMISSIONER.
AND THE WHAT MAKES A GOOD FILM COMMISSIONER.
I HAVE A PICTURE IN MY MIND IN A YOUR CELL PHONE LATTE IN ONE HAND AND TELL ME WHAT'S IT LIKE.
>> YOU JUST DESCRIBED ME.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY CAR ANYMORE.
YEAH.
SO A FILM COMMISSIONER IS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE PRODUCTION AND THE AREA THEY REPRESENT.
THERE'S ONES ALL OVER THE WORLD IN AN INTERNATIONAL FILM COMMISSIONERS INTERNATIONAL AND I'VE MET SO MANY OF THEM AROUND THE WORLD.
THERE'S ONE IN ICELAND.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF REGIONAL ONES FOR NORWAY.
ALL OF THE STATES HAVE ONE.
CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA HAVE THE MOST REGIONAL OR COUNTY ONES.
THEN YOU HAVE SOME STATES ONE FILM COMMISSIONER AND LIAISONS IN AT CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
THEY HELP MARKET TO THE FILM WORLD WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER WHICH IS LOCATION, AND CREW AND VENDORS.
YOU ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHEN THEY ARRIVE THEY DON'T KNOW THE AREA.
AND SO YOU ARE THERE TO HELP THEM WITH ALL OF THE DETAILS HOW TO DO THIS.
AND >> SO YOU'RE ONSET.
>> I WAS ONSET A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS WEEK.
IT'S A LOT OF PREPRODUCTION SHUNS.
IT'S THE SCOUTING AHEAD OF TIME.
HOLD PLEASE.
I'VE GOT TWO PHONES, AND A LAND LINE.
AND MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR WHO'S HERE IS ANSWERING SOMETHING FOR ME ALL THE TIME.
AND COULD NOT DO IT WITH ANNABELLE.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THAT GOING ON.
USUALLY IT'S THE PREP WORK.
ESPECIALLY CERTAIN DAYS, AND OTHER TIMES IT'S NOT NECESSARY AND YOU KIND OF AM I GOING TO GET A PHONE CALL.
>> LIKE AN EMERGENCY.
WHATEVER IS PREVENTING SHOOTING.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE THE ONE.
MY GOAL IS TO HAVE A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LEGITIMATE COMPLAINTS ON BOTH SIDES.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DISAGREEMENTS.
AND IT IS TO HELP LISTEN TO EVERYBODY AND KIND OF OKAY, WE KNOW WE HAVE A DEPRESSED ECONOMY HERE.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS.
AND JOBS THAT COME HERE AND BOOST OUR JOBS.
AND IT GIVES US WE ALL GET EXCITED BY IT.
MOST PEOPLE GET EXCITED BY IT.
THEY FEEL A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP BY HAVING THESE PRODUCTIONS HERE.
AS WELL AS THE PRODUCTIONS BE HAPPY WHEN THEY COME.
SO THERE'S THIS SYNERGY THEY FIND US FILM FRIENDLY AND WE FIND THEM RESPECTFUL.
AND THEN WHEN THEY LEAVE WE HAVE FILM TOURISM MUSEUM.
MUSEUM OF CINEMA.
235F STREET IN EUREKA OLD TOWN.
IF WE'RE NOT OPEN.
OTHERWISE YOU CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH US.
WE HOPE TO BE OPEN MORE HOURS.
AND WE ARE ALSO HAVE CREATED FOREST MOON FESTIVAL.
PART OF THE FILMING FOR RETURN OF THE JEDI THE FILM LOCATION SETS.
>> 10 YEARS I WAS FOLDING LAUNDRY.
BUT THAT'S A LONG STORY.
>> BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE A MAP OF THE MOVIES.
WE'VE GOT TO BUILD ABSENCE APP THAT DOES ALLOF THE COVERS THE MAP OF MOVIES.
WHICH IS YOURSELF EDITOR YOU CAN GO TO ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
WE HAVE THE RED CARPET GALA THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR.
AND WHAT WE DO THAT CAN BRING IN A LOT OF MORE MONEY THAN THE ACTUAL FILMING.
>> YOU'RE ALSO THE INTERFACE WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
>> WE'RE WORK CLOSELY WITH A LOT OF OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES >> IS THERE ONE MORE AGENCY THAT HAS MORE POWER THAN OTHERS.
>> WE'RE A STAND-ALONE NONPROFIT.
WE HAVE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE INDUSTRY AND THE AREA.
WE'RE THE SPECIALIST THAT UNDERSTAND THE INDUSTRY.
>> REAL QUICKLY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE A PITCH TO A LOCATION MANAGER THAT'S LOOKING AT HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
>> I WOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US, AND BEING WILLING TO COME TO THIS AREA THAT IS SO PRECIOUS TO ALL OF US AND BASICALLY THEY BECOME FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
JUST A THANK YOU.
>> IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO WATCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
>> WE HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.
I WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE WE HAVE OUR DEBATES WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.
WE MOVED THE DISTRICT ONE DEBATE NOW ON FEBRUARY 14th.
DISTRICT 2 WILL BE FEBRUARY 12TH.
THE FORUMS EACH BEGIN AT 7:00 P.M. CATCH THOSE.
AND SCRUM FOR YOUR VOTES.
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PRIMARY ELECTION COMING UP.
THANK YOU CASSANDRA FOR JOINING US.
AND EVERYONE GET OUT IN THE THEATRE AND WATCH THIS FILM WHEN IT COMES OUT BECAUSE IT'S YOUR TOWN.
THAT'S EXCITING.
STAY TUNED AND STAY INFORMED.

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