By Keith McNutt, Stanton Fellow
Director of the Western Region, The Actors Fund
Keith McNutt is a 2012-13 recipient of the Durfee Foundation’s Stanton Fellowship, and the author of this new report focusing on ways municipal and county governments can better support the creative industries in Los Angeles County.
“The purpose of this report is to provide thought leaders in the creative economy in Los Angeles, including members of the Los Angeles Creative Economy Convergence (CEC), with ideas and feedback regarding the future structure and goals of efforts to better support creative industries in Los Angeles County. The need for such support is urgent.
According to The Otis Report on the Creative Economy of the Los Angeles Region, creative industries comprise the 4th largest sector of the Los Angeles regional economy, providing over 640,000 jobs, $200 billion in sales and $3 billion in tax revenue. They can no longer be overlooked as a matter of coordinated municipal and county policy in the region.
LA CREATES: Supporting the Creative Economy in Los Angeles is the product of interviews held during 2012 and early 2013 with people directly involved in similar projects or employed in the creative industries in Southern California, around the US and in three Western European countries. It was made possible through a Stanton Fellowship from the Durfee Foundation.” —Keith McNutt