Letter to the Editor:
The recent conclusion of AG Rob Bonta’s public mass-media campaign on behalf of his Sacramento negotiation to settle the State’s lawsuit against Paramount-Warner Bros. may have a publicly unreported loophole.
Supposedly, the Settlement insists on studio retention of existing lots, those we are familiar with locally. Use of those lots during the coming five years, subject to all applicable zoning regulations of course, could become unlimited, changed markedly, lot piece by lot piece.
During the early 1950s, Burbank’s City Council forebad Walt Disney from building a “Disneyland” on their 16 acre LA River adjacent Burbank property. Warner Bros. owns 110 acres in Burbank nowadays.
How about a “Hollywood History Park” instead of any more movie production? Some of Warner Bros. 31 sound-stages are wooden fire hazards that Burbankers must be concerned about and which must also be reflected in our Fire Department’s emergency planning preparation and tax-funded fire-fighting equipment purchases!
Richard B. Cathcart
Burbank
Burbank
