Selling Prized Possessions And Going Into Debt — How Angelenos Are Surviving The Hollywood Strikes

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While a deal may be close, as the writers strike closes in on five months, people are forced to make tough decisions.

But he said he’d still support Hollywood strikers until a fair deal is made, and so does pretty much everyone he knows.

Last month, he put together an outdoor swap meet where people directly or indirectly affected by the Hollywood strikes could make some cash.“Because of him I was able to pay the rest of my bills this month,” Diandra Luzon, a film editor, said.Luzon was one of some 70 vendors who showed up, everyone from makeup artists and costumers to accountants who get their business from the industry.

“It was a little sad ... I got rid of a Cynthia doll from Rugrats ... I was like ‘when I have a girl someday I’ll give her that doll ... I don’t think that’s the extent we should have to go to survive. I don’t think it should ever go here,” Luzon lamented.Out of editing work since November, Luzon said she’s gone through her savings, brought in a roommate and started Ubering for extra income.

 

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