The Film Commission was forced to close its doors July 31, 2013, after 36 years of service due to lack of funding. The Film Commission brought an annual $100 million in direct production company spending to the San Diego region ~ no multipliers, no estimates, no guesses: direct, accountable and audited benefit to the San Diego economy. The Film Commission was funded by government (the city, county and Unified Port of San Diego) and was attracting $100 of production spending for every dollar the government spent to support the commission; a great investment in anybody’s portfolio. To value it solely by room nights and defund it totally based on that does a great injustice to the value it has to the economic boost it gives the county, city and port. Room night revenue constitutes less than a third of the direct production company spending. That is why it is so important for those governments to fund the Film Commission. Thank you in advance for your support.

(Content taken from article written by Cathy Anderson Film Commission's CEO and a Film Commissioner between 1997 and 2011.)