There’s a better way to fund push for more filming in San Diego region

“Alternate budget plan in works after public outcry” (May 28): The article notes the City Council is supporting adding $200,000 to the proposed budget to restore a position devoted to promoting San Diego as a setting for movies and TV (as well as commercials, industrial videos, etc). I completely agree that these efforts bring significant revenues into the city (and county) economies, “One Battle After Another” being the most recent example. From 1976 until 2012, we had the San Diego Film Commission operating autonomously and as a nonprofit, bringing in such high-profile projects as “Top Gun,” “Simon and Simon” and “Anchorman,” to name a few. In 2012, the commission was incorporated into the Tourism Authority and disbanded during severe budget cuts.

Why can’t industries that benefit the most from TV and movie production — like unions, casting agents, production companies, studio facilities, equipment rentals, the Screen Actors Guild or the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — collectively fund the $200,000 and resurrect the commission?

— Chuck Dunning, La Jolla