Sources
Research for the Founders Summit, read 29 Oct 2026. Nobody was contacted.
1. Sources behind my numbers
| What it backs up | Source |
|---|---|
| LA sales tax: 10.25% since 1 Oct 2026 | Fox LA |
| Santa Monica sales tax: 11.25% | Fox LA |
| LA sales tax: official notice | CDTFA notice L-1037 |
| Service charges are taxable in California | CDTFA Regulation 1603 |
| Firstborn private room: $8,000 weekday minimum | The Infatuation |
| 20% service, 4% surcharge, $90 family style | Rustic Canyon |
| Mastro's Figueroa Room seats 40 | Mastro's Ocean Club |
| LA catering: $42 to $80 a head | Zerocater |
| AV crew rates and overtime | AV Labor Source |
| 300-guest ballroom from $8,000 a day; ballroom about $500 an hour | Tagvenue |
| Cancellation: 50% at 30 to 59 days | Law Insider |
| Cancellation: 80 to 100% inside 30 days | McLane |
| Photo: $2,400 to $3,200 a day | LA Corporate Photo |
| Event photo $245 an hour, video $345 an hour (keynote overtime) | Elevation Event Photography |
2. LA vendor bench
AV and staging
| Company | Website |
|---|---|
| Space Productions LA | spaceproductionsla.com |
| Lumina Event Lighting | luminaeventlighting.com |
| A Production (aavprod) | aavprod.com |
| On Air Productions LA | onairpros.com |
| LA Live Stream | lalivestream.com |
Event photography and videography
| Company | Website |
|---|---|
| LA Corporate Photo | lacorporatephoto.com |
| The Lou Effect | theloueffect.com |
| Mik Milman | mikmilman.com |
| Elevation Event Photography | corporateeventphotographerlosangeles.com |
| Lulan Studio | lulanstudio.com |
Production, decor and rentals
| Company | Website |
|---|---|
| Archive Rentals | archiverentals.com |
| Rent Event LA | renteventla.com |
| MTB Event Rentals | mtbeventrentals.com |
| Two of a Kind Rentals | twoofakindrentals.com |
| Vogue Rentals | vogue.rentals |
Speaker bureaus
| Company | Website |
|---|---|
| BigSpeak Speakers Bureau | bigspeak.com |
| Talent Bureau | talentbureau.com |
| UTA Speakers | utaspeakers.com |
3. Other sources reviewed
Read during the research but not quoted directly.
- californiacalculators.com
- cdtfa.ca.gov
- cmsproductions.com
- firstborn.la
- firstborn.tripleseat.com
- forms.gle
- giggster.com
- laac.com
- mb.landrysinc.com
- n-soto.com
- policy.umn.edu
- rusticcanyonrestaurant.com
- thehollywoodathleticclub.com
- trykintsugi.com
- altaadams.com
- catercow.com
- cdtfa.ca.gov
- dunsmoor.la
- eventbrite.com
- eventective.com
- eventective.com
- experiencethehill.com
- foxtheatre.org
- indeed.com
- justanswer.com
- laac.com
- marriott.com
- marriott.com
- mytaxshack.com
- nbclosangeles.com
- payscale.com
- peerspace.com
- privateevents.co
- saffysla.com
- tagvenue.com
- tagvenue.com
- tagvenue.com
- tagvenue.com
- venable.com