 In 1998 Mr. Knoll transferred management of the event to Access Sacramento, a Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable tv station which had been a supporting partner to the festival since its beginning.Access Sacramento's Executive Director, Ron Cooper, assigned Managing Director duties to his outreach coordinator, Martin Anaya.In 2004, due to budget and staffing cuts Access Sacramento management decided to forgo the larger Festival in favor of one of its components, the highly successful "Place Called Sacramento" local film incubation program, started by Mr. Cooper and Anaya.