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California Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Enhance Film and TV Tax Credit
California lawmakers unveiled legislation Wednesday to increase the state's incentive for film and TV production.
Bryan, Sen. Ben Allen and Assemblymen Rick Chavez Zbur introduced the companion bills last week to “modernize” the program and to “protect and bring back jobs that are leaving California for other states.” Among the items on their agenda is an allowance for “above the line” costs — the salaries for directors, actors, producers and writers that are currently excluded from the tax credit formula. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who helped establish the state’s film incentive in 2009 as speaker of the Assembly, noted that at they time they were worried about competition from Toronto.
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