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New California Coalition To Advocate For Production As Projects Migrate Out Of State
A group of film and television production businesses and associations including the MPA launched the California Production Coalition to buck up the state’s "outdated and underfunded" production tax credit program.
Tax incentives from Canada to Georgia to the UK have taken a massive bite out of production in the home of Hollywood where even major studios now look elsewhere to shoot on many projects. “We must not take California’s film industry for granted and expect to stay competitive in the global entertainment industry without a competitive tax credit program,” said Pam Elyea, owner of History for Hire, a family owned prop rental company in a statement announcing the group. Motion Picture Association chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin said the MPA and its members “are proud to stand with California businesses to highlight how our creative community can grow its meaningful contributions and build a stronger foundation for film and television production in the state.”
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