{"id":2362614,"date":"2024-11-01T08:25:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-is-the-democratic-base-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T08:28:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:28:01","slug":"hollywood-is-the-democratic-base-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-is-the-democratic-base-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood is the Democratic base &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-is-the-democratic-base-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2362614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2063article discusses California&#8217;s Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s proposal to significantly increase \u2062the state&#8217;s Film and Television Tax Credit Program from $330 \u200bmillion to $750 million. This initiative aims to attract \u2064Hollywood studios\u200c by offering them reduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-build-back-better-bill-enriches-blue-state-fat-cats-dings-middle-class\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Build Back Better Bill Enriches Blue State Fat Cats, Dings Middle Class\">tax burdens<\/a> compared to other \u2064states, notably Georgia. It \u2062highlights a disparity where Hollywood, \u2064despite its wealth, benefits from tax breaks while \u200dCalifornia residents face high tax burdens and economic struggles.<\/p>\n<p>The piece criticizes Newsom&#8217;s\u200d prioritization of the\u200d entertainment\u200c industry over \u2062pressing statewide issues such as homelessness, crime,\u2063 education, and infrastructure. It also points out perceived hypocrisy in the state&#8217;s COVID-19 restrictions, which \u200ballowed \u200dHollywood productions \u200cmore freedom while imposing strict measures on other businesses.\u200b it portrays a\u200c narrative of favoritism towards Hollywood elites at the expense of ordinary \u200bCalifornians.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hollywood is the Democratic base<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1838580\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"California\">California<\/a> has fallen on hard times, wrestling with nationwide highs for the price of anything &mdash; from gas to homes to energy. Worry not though, struggling Californians: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hollywood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hollywood\">Hollywood<\/a> is getting more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tax-credits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hollywood\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-return-to-full-employment-next-year-if-congress-passes-1-9-trillion-relief-bill-yellen\/\" title=\"US to Return to Full Employment Next Year if Congress Passes .9 Trillion Relief Bill: Yellen\">tax credits<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), alongside Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, is fighting to more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3205697\/newsom-proposes-750-million-hollywood-tax-credit-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"double\">double<\/a> California&rsquo;s Film &amp; Television Tax Credit Program from $330 million to $750 million. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">tax credit<\/a> is designed to coax multibillion-dollar Hollywood studios to make their movies in California (specifically, Los Angeles) with the promise that they don&rsquo;t need to spend as much on taxes as, well, every other Californian does on everything else.<\/p>\n<p>To summarize: Hollywood studios that make movies in California pay the second least amount of taxes (behind Georgia) compared to making movies in other states, and they are going to have to pay even less, while Californians shoulder the fifth-highest tax <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/states-with-highest-lowest-tax-burden\/20494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"burden\">burden<\/a> of any state. Tax burdens for thee, tax breaks for Hollywood elites.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Illustration by Tatiana Lozano \/ Washington Examiner; Getty Images,&nbsp;Matt Rourke\/AP, Kevin Wolf\/AP Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It shouldn&rsquo;t come as much of a surprise. When COVID-19 hit, Newsom clamped down on businesses up and down the state but cut out special lockdown exemptions for Hollywood. While businesses closed and people were prevented from holding funerals for their loved ones, Newsom made sure Hollywood film projects could have their indoor dining and function with few restrictions. After all, television shows and movies are &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/2439496\/newsom-does-not-get-to-claim-hindsight-for-his-covid-hypocrisy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"critical infrastructure\">critical infrastructure<\/a>&rdquo; in Newsom&rsquo;s California, but schools aren&rsquo;t. (Well, at least schools that don&rsquo;t teach Newsom&rsquo;s children, who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2020\/10\/30\/newsom-sends-his-children-back-to-school-classrooms-in-california-1332811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"allowed\">allowed<\/a> to return to classes before the children of California&rsquo;s peasants).<\/p>\n<p>What else would you expect from a man who comes from a humble, hard-working background, who was raised by a judge and an oil company attorney, and who started a winery with the help of his billionaire friend? Newsom may not know what it&rsquo;s like living paycheck to overly-taxed paycheck or running a business with slim margins, but he knows the problems that rich Hollywood studio executives face, like how can they become richer if California doesn&rsquo;t give them <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">expanded refundable state tax credits<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for them, Newsom is far more interested in solving that problem than easing the tax burden on the rest of the state&rsquo;s residents. Or cleaning up the streets and combatting homelessness. Or putting criminals in jail. Or fixing the state&rsquo;s failing schools. Or fixing the state&rsquo;s water storage and energy infrastructure instead of listening to rabid environmentalists. Or &hellip; well, you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Such is the level of problem-solving you get from a lifelong elite who is leading the state political party that prides itself on celebrity access. When Newsom faced a recall for California&rsquo;s dismal economic conditions for normal families and for his incoherent COVID-19 response, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2021\/06\/16\/newsoms-latest-recall-strategy-give-away-cash-hang-with-celebrities-1386519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rolled out\">rolled out<\/a> celebrities to tell the peasants that he was so great. Yes, you can&rsquo;t afford a house and pay way too much in taxes while Hollywood celebrities pay so little, but musician John Legend likes Newsom, so cast your vote accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Newsom doesn&rsquo;t see how bad it looks to deliver special tax favors to his Hollywood friends while siphoning money from hard-working Californians, or maybe he is just trying to cement his spot as the villain in the next <em>James Bond<\/em> film. One thing is certain, though. Hollywood is still the Democratic voting base, but it isn&rsquo;t part of the state&rsquo;s tax base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1838580\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1838580\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood, the Democratic stronghold, is set to receive increased tax credits as California faces rising costs for essentials like gas and housing. Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass are advocating to boost the Film &amp; Television Tax Credit Program from $330 million to $750 million, enticing studios to film in California with lower tax burdens compared to other states. While Californians bear a high tax load, Hollywood studios will benefit from even more breaks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2742,"featured_media":2362615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/your-land-hollywood-taxes-zachary-faria-103024A6R2-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44145,14890,4361,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2362614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democratic-base","tag-entertainment","tag-hollywood","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/your-land-hollywood-taxes-zachary-faria-103024A6R2-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}