{"id":2407625,"date":"2025-02-27T17:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-propose-expanding-hollywood-state-tax-credit-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T17:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:15:35","slug":"lawmakers-propose-expanding-hollywood-state-tax-credit-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-propose-expanding-hollywood-state-tax-credit-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers propose expanding Hollywood state tax credit &#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\">20<\/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%2Flawmakers-propose-expanding-hollywood-state-tax-credit-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=2407625&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>In california,\u200d lawmakers are advocating for an expansion of the state tax\u2064 credit designed \u2062too \u2063retain film and television productions \u200cwithin the state.Proposals introduced by Democratic State\u2064 Assemblyman Rick Chavez Zbur and State\u200b Senator Ben Allen include two bills, AB\u2062 1138 and SB 630, aimed at modernizing the current <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> system. This comes after Governor Gavin Newsom proposed an increase in\u200b the Film &#038; Television Tax Credit \u2062Program from $330 million \u200cto $750 \u200cmillion annually. Though, Zbur emphasized that merely increasing funding will not suffice \u200cto regain\u200c the thousands of jobs lost to other states like Georgia, \u2064Texas, \u200dand Canada. Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass also stressed the need for\u200b an updated tax\u200d credit to maintain Hollywood&#8217;s competitive \u2062edge, warning of future losses to the\u200c industry if action is not taken. The challenges facing \u200dSouthern California&#8217;s film industry\u200c include\u2062 the impact of the\u2063 COVID-19 pandemic,\u200b recent strikes, and \u200bwildfires, which have\u200d led to\u2062 a marked decline in production compared\u2062 to a burgeoning\u200b film \u2062scene in\u2064 other \u2064states over the past\u200d decade.  <\/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\">California lawmakers propose expanding Hollywood state tax credit<\/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_1992116\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In the Golden State, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tenn-republicans-introduce-bill-allowing-fathers-to-petition-to-block-mothers-from-having-abortions\/\" title=\"Tenn. Republicans introduce bill allowing fathers to petition to block mothers from having abortions\">lawmakers hope<\/a> to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hollywood\">Hollywood<\/a> from filming movies and shows in other places by <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">expanding current tax breaks<\/a> for productions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"California\">California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>State Assemblyman Rick Chavez Zbur and state Sen. Ben Allen, both Democrats, introduced a pair of bills, AB 1138 and SB 630, which they claim will modernize the tax credit for television and film in the state. Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3205697\/newsom-proposes-750-million-hollywood-tax-credit-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"proposed\">proposed<\/a> increasing the state&rsquo;s Film &amp; Television Tax Credit Program from $330 million annually to $750 million.<\/p>\n<p>Zbur and other local leaders made their pitch for updating the tax credit during a press conference at the SAG-AFTRA headquarters on Wednesday. He expressed gratitude for Newsom&rsquo;s proposal but argued more must be done to compete with other states for film and television productions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were pleased and excited to learn about Gov. Newsom&rsquo;s proposal to increase the tax credit to $750 million annually, which will greatly relieve the oversubscription to the program,&rdquo; Zbur said. &ldquo;However, let me be clear: increasing the dollars in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-longest-serving-cabinet-member-confirmed-to-bidens-cabinet\/\" title=\"Obama\u2019s Longest-Serving Cabinet Member Confirmed To Biden\u2019s Cabinet\">credit program<\/a> will not by itself bring back the thousands of jobs that we are losing to Georgia, Canada, New York, Australia, and now Texas, and even Nevada and other states.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stressed the importance of the tax credit for keeping Hollywood productions in California. She also warned that without adjustments to the credit to compete with other states, California would continue to lose productions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to stand here five years from now and reminisce about an industry that has left us,&rdquo; Bass said while pushing for a more dynamic tax credit for film productions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3327436\/newsom-asks-congress-nearly-40-billion-aid-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"NEWSOM ASKS CONGRESS FOR NEARLY $40 BILLION TO REBUILD LOS ANGELES\">NEWSOM ASKS CONGRESS FOR NEARLY $40 BILLION TO REBUILD LOS ANGELES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Southern California and the film industry have had a rough first half of the decade, from the COVID-19 pandemic and harsh lockdowns to the lengthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2708547\/2023-review-the-lingering-effects-of-the-dual-sag-aftra-wga-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">writers and actors strikes<\/a> and the destructive wildfires in LA earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>In the past decade, other states&rsquo; film industries have blossomed while California, still the creative hub for the U.S. film industry, has seen an increasing number of productions film elsewhere. The Golden State has lost productions despite several actors and executives expressing opposition to laws passed in states such as Georgia.<\/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_1992116\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1992116\"}});<\/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>California lawmakers aim to boost Hollywood tax credits to keep productions local<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2407626,"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\/2025\/02\/california-film-tv-tax-credit.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4361,3673,37181,33054,32076],"class_list":["post-2407625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hollywood","tag-lawmakers","tag-state-funding","tag-tax-credit","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/california-film-tv-tax-credit.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407625","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407629,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407625\/revisions\/2407629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}