Runaway Production, Take Two
At the end of legislative session last year, Gov. Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders (especially Fabian Nunez) tried to hammer out a deal of tax cuts for the movie production industry, saying that filmmaking was "running away" to other states. Well, the LA Times reports on the sagging movie industry, which may well prove more fuel for the "runaway production" tax cut fire. In October, for example, 40 of 81 feature films were shot in other states, 26 in Canada and other countries and just 15 were based in California. At the end of session (if memory serves me right) the Legislature circulated a letter signed by Senate leaders Don Perata and Dick Ackerman and Assembly leaders Kevin McCarthy and Fabian Nunez, as well as the governor, promising to return to the issue in 2006. |
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