Amid Hollywood's ongoing struggles, a coalition of local production businesses has formed to advocate for increased tax credits and other incentives to improve and support filming in California.
Nearly three dozen local film, television and streaming production businesses and associations have launched an advocacy group aimed at improving conditions for filming in the state. The California Production Coalition, formed this week in Los Angeles, aims to voice the concerns of prop houses, equipment leasing firms and other businesses that serve the film and TV industry, which has been been slow to rebound after the pandemic and strikes last year by actors and writers.
The group will seek to educate policymakers and the public about the benefits of the state’s film and TV industry as well as support policies and incentives that will reduce red tape and create a more effective environment to film in the state. Rivals such as Georgia, New Mexico and Australia have lured filmmakers with more generous incentives. The coalition’s first order of business is to get behind Gov.
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