Issue Position: Film & TV Tax Credit Extension

Issue Position

The film industry is the heart of Los Angeles, providing hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs to families across California. To protect these jobs I championed a number of bills designed to grant tax credits to movies made in California, in an effort to attract new jobs and keep old ones in the State.

I am proud to report that I have authored legislation to extend our wildly successful Film & TV Tax Credit. The current film tax credit is set to expire on June 30, 2020. AB 2936 extends the highly successful film & TV tax credit to 2025.

The film & TV tax credit has generated an additional $1.4 billion in wages for our below-the-line crews and a sustained 12% increase in hours worked. These are middle class jobs that contribute directly back to our local economy.

The film industry is vital to the state of California's economy, supporting more than 190,000 direct jobs and $17 billion in wages in California. As your Assemblymember I will continue to work with studios, unions, and small business to keep film production jobs here.

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