By Guild Staff
A bill to boost film and TV post-production in California is headed to the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
AB2319, which Local 700 is co-sponsoring with the California Post Alliance, passed the state Senate on Sunday with a 65-2 vote.
Shows that shoot in California were already eligible for tax credits, but the bill authored by Assemblymember Nick Schultz would include projects shot elsewhere. Backers had sought $100 million in funding, though lawmakers settled on $10 million to get the program up and running. California was often the default destination for picture and sound editing, remixing and other finishing work, but in recent years the state has seen its advantages pared away by other states and territories offering compelling tax packages.
The bill’s fate now rests with Gov. Newsom, who has until Sept. 30 to sign it into law.
“We are pleased and grateful that the California State Senate has passed Assembly Bill 2319,” Editors Guild President F. Hudson Miller and National Executive Director Scott M. George wrote in a joint statement. “It sends a clear signal that California will remain the heart of the entertainment industry and that skilled, middle-class, union post-production jobs are valued in our state’s economy.”
Local 700 has launched a campaign to encourage Newsom to sign the bill. For more information, click here.
