OUR MISSION
In today’s hyper-competitive production climate, every project is courted by multiple jurisdictions. The California Production Coalition works to help our state’s communities win those competitions by:
Educating
policymakers and the public about the benefits of California’s film, television, and streaming production industry.
Advocating
for pro-production, pro-jobs policies including production incentives, sensible permitting and planning processes, and efforts to reduce red tape and move production forward in the state.
Representing & Reflecting
the breadth, diversity, and scope of the entire production ecosystem, including historically overlooked and underrepresented stakeholders, such as businesses led by women and people of color.
A Historic Track Record of Delivering for Our State
Every dollar spent on California’s Film and Television Tax Credit creates...
$24.40
in new economic activity
$8.60
in wages and labor income
$16.14
in increased GDP
The average location shoot adds $670,000 & 1,500 jobs a day to the local economy.
From 2015 to 2020, California’s Film and Television Tax Credit
added $21.9 billion to California’s economy
generated $961.5 million in tax revenue
and supported more than 110,000 local jobs.
States and Nations Are Working to Attract These Projects & The Jobs They Create
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Between 2017 and 2024, incentive programs increased 39%. Today, 120 jurisdictions around the world offer various attractive incentives.
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Many of these programs are larger, more efficient, and easier to use than California’s program.
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Georgia’s program has no cap and an effective base rate of 30% in practice.
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In 2022, New York increased its program from $420M to $700M and increased the base rate to 30%.
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More than a dozen states have refundable or transferable credits that increase their value and reach. California offers only extremely limited refundability & transferability.
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California imposes limits and qualifications that sharply reduce the value of its current incentive:
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California has a low 20% tax credit rate – the global average is 30%.
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California excludes all “above the line” wages from the program – out of the top 50 programs worldwide, only California and Texas bar these costs.
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California excludes many production categories from the program, including series with 30 minute episodes, reboots, animation, and game, reality/competition, and talk shows. The program also excludes standalone post-production and visual effects work. Other programs around the world cover these categories and are winning these projects and jobs.
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California caps eligible expenses at $100M, limiting the usefulness of the program to attract blockbuster and tentpole productions.
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OUR MEMBERS
Bardas Development
Camtec Motion Picture Camera Systems
Central City Association
Cinelease
Echelon Studios
Entertainment Partners
Fotokem
Hand Prop Room
History For Hire, Inc.
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood Professional Association (HPA)
Hudson Pacific Properties
ISS Props
KESLOW CAMERA
LA Hangar Studios
LA NORTH Studios
​Marathon Services, Inc
MBS Equipment Company
MBS Media Campus
​Motion Picture Association
Occidental Entertainment Group Holdings
Prop Services West
Quixote
Radford Studio Center
Raleigh Studios Hollywood & Saticoy Studios
Santa Clarita Studios
SetJetters
Studio Art & Technology
Sunset Studios
​Sylmar Studios
Television City Studios
The Culver Studios
THE MBS GROUP
Valley Industry & Commerce Association
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