from: Stop-Runaway-Production.com — Last week, I wrote an extensive post about the cost vs. benefit of Louisiana’s film incentive program. That post was limited to the cost to the state, the return in tax revenue to state coffers and the employment impact. After laying the ground work, I wanted to do a follow-up post that pokes holes in their program by...
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from: ShootMoviesInCalifornia.com — The next time you will see February 29th, the year will be 2016. Lets hope that it does not take our politicians up in Sacramento that long to realize that our state is bleeding out of many pores and one of those can be stopped. Politicians in Sacramento need to come down to a film set one day, whether its close to them in...
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from: Jasmine Elist, LA Times — For a recent episode of the TV series “Modern Family,” Raul Ojeda crafted a pair of shoes covered in red sequins for actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson. His character, Mitchell, shows off the shoes for a “Wizard of Oz”-themed birthday party he throws for his partner, Cam. A decade ago, Raul Ojeda was working as a shoe...
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from: Stop-Runaway-Production.com — In my new law review, I speculate on what would happen when unsustainable and expensive state film incentive programs were scaled back or eliminated: Productions will, in the absence of domestic film incentives, flock in alarming numbers to locations abroad. Just dealing with Canada and its film incentives was damaging to the...
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from: FilmLA.com — Recently, Los Angeles City Hall devised a plan to create a network of safe bicycle lanes throughout the city. Last autumn, using federal funding, the City created a new bike lane downtown on Spring Street. The federally-supported lane was painted a government-mandated shade of iridescent green in order to distinguish the lane from those used by...
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from: FilmLA.com — In February, the City of Vernon entered into a contract with FilmL.A. for on-location film permit coordination. This new agreement means FilmL.A. will now coordinate film production on private and public property within Vernon city limits, and filmmakers can combine Vernon locations with those in other areas served by FilmL.A. on a single...
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