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California Gubernatorial Candidates Bicker and Squabble, But Say Little About Hollywood
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California Gubernatorial Candidates Bicker and Squabble, But Say Little About Hollywood

The Hollywood Reporter·Steven Zeitchik·about 1 month ago
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If you watched CNN Tuesday night for guidance on how California ’s new governor would solve Hollywood ’s production crisis, you may as well have changed the channel: The Lakers had more answers than the candidates on the stage. And they got beat by 18. The third and final gubernatorial debate ahead of the June 2 primary saw the issue — which affects the biggest industry in the state’s most populous city — draw precious little airtime. Moderators asked only two of the seven candidates what they would do about the bleeding of production jobs, and neither gave an especially substantive answer. “It’s a competition we can and must win,” Katie Porter said generally, without addressing whether she would push for an uncapping of the current $750 million annual production tax credit, as she has yet to do. “This election is an existential election for Hollywood. So yes, we do need an unlimited, uncapped tax credit.…

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