Overview
- Assemblymember Nick Schultz committed to carry legislation creating a dedicated postproduction incentive, with bill language and timing not yet released.
- The current state credit only covers post work when productions meet in‑state thresholds, leaving no incentive for standalone editing, sound, VFX or scoring.
- Industry data presented this week show California’s share of U.S. postproduction has fallen more than 11% since 2010, with an estimated 4,451 jobs and $1.63 billion in annual economic input lost over 15 years.
- Advocates cite aggressive incentives in New York, Georgia and countries including the U.K. and Australia as key reasons work has shifted away from California.
- New trade group CAPA is driving the push, holding a Burbank town hall, hiring lobbyist Alberto Torrico and launching a $500,000 fundraising campaign to support the bill.