Governor Gavin Newsom and Jon Voight, one of the three Hollywood ambassadors of President Donald Trump, met Century City on Thursday to discuss the proposal “Make Hollywood Great Again”.
An assistant from Newsom and a Voight representative confirmed the meeting in Politico.
“They shared a commitment to work together to help build the film industry in the United States – in particular California and Los Angeles,” said the point of sale. The former Deedee Myers executive of Warner Bros., who is director of the Business and Economic Development Bureau, was also present.
The meeting occurred while the tax credit plan on films of $ 750 million in California remains in the air, because the state budget cuts increased the process. California Film & TV Jobs’ bills of bills adopted its votes on the first floor in Sacramento this week, although it is not clear if Trump prices and / or the recovery efforts of Los Angeles forest fires could have an impact on the result.
In the event of success, invoices would expand types of productions eligible for tax incentives, would offer a tax rate of 35% to productions based on Los Angeles and increase the 330 million dollar program to $ 750 million. Newsom also suggested a national cinema and television incentive program of $ 7.5 billion last month.
“The Governor is fully attached to this proposed investment of $ 750 million in California’s film and television industry, which will protect well-remunerated jobs and support workers who feed the creative economy of the State,” said a newspaper spokesman in a statement.
The proposal of the Oscar -winning actor of May includes a carrot and stick approach, mixing tax incentives, prices for foreign films and co -production treaties to encourage the production of American films. Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone are Trump’s other two Hollywood ambassadors.
Thewrap contacted Newsom and Voight teams for additional comments.
