The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, appointed Steve Kang, president of Los Angeles Board of Public Works, as well as her connection with the film and television industry, announced her office today at a meeting with her entertainment industry council.
Quoting Kang’s in -depth knowledge of the infrastructure and the processes of license and its key relations with the leadership of the department, Bass said that the objective of the named person was to improve local filming experiences in the city of industry.
In his position, Kang will be responsible for engaging in a complete strategy to maintain production in Los Angeles, in particular the continuation of the implementation of the executive directives of the mayor 8 and 11, adopted last year and in May, respectively, which facilitates the reduction of costs and independent producers to shoot films, series and advertisements in the city by reducing costs and rationalization of procedures Assistance, thus, which increases access to certain locations in the area. As Liason, Kang will also engage with the stakeholders in the industry concerning the questions of on -site filming, working with the city services to solve the problems that arise.
“I have fully confidence that President Steve Kang will deliver in his role as a link of films in the city by finding solutions that protect our signature industry and guarantee that the local shooting of television, films and advertisements can continue to continue and develop,” said Bass in a press release. “With the successful expansion of cinema and television tax credit in California and our continuous efforts to improve local processes, our work continues to keep production jobs here and support small businesses that count on industry.”
Kang added: “The local shooting is vital for the economy of our city and the departments of the city must prioritize their success. I thank the mayor Bass for condemned me this role and will be dedicated to the delivery of his vision of the way in which we can better support local production.”
Producer Ellen Goldsmeith-Vein, president of the Bass’s Entertainment Industry Council and founder / CEO of the Gotham group, said: “By installing an affair with the cinema and television industry, the mayor Bass signals her intention to continue to prioritize, support and Fortify the cinema and television of Los Angeles. Ready to dive and support Mayor Bass and his excellent team working hand in hand with industry. »»
In its current role as president of the Board of Public Works, Kang directs the city’s supervisory organization for infrastructure and essential services for residents, oversees the city’s contract with the non -profit organization Filmla and works closely with street services and special event permits of the city, which grants access to film production permits.
The liaison role of the city’s film was created for the first time under the former mayor Eric Garcetti, who appointed the film Czar Tom Sherak in 2013 to act as a point point for workers who seek to sail in the sprawling bureaucracy of the city. Ken Ziffren was exploited for the role a year later after Sherak’s death and is currently a member of the Entertainment Industry Council created by Bass last summer. The defenders of the industry put pressure on Bass, who took office in December 2022, to name such a figure, arguing that a connection was going to fill the gap between cinema and the government.
The appointment comes three months after the publication of BAS of the executive directive 11, the aim of which is to reduce part of the administrative formalities surrounding local local and television production. By reducing the regulations, by reorganizing efforts and guaranteeing a “proactive and friendly approach to communication”, the directive hopes to make localities like the Griffith observatory, the port of the and the central library cheaper and easier to shoot.
More broadly, the promotion of Kang intervenes in the middle of a city with several components and efforts on the scale of the State to double the production of production in a Tinseltown which was struck by forest fires, strikes and discharge replaces, often hemorragists beyond the state lines due to the costs of crimes – which all inspired and lead Year.
Earlier in summer, California legislators officially obtained the $ 750 million promised by Governor Gavin Newsom to double the film and television tax credit. In addition to the increase in financing, the new and improved program 4.0 extends eligibility and includes other provisions to create more jobs. Since then, a list of series has collected the advantages up to $ 250 million, because 22 Gear Up watch to return, move or launch production in the state.
Explaining Dominic Patten de Deadline last year after his passage from the executive Directive 8, Bass said about the state of production of Los Angeles: “All these other states, once again, beat us and that it slows our local industry … it has become unaffordable. This is a problem for everyone. We want people to be able to live there, to work in the entertainment industry and have a very fruitful life. “
