ROB BABEK
Partner in Charge
Marcum
It definitely seems like Los Angeles is going to lose a lot of revenue because film clients are going to look elsewhere – to states that give better tax treatments or better incentives.
DAVID GABOR
Shareholder
Weintraub Tobin Law Corp.
The film industry is a major driver of the state’s economic engine, both directly and in term of ancillary employment and revenue benefits. This contribution must be recognized and actively encouraged.
MATT MILLER
Chief Executive
Association of Independent Commercial Producers
Certainly. For so many years, it has been the dominant region for commercials. And even though it still is dominant, the overall percentage of commercial
production is eroding every year.
FRANK SCHERMA
President
Radical Media
As a producer, I can go anywhere in the world and shoot and make money, but what that means is I’m now not hiring my neighbors. I’m not hiring the local film crews. Why don’t we want to spend that money in our own back yard? We’re watching it slip away to go to all these states that are giving incentives and it’s foolish.