Can California do anything to bring Hollywood production jobs back to the State?

About this episode

The episode discusses California's competitiveness in attracting Hollywood production jobs and features an interview with Santa Monica city council candidate Derrik Townsend.

We need to be much more competitive with tax incentives and make trying to film with permits much easier Plus Randy talks with Santa Monica city council candidate Derrik Townsend See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Randy

Guest: Derrik Townsend

Topics covered

• Hollywood production
• tax incentives
• film permits
• California jobs
• local government

Keywords

• California
• Hollywood
• production jobs
• tax incentives
• film permits
• Santa Monica
• Derrik Townsend

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Places: California, Santa Monica

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