Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Chapter  114 of 2021 (S B  144 , Portantino) required our office to issue a report summarizing the workforce diversity information collected by the California Film Commission (CFC) and evaluate the effectiveness of the tax credit for increasing diversity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - Evidence from state film incentives. ” Regional science and urban economics 77 (2019): 315 ‑339. Button, Patrick. “Can tax incentives create a local film industry? Evidence from Louisiana and New Mexico. ” Journal of Urban Affairs 43.5 (2021): 658 ‑684.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program [Publication Details]

May 1, 2025 - Chapter 114 of 2021 (SB 144, Portantino) required our office to issue a report summarizing the workforce diversity information collected by the California Film Commission (CFC) and evaluate the effectiveness of the tax credit for increasing diversity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5036

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - These include the state ’s food assistance program (CalFresh, 77  percent take ‑up rate), the state ’s cash assistance program (California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids [CalWORKs], 60  percent), and the federal tax credit for low income tax filers (the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, 80  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943