Inside Move: Don't ask Arnold
Runaway relief on hold as Gov. battles budget
"We recognize California's in a financial crisis, so we aren't seeking a legislative solution at this time," says DGA spokesman Morgan Rumpf.
Schwarzenegger expressed a desire during his campaign to keep production in California but offered no specifics. On Nov. 24, he unveiled $1.9 billion of immediate spending cuts; he must persuade voters to approve measures that would borrow $15 billion while limiting spending to the rate of inflation.
State Sen. Sheila Kuehl, a former child actress often involved in showbiz legislation, believes the best that can be hoped for is reviving the nearly gutted California Film Commission and its now-shuttered Film California First incentive program.
"I was willing to carry legislation, but the coalition preference is to get a little bit of funding this year," Kuehl notes.
Antirunaway legislation that would have provided up to $650 million in tax credits evaporated last year in the face of California's massive budget gap.
