Call your CA State Senator to PASS AB 1069 - Film tax incentives bill

<<<< whether you work on commercials (where we don't get tax incentives in CA), or other film mediums such as movies, where they do get tax incentives in this state... this is still a fight to keep jobs in California.. . please put the word out to your production families to support this: This is an update on the status of AB 1069 -- the bill to extend incentives for film and television production in California. Last week, the bill was passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Unfortunately, its opponents amended it in an attempt to make it less effective while still being able to say they voted in favor of it. One amendment was to shorten the extension to one year, which drastically limits the ability of producers to plan ahead for filming in California. On Thursday, September 8, a delegation representing Hollywood unions and guilds will head to Sacramento to visit every member of the State Senate. They will be working to ensure that AB 1069 is passed with a three-year extension. We must all help in this effort. Since its inception in 2009, the state incentive program has had a direct impact on the creation of jobs. The single most important thing you can do to help increase the amount of work available to you and your fellow members is contact members of the Senate and urge them to approve AB 1069 for three years. Your letter need not be long but please try to include the phrase "When movie and commercial makers make films somewhere else, Californians lose their jobs." Please actually write a letter and fax it. Phone calls are great but a hand written, personal letter carries much more weight with these elected representatives. It could be as simple as the sample letter at the end of this message. It is especially important that any of our members living outside of Los Angeles participate. If you have family in Northern California or San Diego, ask them to help too. Explain how important this is to your livelihood. If you don't know who your Senator is, you can visit http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html In addition to your CA State senator, please send a letter to the Senate Pro Tem, Darrell Steinberg: fax number: 916-323-2263 and tel: 916-323-2263. If you don't have access to a fax machine, there are many online services that offer free or low-cost faxing. Try visiting sites such as http://faxzero. com/ The Senate must act on the bill by September 9, so we are asking that letters be sent starting TODAY Thursday, September 8. Make no mistake. This is your fight. Without incentives here, even more productions will leave for places such as Louisiana and New York (though we love you pro brothers and sisters!) - and the job that leaves with them could be yours. Act now to save California's film and television industry. Join the campaign for AB 1069 - to extend California's incentives for 3 years.<<<<< Have a great day ☼

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