California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León told a crowd of business leaders in Hollywood that the state's newly expanded film and television tax credit program is beginning to bring crews back to Southern California.
"Many productions were leaving the state to shoot film and TV shows somewhere else," said de León, who spoke at a Hollywood Chamber of Commerce luncheon held Friday at Paramount Pictures. "Production workers were separated from their families here in California because they had to shoot in states like Georgia and Louisiana. Well, I'm happy to say we have started to reverse that trend.