California has long been a center of the entertainment world. But state lawmakers say that's not something they can take for granted anymore. They've formed a committee to make sure the industry keeps doing business in the golden state. From Sacramento, Marianne Russ reports.
Democratic Assemblyman Paul Krekorian says it's a growing problem: other states and other countries luring TV and film production jobs away from California. He says there's already been a significant loss. He says other locations offer subsidies, and that's attractive to producers.
Paul Krekorian: Very often they have separate columns for if we film in New York, if we film in Canada, if we film in Louisiana, compared to California and it usually makes a very clear economic argument that we need to film elsewhere.
Krekorian will chair a new Assembly committee that's been formed to study how to preserve the state's entertainment industry. He says they'll look into ways to make the state more competitive -- that could include tax policies or other incentives. Krekorian says they'll also examine the problem of piracy, and look into investments in arts and career-technical education. In Sacramento, I'm Marianne Russ.
