‘Star Wars’ Pic ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ Lands California’s Largest Tax Credit Ever

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The Star Wars franchise is coming to shoot in California for the first time with The Mandalorian & Grogu movie, and the Golden State is paying out its weight in tax incentive gold to have […]

California’s State Controller Appeals To Congress To Ensure Shohei Ohtani Doesn’t Try To Abscond With $100 Million In Future Tax Payments

California's State Controller Appeals To Congress To Ensure Shohei Ohtani Doesn't Try To Abscond With $100 Million In Future Tax Payments

Earlier this offseason, Shohei Ohtani signed the largest contract in MLB history. The deal will pay the two-way star an incredible $700 million over ten seasons. To keep the Dodgers competitive and not hamstrung by […]

Court Tosses Murder Conviction, Citing California’s New Rap Lyrics Law

Court Tosses Murder Conviction, Citing California’s New Rap Lyrics Law

California’s new “rap lyrics” law has secured a man’s freedom. According to ABC 7, a state appellate court has reversed the murder conviction of Travon Venable Sr.—a San Bernardino resident who was charged in connection to a […]

Six Kids Run For California’s Highest Office In ‘The Youth Governor’ – Deadline

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American democracy faces multiple threats – not from external forces as during the Cold War, but from within. A former president unwilling to acknowledge his defeat at the polls, conspiracy theories (unsupported by evidence) about […]

Hollywood’s Unions Praise Gov. Newsom’s Pledge To Sign Bill Extending California’s Film Tax Incentives Program – Deadline

Hollywood’s Unions Praise Gov. Newsom’s Pledge To Sign Bill Extending California’s Film Tax Incentives Program – Deadline

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s promise to sign a bill that would extend the state’s $330 million-a-year film and television production tax credit program until 2030 is receiving high praise from the Entertainment Union Coalition, whose […]

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner Lists Five Acre Malibu Compound For $225 Million! Would Smash California’s All-Time Sale Record

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner Lists Five Acre Malibu Compound For $225 Million! Would Smash California's All-Time Sale Record

You could call it the “house that Mouse built,” since Michael Eisner spent twenty one years as the CEO of Disney, but to describe this property as a mere “house” would be like calling the […]

California’s Film Incentives Program Generated $21.9 Billion in Economic Output – Deadline

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California’s Film & Television Tax Credit 2.0 Program generated nearly $21.9 billion in economic output in the state over five years at a projected cost to taxpayers of little more than $1.5 billion, according to […]