Elena Maksimova, a famous singer and actress in Russia, at a film shoot in Santa Monica.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Wednesday that provides an extra $330 million for the film and TV industry, and also carries a new incentive to promote diversity on sets.
Newsom signed the bill at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood.
The bill includes a new $150 million tax credit aimed at promoting the construction of new soundstages. That provision will be earmarked for productions that shoot at least 50% of their schedule on at a newly built studio facility.
The bill also includes $90 million a year for the next two years to lure TV shows from other states, and to subsidize TV shows that have already relocated.
The extra money for Hollywood comes after the state experienced an unexpected $75 billion surplus.
Since 2015, the state has provided $330 million a year in credits to films and TV shows. The program is aimed at competing with other U.S. states, as well as the United Kingdom and Canada, that had used tax incentives to lure away much of the industry's production work.
With the state flush with cash, Newsom initially proposed a $30 million increase in the TV relocation incentive. That quickly ballooned, with the Legislature adding $150 million to cover a "shortfall" for the TV shows that had already relocated.
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