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Much-Needed Legislation That Can Make a Difference for Our Industry

This month’s guest column comes from Lara Wickes, President of the Recording Musicians Association Los Angeles.

Greetings friends and colleagues, I’m honored to get a chance to write my first column for the Overture and share some of the recent goings-on in the Recording Musicians Association. In our continuous task of representing the specific needs of recording musicians both to the AFM and the larger entertainment community, board members Sidney Hopson, David Horne and myself, along with local president Marc Sazer attended a very informative hearing at Burbank City Hall last Friday (March 20) hosted by Senator Adam Schiff, in which he spoke about a bill he has been drafting over the past year that will, if enacted, put into place federal tax incentives for film and TV production in the United States. A bill that is, in the opinion of every speaker at the hearing, highly necessary and long overdue. Especially with the impending merger of Warner Brothers and Paramount poised to wreak even more havoc on the livelihoods of entertainment workers.

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Musicians visit Sen. Connie Leyva to bring more jobs to CA

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On Monday morning, musicians in Los Angeles visited the office of state Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) in support of AB 1199, a bill aimed at creating more film & TV music jobs in California.

AB 1199 is now in the Senate Governance & Finance Committee and will be picked up again in January. Musicians are utilizing this time to gear up for visits to local state senate offices to voice their support of this important bill.

Several more visits in other districts are in the works up and down the state. Many Los Angeles Local 47 members have already heard from Local 47 Organizer Merideth Cleary – and if you haven’t yet, you will soon!

Show your support – sign the petition!

To learn more about this important work, visit our AB 1199 blog. If you’d like to get involved, sign up for Local 47 Action Alerts or call Merideth at 323.993.3143 to stay posted to future developments on this and other news that affects California musicians.

Sen. Jerry Hill signs on as AB 1199 co-author

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Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) has signed on as co-author with Assemblymember Adrin Nazarin (D-Sherman Oaks) to AB 1199, a bill with the potential to bring thousands of music scoring jobs back to California.

Musicians have been busy pushing to add language to the legislation that will secure a revenue-neutral allocation for music scoring from the existing Film & TV Tax Credit Program. Because no new money is being asked for, this effort has been gaining fast support.

Show your support – sign the petition!

Get involved! Sign up for Local 47 Action Alerts or call 323.993.3143 to stay posted to future developments on this and other news that affects California musicians.