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Board approves consent items including film rebate extension, contracts and grants
Summary
At the May 22 meeting the Board approved multiple consent items by recorded roll call, including a first-reading extension of the film rebate program through June 30, 2014, and several contract amendments and grants approved on same-house/same-call votes.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a slate of consent and first-reading items by roll call on Tuesday, including an extension of the city's film rebate program and multiple contract amendments and grant acceptances.
Supervisor Farrell introduced an ordinance (Item 7) to extend the "Film in San Francisco" rebate program for two years through June 30, 2014, and increase the total amount available for rebates up to $2,000,000. Farrell recounted the program's history and said the industry had generated wages and local spending, citing figures that production spent "over $56,000,000" in San Francisco in fiscal year 2010–11 and that the program has brought wages into the city. The ordinance was passed on…
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