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Supervisors back clarifying changes to film rebate program and push for local‑hire language; DCYF budget cuts draw strong community protest
Summary
The committee agreed to move a change capping individual film production rebates at $600,000 while asking staff to draft stronger local‑hiring and disadvantaged‑community language for next week. Separately, the Department of Children, Youth & Their Families outlined midyear and proposed '09–'10 cuts, prompting speakers and supervisors to warn that reductions to youth employment and violence‑prevention programs could deepen public‑safety and economic harms.
The committee considered two related but separate items on March 18: revisions to the city’s film production rebate program and a departmental budget briefing from the Department of Children, Youth & Their Families (DCYF).
Film rebate: Supervisor Alioto Pier proposed removing a provision that limited individual production rebates to the amount of taxes paid and instead setting a per‑production cap of $600,000. Economic analysis presented by the Office of Economic Analysis showed the higher cap would likely be more utilized and could create hundreds of short‑term film‑industry jobs; the analysis projected a modest negative general‑fund impact but…
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