Karen Bass Backs 'No Cap' California Production Tax Credit: 'We Must Hold Nothing Back in Our Fight'

Mayor Karen Bass voiced her support for a "no cap" state credit and for a federal film and television tax credit, noting there was a "global battle for entertainment jobs" in a campaign statement on Friday. "We must hold nothing back in our fight," the Los Angeles mayor said in her evening message. "This is about an industry that is essential to our middle class and who we are as a city." Bass, whose stance mirrored her political rival Councilwoman Nithya Raman, also weighed in on the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, sharing she opposed the deal unless it avoided job cuts. . . .