Overview
- Becerra released the multi-part plan on Friday, May 22, 2026, as the gubernatorial primary approaches and after weeks of rival proposals.
- The plan would require studios and streamers to provide standardized streaming and viewership data to creators and crew so workers can better bargain over pay.
- It calls for a California Entertainment Summit with a binding public action plan that names leads and milestones for reversing production job declines.
- Becerra backs a selective expansion of the state production incentive focused on post-production, VFX, indie films and episodic TV while stopping short of removing the $750 million annual cap.
- The proposal includes AI protections and compensation for training uses and seeks a federal production tax credit, but union politics remain split with IATSE endorsing Tom Steyer and polls showing a tight three-way race.