Posts Tagged: Montebello

Senate District 32: An odd tale of politics and timing

State Sen. Vanessa Delgado. (Photo: vanessadelgado.com)

by CHUCK MCFADDEN posted 08.23.2018

California has long had a reputation for sometimes wacky politics: movie stars, bodybuilders and strippers have been candidates at one time or another. None of the above are on hand this time around, but the recent situation involving who will represent state Senate District 32 is the most recent bizarre development.

Tax credit: Lights, camera, action

by SAMANTHA GALLEGOS posted 12.02.2013

California’s TV and film tax incentive appears as popular as ever, despite a rash of negative news coverage of an FBI undercover sting of a state senator in which an industry tax break figured as a lure. “The FBI could have picked any topic from any industry to mount a sting,” Assemblymember Raul Bocanegra, D-Los Angeles, said recently at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s 2nd Annual State of the Industry Conference.(Photo: Stan Rudich)