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California Legislator’s Advice on Passing Policies to Save Local News | The Free Press Initiative
The bill would offer tax credits and hiring incentives to sustain newsroom jobs and could generate more than $50 million a year, supporters said.
- California's legislature approved Assembly Bill 2222, the Community News Act, in late August, and the bill now awaits signature from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
- California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks championed the bill after learning that previous attempts were attacked by industry subsets allied with Google and Meta.
- The program would provide more than $50 million in annual tax credits to sustain newsroom jobs, funded by eliminating a deduction for corporations' highest-paid employees.
- This bill complements a $20 million civic media grant program, joining similar efforts in New York, Illinois, and New Mexico providing $15,000 to $20,000 per newsroom job.
- Wicks emphasized the goal is for publications to proactively employ full-time journalists, believing the approach will help abate the hemorrhaging of newsrooms in California.
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The state legislature recently passed a bill give news outlets more than $50 million in annual tax credits.
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