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It found that production fell 19.7% to just 183 projects last year.

But how long canCaliforniasubsist or help businesses and families thrive on an ever-thinner slice of a shrinking production pie?

L.A. film and TV production

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The losers, FilmLA noted, are rank and file industry workers.

Given these workers heavy dependence on local filmmaking, reduced project output raises significant concerns.

Gavin Newsom has rebuffed industry efforts to sweeten the states tax incentive program.

LA City Council

Their former employees, lacking an income, then have no money for groceries, tuition and bills.

Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.