As a member of the East Bay Film Collective, comedian W. Kamau Bell is working to make Oakland a hub for filmmakers.
The effort has earned the support of the city council. At the end of June, a film rebate ordinance unanimously passed it's first reading. The ordinance has also been included in the newly adopted fiscal year mid-cycle budget. Oakland resident and comedian, the host of notable television shows 'Totally Biased' and 'United Shades of America,' and community activist W. Kamau Bell is also part of the effort.' Oakland is already a hub for creativity, for activism, for new ideas.
'Right now in the city the city council is down with it, so the political will is in place and you can't do it without the political will of the city,' said Bell.The ordinance that passed on its first city council reading allocates $500,000 from the mayor's budget for tax rebates. The city's tourism bureau, Visit Oakland, is putting $100,000 towards the creation of a database of film locations and staff in Oakland.
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