A proposed California tax credit to attract productions that leave a state that’s implementing fetal heartbeat anti-abortion legislation has cleared a key hurdle in the State Senate.

The bill, which would cover five years with a $50 million annual allocation, was approved by Senate Governance and Finance Committee and is now headed to the Fiscal Senate Appropriations Committee.

California’s newly named film commissioner is thinking big.

Colleen Bell wants to expand the state’s production tax credit program beyond its current annual allocation of $330 million — which was tripled in size in 2014 to compete effectively with New York and Georgia, then extended a year ago to 2025 with a credit of up to 25% of qualified expenditures spent in California.

San Fernando Valley veterans were fêted at a luncheon on Tuesday at the Orange Grove Bistro at Cal State Northridge. Four San Fernando Valley Assembly members co-hosted the event, including Laura Friedman, D-43rd District; Jesse Gabriel, D-45th District; Adrin Nazarian, D-46th District; and Luz Rivas, D-39th District.

State Assemblywoman Luz Rivas (D-Arleta) recently secured $5 million for Discovery Cube Los Angeles (DCLA), located in Sylmar, to build a Sustainability Park to help educate the public on the ways the state is working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. DCLA has more than 100 family friendly hands-on science exhibits on climate change, STEM education, and sustainability.