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# VIDEO: Barbi Appelquist, Candidate for California State Senator, 26th District
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/video-barbi-appelquist-candidate-for-california-state-senator-26th-district/
- Published: 2014-05-29T01:19:10.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:32:42.000Z
- Author: Ross Furukawa
- Tags: Opinion, video, 26th District., Barbi Appelquist, Candidate for California State Senator, election, film, Politics, video-2, viewpoints, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

Santa Monica Daily Press Publisher Ross Furukawa conducts a one on one conversation with Barbi Appelquistin anticipation of the upcoming election for California State Senator, 26th District.

Barbi Appelquist cites the personal background she would bring to Sacramento as a mom and two time cancer survivor, professional experience as an attorney and valedictorian at Pepperdine for public policy, as well as a community advocate for micro-business and –finance and for responsible development. She feels runaway production is a "very big issue for our entire state," and has a four-part solution involving 5 per cent bumps in credits for productions filming outside LA ("this has to be something the whole state can benefit from") and for those employing veterans, including post-production in the formula, and increasing substantially the pool of credits available.