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L.A. Might Have Found A Local Solution To Stop Movies Being Made In Other States
EXCLUSIVE: LA has been trying to find ways to encourage more films and TV series to stay in the city – reducing the 30% reduction over the last five years, according to FilmLA. Now, a small group, including City councilmember Adrin Nazarian, are working on a local solution to help bring mid-budget movies back to […]
In addition to providing stable, well-paying jobs to our residents, the significant boost to our local economy has the potential to bring desperately needed revenue to our City,” said Nazarian. Bureaucratic permitting, expensive and often unnecessary fees, inconsistent safety requirements, and lack of City personnel and resources dedicated to filming requests are among the most significant hurdles to our entertainment industry. The group has proposed alternatives or reducing requirements of public safety personnel required at shoots, offering waived or reduced fees for utilizing public property as shoot locations, creating a pool of film-certified public safety officers available for rates competitive with other cities that are currently taking production away from LA, identifying and enforcing the price gouging of crew parking and base camps for film shoots, recommended streamlining the film permitting review process, that includes staffing and resources necessary across all departments involved and revising the stage certification process that allow for more stages to certify and limit additional expenses.
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