Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive directive on May 20 to support local film and television production and boost jobs in the industry.
The mayor’s order aims to lower costs and streamline city processes for filming on location and increase access to iconic city locations, including the Central Library, the Port of Los Angeles, and the Griffith Observatory.
“The city is taking bold action to support our legacy industry,” Bass said. “Keeping entertainment production in L.A. means keeping good-paying jobs in L.A., and that’s what we are fighting for.”
California’s film and television industry has experienced a slowdown amid declining production spending, global competition, incentives offered by other states and regions, emerging artificial intelligence technology, job losses to locations with lower labor costs, and the writers and actors’ strikes in 2023….