The decline in film and TV production in Los Angeles continues

Los Angeles witnessed a decrease in the production of local films and television, causing anxiety from the city You may face the same fate as Detroit did with the auto industry several decades ago.

“When I left the auto industry in Detroit, she really caught that city, and now there is some concern that the same thing could happen here in Los Angeles and Hollywood as film production is transferred from the city.”

In a report released last week, Filmla said that the production of the Greater Los Angeles region on the site for films, television, commercial advertisements and other projects reached 5300 days of shooting in the first quarter of the year, which represents a decrease of 22.4 % of the same three period in 2024.

Los Angeles witnessed a decrease in local films and television. (Istock / Istock)

The non -profit organization said that this came amid “a global decline in production and intensification of competition for film and job projects” from other places.

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Los Angeles faced huge fires in January, but according to a movie, they had a “small effect on the filming of the Los Angeles region” during the quarter.

The production on the site in Los Angeles during the first quarter in 2025 was also less than the one that was seen in the first quarter of 2021, when the local industry achieved more than 7000 fire exchange days, Gordon said, citing Filmla data.

The head of the Los Angeles Gordon website told that small companies are facing a problem.

“Many of the smaller companies I know unfortunately for the point where they have to call it one day in this industry, especially for the people who work here, I have rented countless people over the years, and it becomes more difficult and difficult for its crew below the line to find work,” said Gary on Agency, CEO of Real to Agency.

Industry experts want less regulations and more incentives from the California government to encourage production to return and photograph in Golden State, according to Jordan.

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People feel, well, why do Hollywood need funds from the government? They are also rich, they are all a group of wealthy. “This is my backyard. I live in the south no. I lived here for 21 years, and I am concerned about my next house just like anyone else.”

The production on the site in Los Angeles during the first quarter in 2025 was less than the production seen in the first quarter of 2021. (Istock / Istock)

In late October, the governor of the state, Gavin News, suggested increasing the California film and television credit program to 750 million dollars annually, which represents an increase of $ 420 million of $ 330 million currently allocated.

His office said at the time that “California will allow the superiority of other states to provide tax credits and attract more entertainment industry projects to Golden State.”

Recently, in February, the state lawmakers submitted legislation to renew the California Film and Television Credit Program. In addition to raising the total amount of the program to $ 750 million, bills will make more products eligible to obtain tax credits and increase the volume of tax credits that each project can receive, among other things, according to a press statement.

The entertainment industry in Los Angeles “brings more than $ 30 billion to California and supports more than 200,000 local jobs,” according to the Department of Economic and Manpower Development in Los Angeles. He is also a major tourism driver for the city.

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