The County Supervisors Council of Los Angeles unanimously approves measures to rationalize the shooting permits
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Supervisors Council voted unanimously in favor of a motion containing several proposals aimed at facilitating the process of approval of local and television production. This includes calls for county agencies to find ways to rationalize authorization processes and develop a fund for film technology startups.
Many of the measures included in a request, submitted by the supervisors Kathryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath, echo those which take place at the city level by the municipal council of Los Angeles, which approved a similar motion submitted by the member of the Adrin Nazarian Council last April. Mayor Karen Bass also gathered a working group to study the means to make Los Angeles a less expensive and more practical place to film compared to other cities like New York, Chicago and Atlanta.
Among the other motion proposals are a review of film license processes, an effort to shorten the time necessary to approve the Sheriff deputies for productions and a call to clarify when cinematographic productions must include fire safety advisers.
In addition, the request calls the County Center for Strategic Partnerships and the Ministry of Arts and Culture to seek possible public and private partners in order to create a “persistent leaf fund” worth between 80 and 100 million dollars, which would support “new industry technology startups”.
The Board of Directors also called for the real estate branch of the Arts and Culture Department to consult the film schools and the industry leaders to develop a “new production based on technology” for commercial production and vocational training for industry for new workers.
Voting is part of a local effort and on the larger state level to stimulate the production of films and television in the domestic lawn of the entertainment industry. This crucial local economic and cultural pillar has been compromised in recent years while productions are moving towards other cities and countries with tax incentives or simply reducing initial costs (such as the cost of living).
As part of this, in June, California legislators approved and the expansion of eligibility rules and benefits for the film and television tax credit program in California, which was quickly signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. The new program also increases the basic rate for tax credit from 20% to 35% with a ceiling per production up $ 120 million. Credits allocated to independent productions have also tripled almost $ 26 million to $ 75 million.
