According to a new report.
Production at the location was down 22. 4% from the same time a year earlier, according to a report released Monday through the nonprofit Filmla, which tracks filming days in the Los Angeles metro area.
In the first quarter of 2025, the overall number of days of street shootings in L. A. Averalled 5,295, with 6,823 at the same time a year ago. A single team shooting in one place for a 24-hour era counts as a shooting day.
Although Southern California wildfires in January temporarily halted productions, entertainment staff forced their homes to merge and left many people homeless, the report found that the fires were having a lasting effect on production.
The survey found that the Pacific Palisades and Altadena regions had received just over 1,400 days of filming over 4 years, accounting for about 1. 3 of all regional filming.
About 545 filming locations were in the Burn areas, Filmla said.
Television production fell 30. 5% in the first quarter through last year. All TV production categories fell, adding dramas (38. 9%), comedies (29. 9%), showcases of truth (26. 4%) and pilots (80. 3%).
Feature film production fell by 28. 9%, while advertisements fell by 2. 1%.
The report’s “other category,” that smaller, lower-cost sessions such as student productions, photography still, documentaries, and music and commercial videos also received a hit, falling about 20 percent.
“California cannot return any more paintings to its competitors,” Filmla spokesman Philip Sokoloski said in a statement.
The state’s peak industry has faced headwinds for years. Other states and countries have attracted California production by providing tax benefits and rebates.
The film and television industry hurried on several fronts. First, the pandemic interrupted the production and postproduction work, then the movements of writers and double actors in 2023 finished the maximum projects and films.
While the industry had a bit of respite in the so-called streaming wars, as studios poured cash into progression and production of new video and screens for their platforms, spending on new screens slowed when it came to considerations about profitability. The studios also released some films.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers are now calling for innovations in California’s tax credit program to overhaul production and job building for local workers.
Last year, Newsom proposed a building in the program, which would more than double the year’s allocated cash to $750 million, from its existing overall $330 million.
Lawmakers have proposed two state Assembly and Senate expenditures that would accrue the state’s film tax credit to cover up to 35% of qualified expenses for movies and TV series filmed in the Los Angeles region.
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