ONE BIG THING: SHOWTIME FOR POLICYMAKERS
What Happened?
City Council approved seven motions introduced by Councilmember Adrin Nazarian aimed by bringing production back to Hollywood, including:
🎬Establishing a free micro-shoot permit for small productions
🎥Streamlining FilmLA processes
🎞️Improving coordination with neighboring jurisdictions
🧐 Requesting a City Controller audit of film permitting
Why it Matters
The entertainment industry is facing a dire situation.
Los Angeles isn’t just competing with other states and countries offering tax incentives anymore. We’re competing with massive tech companies like Amazon and Apple — corporations where entertainment is only a small piece of their overall business.
At the same time, Hollywood workers are facing job losses, fewer productions, and new threats from AI.
If we want to keep Hollywood in Hollywood, we can’t rely on our legacy alone. We have to listen to the workers, crews, and small productions who know where the real bottlenecks are. These motions are an important step toward doing exactly that.
What’s Next?
The Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery is the latest signal that we are in a period of rapid corporate consolidation.
At the same time, right-wing attacks on labor protections and the creative economy threaten the foundation that built Hollywood into the global capital for storytelling.
This moment calls for unprecedented solidarity in LA, and across the country. We all need to stand together against consolidation, defend good jobs, and take on this challenge with the urgency and strategic approach that it demands.
When we organize, stand together, and fight back — Hollywood workers can still win. 🎬
Two More Quick Hits
- Help Stop Families from Being Kicked Out of Public Housing by Trump!
The Trump Administration’s Department of Housing & Urban Development is trying to kick mixed-status families out of public housing – households where some members are U.S. citizens and others are immigrants.
This would force thousands of families in LA, including many children who are U.S. citizens, out of their homes and into homelessness.
But there’s still time to fight back.
Take 2 minutes to learn how you can help stop this policy at keep-families-together.org.
- Speed Cameras Coming to LA
On Tuesday, council approved implementation of the Speed Safety System Pilot Program, after years of delays. For the pilot program, each council district will get eight speed safety systems at select locations determined by factors such as proximity to schools and history of traffic violence. District 13’s locations will be:
- Sunset Blvd between Bronson Ave to the 101
- W 3rd St between Virgil ave and Commonwealth Ave
- Sunset Blvd between Sycamore Ave and McCadden Pl
- Sunset Blvd between Rosemont Ave and Alvarado St
- Highland Ave between Sunset Blvd and Hollywood Blvd
- Vermont Ave between Melrose Ave and Marathon St
- Santa Monica Blvd between Hobart Blvd and Normandie Ave
- Riverside Dr between Riverside Terrace and Allesandro St
Below is a map of the speed safety system locations across the city, which are set to be installed in the next few months. Click here to read the full Department of Transportation report detailing the pilot program.
