The LA City Council voted on October 27 to approve two production incentive measures introduced by Councilmember Adrin Nazarian, completing what Nazarian described as the first phase of his Keep Hollywood Home campaign.
Under the new rules, productions with crews of 10 or fewer can film anywhere in the city at no cost. Any production can use city-owned parking lots, yards, and other properties for a flat daily rate of one dollar. Both measures are designed to reduce permitting costs for smaller-scale projects, which proponents say have been priced out of Los Angeles in recent years.
The votes arrived the same week Film LA released a quarterly report showing production days in the city fell five percent from June through September 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. The figure was 11 percent below the previous quarter and 36 percent below the five-year average, a decline that has persisted even after California raised its film and television tax credit from $350 million to $750 million last year.
"Today marks a major milestone for the Keep Hollywood Home campaign," Nazarian said in a statement. "With these latest actions, all Phase 1 motions have now been approved by the City."
Nazarian has proposed a broader Phase 2 set of measures, including fee waivers for productions with crews under 50, daily caps on soundstage fees, and a two-million-dollar seed fund for small and mid-sized productions. Whether those measures clear the council is an open question. Los Angeles has spent the better part of two decades watching production migrate to states with more competitive incentive structures. The latest round of incremental changes lowers the floor for micro-budget work. Whether it moves the larger numbers remains to be seen.