As filming levels in the city continue their downward momentum, the Los Angeles City Council passed two measures in a meeting on Wednesday to attempt to stem the bleeding.
The measures, both introduced by City Councilmember Adrin Nazarian, create a free microshoot permit for ultra-small productions and open up city-owned parking lots, yards, civic properties and staging areas to productions for just $1 a day.
The microshoot motion will provide small projects with 10 or fewer production personnel with permits to film on-location in L.A. without a fee, making filmmaking less onerous and expensive for student filmmakers, documentary crews and ultra-low-budget projects in the city.
As for the second motion, the idea is to make city-owned spaces that films and television shows generally use for base camp, crew parking and other low-impact activities more accessible and affordable.
“Today marks a major milestone for the Keep Hollywood Home campaign,” Nazarian said in a statement.…