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California State Assembly Select Committee on the Preservation California State Assembly Select Committee on the Preservation of California’s Entertainment Industryof California’s Entertainment Industry

On-Location Film Production in Los AngelesOn-Location Film Production in Los Angeles

2010 Year-in-Review2010 Year-in-Review

Friday, March 18, 2011Friday, March 18, 2011

Pasadena City HallPasadena City Hall

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Incentivized On-Location Filming in Los Angeles (2010)Incentivized On-Location Filming in Los Angeles (2010)

Category 2010 PPD % Incentivized Direct Benefit

Features 5,378 26.0 % + 1,400 PPD

Television 17,833 2.6 % + 462 PPD

Commercials 6,778 n/a n/a

Other 13,657 n/a n/a

TOTAL 43,646 4.3 % + 1,862 PPD

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What if CA Didn’t Have a Film & TV Incentive in 2010?What if CA Didn’t Have a Film & TV Incentive in 2010?

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(PPD)Hypothetical Result

Features 5,378 3,97820% Year/Year Decrease

& Worst Year on Record

Television 17,833 17,3719% Year/Year Increase

Instead of 12%

TOTAL 43,646 41,78410% Year/Year Increase

Instead of 15%

FilmL.A. tracks production activity in permitted production days (PPD). One PPD is defined as a film FilmL.A. tracks production activity in permitted production days (PPD). One PPD is defined as a film crew’s permission to film a single project, at a single defined location, during any given 24 hour period. crew’s permission to film a single project, at a single defined location, during any given 24 hour period.