Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass launched a new Film and Television Task Force via executive directive Wednesday in hopes of streamlining the local production and permit process and slowing industry “leakage to other markets.”
The signed directive marked the first official order of business since assembling the mayor’s office inaugural Entertainment Industry Council in late July, which saw senior leaders across practices convene to work toward post-COVID and -strike production recovery in the city.
The new directive requires applicable city departments to designate Task Force staff, or “film liaisons,” to coordinate more efficient local production and permitting processes and to meet “quarterly to address production-related challenges and solutions directly with departments.”