The mainstream entertainment press can't hide what is happening. From Variety: California Tried to Jumpstart the Film Economy. Production Keeps Falling.
The state of California and the City of Los Angeles have tried to work around the margins, but the film industry in California isn't hurting because of the margins. Production levels in LA dropped 3.7% in the third quarter, despite the efforts.
California’s $750 million bet on Hollywood has not reversed the overall decline in production, according to data released Wednesday by FilmLA.
Instead, production levels fell 3.7% in the third quarter — even as the share of projects receiving state subsidies continued to rise. Location shoots remain well below the five-year average.
And why would productions film in LA? Los Angeles was once a beautiful town. Today it is plagued by homelessness. From Christian Toto at Hollywood in Toto: New Films Give L.A.’s Homeless Crisis a Shocking Closeup
'Animals, 'Misty Green' can't hide what Democrats have done to city
The homeless are plagued by drug addiction, mental illness, and the violence that accompanies those two things.
How can you work under those conditions? Why would you want to?
Both of these articles make mention of the film credits that the state has on offer, but California is not the only state offering credits, to say nothing of places like the United Kingdom.
Things will need to get a lot worse in California, before they even recognize that they have a problem requiring more than tinkering around the margins.
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