The City of Los Angeles Park Film Office (PFO) has informed FilmLA that it is resuming its standard processing schedule for property reservations and permits for filming, effective today. PFO’s temporary five-day processing window, in effect since January 12, 2022, is hereby withdrawn. Moving forward, film permits and reservations can again be obtained three full business days prior to the … Read More
PRODUCTION ALERT: Permit Application Deadline Change
With the support of permit approvers in the City and County of Los Angeles, FilmLA is modifying permit application timeframes to reliably meet the contractual three business day minimum for application review and processing. Beginning on March 7, 2022, FilmLA will require that all permit applications requiring immediate processing be submitted in MyFilmLA not later than 10 a.m., three business days prior to the … Read More
COVID-19 Resource Center
Last update: May 22, 2023 12:30 pm This page summarizes policies and procedures related to on-location film production for the control of COVID-19. It is updated whenever significant policy changes are introduced by our government partners, with the potential to affect how on-location filming is conducted within local communities. Please note that as a contractor to the County of Los … Read More
Updates to Reservation System
The recent addition of a high volume of LA City Parks to our online reservation system created some performance issues which FilmLA has been working hard to address. We appreciate all who shared their experiences with us, and especially appreciate your patience as we work towards improving our processes and systems to better serve the film, television and commercial production industry. … Read More
Los Angeles City Parks Online Reservation System Experiencing Performance Issues
UPDATE 3/26/21: Since this Production Alert was published, FilmLA has updated its online reservation system. For more details including the new system URL, see the latest Production Alert. FilmLA has been made aware of performance issues affecting the loading times of park properties through the online reservations system. There is a significant lag time for properties to initially load on … Read More