After L.A. Fires, Bringing Production Back Has Become More Urgent Than Ever
By Gene Maddaus, Katcy Stephan
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They didn’t say what would come next.
A week into the new year, wildfires devastated Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Altadena, causing an estimated $250 billion in damage. For the entertainment industry, they also disrupted production schedules, destroyed filming locations and left many workers without homes.
“This is absolutely a setback,” says Colleen Bell, the executive director of the California Film Commission. “I’m sure there are some people in the entertainment sector who feel like this might be the last straw.”
L.A. film workers were already struggling to recover from the pandemic, two strikes and a sharp decline in production volume. People are worried that the industry as we know it...





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