Los Angeles filming activity fell sharply in the second quarter of 2026 despite California expanding its film and television tax-credit programme. The decline highlights that incentives have not yet reversed the region’s weak production levels, which remain well below recent norms and threaten jobs in an industry central to the city’s economy.

FilmLA recorded a near-13% year-on-year fall in shoot days from April to June, leaving activity about 36% below the five-year average; 170 projects have received credits under the revised scheme. Television shooting rose 34% from the previous quarter to 1,607 days but was still down nearly 28% annually, while feature filming fell almost 20% and commercials about 22%; statewide, however, production spending rose 5% to $1.33 billion.