FILMING IN SCV SEES REEL INCREASE PRODUCTIONS ARE UP BY 30 PERCENT.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Home to six network shows, from HBO's ``Big Love'' to Nickelodeon's ``Zoey 101,'' Santa Clarita is boasting a 30 percent increase in filming in the city. The city's film office issued a total of 140 permits from July through November and was home to 387 film days -- days on which various production companies filmed in the area. In fact, November -- with 32 permits issued and 80 film days -- was the best November on record for Santa Clarita, which lures the industry to a variety of outdoor locations as well as a collection of studios. ``Despite competition from other states and countries that offer financial incentives, like Vancouver (British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography ), Louisiana and New Mexico, we've been successful not only in attracting location filming to our city, but in increasing the amount of location filming each year,'' said Jason Crawford, the city's film administrator. The city, he said, has focused marketing efforts on film-friendly business and residential neighborhoods and low permit fees. Production companies also like the ``reverse commute'' -- coming into the valley as commuters are heading the opposite way. Television filming represented 263 of the 387 film days from July through November, while commercials and features represented the second-largest number of film days with a total of 95. Still, student and music shoots accounted for the remaining film days. Santa Clarita is currently home to six network television programs: ``Zoey 101,'' HBO's ``Deadwood Deadwood, city (1990 pop. 1,830), seat of Lawrence co., W S.Dak.; settled 1876 after discovery of gold. A Black Hills tourist center, it is also a trade hub for a lumbering, stock-raising, and mining region. ,'' ``Big Love'' and ``John from Cincinnati John from Cincinnati is an American television drama, set against the surfing community of Imperial Beach, California, that aired on HBO. It is the result of a collaborative effort between writer/producer David Milch and author Kem Nunn, whose novels have been termed ,'' and two CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. series, ``The Unit'' and ``NCIS NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service NCIS National Coroners Information System (Australia) NCIS Nebraska Career Information System NCIS National Crime Intelligence Service NCIS National Coalition of Independent Scholars .'' All are based at Santa Clarita soundstages and movie ranches and regularly film on location in the city. The film industry is one of the city's four targeted business sectors as it provides jobs and adds sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. revenue. In the last five months, location filming has accounted for an estimated $10.03 million in economic impacts to the city and local businesses. The city of Santa Clarita's Film Office was created in 2002 to help attract and retain the filming industry, including both location filming and film-related businesses. |
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