Hollywood pushes for more LA productions post wildfires

January's wildfires have exacerbated the decline of Hollywood's once booming film and television industry.

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Cheaper labour and better tax breaks have lured producers away from the City of Angels for years. The wildfires, which killed at least 29 people and destroyed thousands of homes, have only added to this existential crisis.

Now, many here are calling on the state - and studios and streaming services - to boost local production.

"The best thing the studios could do for fire relief is to bring work back for the rank and file LA film workers," says Mark Worthington, a production designer whose home burned down in Altadena.

"That's what we want."

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