More film incentives adopted

Striving to combat the continuing threat of runaway film production, the Los Angeles City Council on Friday authorized a number of programs to make the city more industry-friendly and to "keep Hollywood home." Daily News.

The council approved steps to continue allowing companies to film in municipal buildings at no cost, open city parking lots to productions, create a film coordinator post in the Recreation and Parks Department and have the Department of Water and Power install energy nodes around the city to accommodate filming equipment.

"We want to show how strongly we feel about keeping Hollywood here," said Councilman Richard Alarc n, who has been working to ease restrictions on filming.