Our Valley Santa Clarita 2019 September | Page 8

ANOTHER FANTASTIC FISCAL YEAR FOR LOCATION FILMING IN SANTA CLARITA The City of Santa Clarita had another fantastic year of location filming in the 2018-2019 Fiscal Year with the Film Office recording 526 film permits and 1,380 film days, which generated an estimated $33.4 million in economic impact to the local community. These statistics represent an increase in the estimated economic impact when compared to the previous fiscal year. Some 6,000 Santa Clarita residents are employed by the entertainment industry.   More than half of the filming days were attributed to television production alone, many of which were from local Santa Clarita based shows including “Bless This Mess,” “Future Man,“ “Goliath,” Good Trouble,” “Holey Moley,” “Mayans MC,” “NCIS,” “S.W.A.T.,” “Santa Clarita Diet” and “Pearson.”   8