Santa Clarita, CA Production Incentives

Under option 1, be a production based at an approved location in the Santa Clarita Valley for a minimum of four consecutive weeks or a production that pulls four or more City of Santa Clarita film permits within a specified time period (eligible production genres under this option include: feature-length films, episodic television series, television pilots, television movies/mini-series, commercials, and music videos). Under option 2, be a production that is approved for the California Film & Television Tax Credit Program. Under option 3, be a production that purchases a minimum of 50 room nights, for any production related stay, within a 30 day period at a hotel located within the City of Santa Clarita and that films at an approved location in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Qualified spend includes basic City of Santa Clarita film permit fee(s), hotel occupancy taxes, and reduced costs of safety personnel.

This program is administered on a first-come, first-served basis; however, productions currently based in the City of Santa Clarita will be given priority. Santa Clarita offers three options to earn rebates of basic permit fees and portions of the hotel occupancy taxes. Under Options 1 and 2, the city will refund the basic film permit fee(s) incurred by productions. Under Option 3, the city will refund 50% of the Transient Occupancy Taxes (up to 5%) collected within the City of Santa Clarita with a maximum refund of $7,500. The City of Santa Clarita also offers its LA County Sheriff Deputies’ contract rate to productions filming in the city which results in a savings of up to $25 per hour when compared to private entity rates. The process of ordering and paying for LA County Sheriff Deputies is handled by the Santa Clarita Film Office as part of the permitting process. Santa Clarita consists of the following zip codes: 91321, 91350, 91351, 91354, 91355, 91381, 91382, 91383, 91384, 91387, 91390, and 93510.