Film Permit Modernization and Local Film Economy
Thousand Oaks
Summary
Thousand Oaks updated its decades-old film permit rules to cut red tape and fees, hoping to bring film and TV production — and the spending that comes with it — back to town. The old $5,000 expedite fee and 90% signature requirements had driven productions elsewhere.
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Last discussed Mar 24, 2026.
Impact analysis
Fees are now pure cost recovery; the city is betting film crews' local spending (Ventura County filming hit $90 million in 2022) will outweigh any permit revenue.
Local businesses, hotels, restaurants, property owners who rent to productions, and the roughly 3,500 county residents working in film.
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