Los Angeles is home to over 375 soundstages with more than 4.2 billion square feet of space. The EIDC accepts payment via cash or check drawn from a local bank. Over 500 production companies have ADA accounts, expediting the permit process.
Permits are mandatory for all productions.
EIDC serves as a contractor to the City and County of Los Angeles and other jurisdictions. Except for permit and rider fees, all the monies we collect are for the jurisdiction in which the permitted filming takes place. Normally, we make refunds within 30 to 60 days of receiving all such notices. As a courtesy, production companies, on a permit by permit basis, may request a 'permit charge analysis'. Where final charges have been submitted by some but not all departments, and where these final charges are clearly less than the amount set aside in the permit for that department, EIDC may, at its sole election, refund that portion of the fees to the permit applicant.