They are days of Drumbrier in Hollywood. Awards season, red carpets, glamor. But the reality of Los Angeles, the city that hosts most of the studies – and salaries – of cinema and television, is very different and not very festive. There is no job. As little, scarce. And now, with the fires abrasing for weeks, the situation has worsened even more. So much so that California is beginning to lose jobs and population, which seeks its future in new destinations because of this generalized bleeding. The US Labor Statistics Office ensures that employment is in its lowest level in 30 years, but In addition, the situation is complex and lengthens in time. The lack of works is not only the issue of generalized conversation, but is beginning to charge victims: the local newspaper Los Angeles Times (which has created specific content of financial and health aid) already talks about suicides; The specialized media Deadline, of systemic mental health problems. The causes are many, the first of them, the double strike of actors and screenwriters of the second half of 2023. That did, according to the Municipal Office of Film La The same dates of 2022: from 9,000 to about 5,500.The strikes ended at the end of 2023, which may seem far, but the productions were already pause and took to recover. In addition, the collective agreement improved, something very favorable for workers, which thus improved their working conditions, but not so much for large producers, platforms and entertainment companies, who are more expensive to create content, in a California already by itself extremely expensive. Today not only less series are created, but with fewer chapters. In fact, according to Film La, that creation has not stopped going down: in the first three quarters of 2024, the recordings of series and movies in the city continued to go down, until they are slightly traced (6.2%) in the last one. Just 5,800, the lowest level from the pandemic. This year, 31.3% less filming have been made than in the five past, on average. That has implied a huge loss of jobs, in all areas, from makeup artists to producers, of action doubles to senior executives: more than 12,000 of May 2023 to May 2024 have been destroyed, according to data from the Office of Employment Office of California.A demonstration during the strike of actors at the doors of the Studies of Paramount, on October 16, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama (Getty Images) In addition, the State seems less competitive than others who have seen the reef and give more aid to production: although it offers 330 million tax benefits a year, New York gives 700, and others like Georgia, with Atlanta As a key starting point – and, therefore, the focus of migrations of many workers: there they have been shot from open wounds (Sharp Objects) to Ozark or Stranger Things – they have no stop. That without having foreign countries that encourage them to be strengthened in them, such as Canada, close, cheaper, with great landscapes and better conditions; In Spain, it is enough to see the success cases of the Basque Country or the Canary Islands. In fact, the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, proposed a few months ago duplicating the tax benefits for cinema. Now, an organization called Stay in la (stay in the, by the acronym of the city) seeks to eliminate the fiscal stop for at least three years, as well as rates and taxes on productions; They ensure that for every dollar invested 24.40 are created in “new economic activities in local businesses”, among other benefits. Surveyed in mid -January, it already includes signatures from 17,000 members of the Californian industry and citizens, such as Keanu Reeves, Olivia Wilde or Bette Midler. The motto of many entertainment workers – generally qualified professionals for years and with good salaries, but which They work by work, that is, temporarily and limited – it has been for months Survive Till '25, that is, we survive until 2025. But 2025 has not arrived in the best way. Several fires, especially Eaton and Palisades, have left 28 dead and razed thousands of homes, a situation that will not help precisely to the recovery of the sector. Already in the worst days of fires filming were suspended, due to poor air quality, the difficulty of displacements and bad weather, in addition to out of respect for those who have lost everything. The landscapes have also changed, and the resources are now more limited, from water to security or firefighters, necessary in the sets. The hills of the cinema have a year and a half of agitation, but the situation has no traces of improve. In August, the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, said she was considering new incentives for a «critical for economic vitality» of the region, «touchstone,» he said. That's right, because it gives jobs to more than 680,000 people and generates 115,000 million dollars in the region. Now, it is very likely that those promised millions of dollars, like so many others, have more priority destinations. And cinema workers will have to continue surviving, also, in 2025. Here can consult the latest letters of the correspondent