Big drop in L.A. production days

Hollywood Reporter: "The nonprofit group, which provides production-permit services throughout the Los Angeles area, recorded 19,015 production days from location-based shoots through June 30. That was 6,181 fewer than the first six months of 2008.
The first-half plunge was most severe in feature film, with a drop of almost 53%. The category has posted four consecutive quarters of double-digit declines in production days."