Bureau of Land Management PERMITS

Barstow Field Office

Afton Canyon        Dumont Dunes        El Mirage Dry Lake
Johnson Valley
Anderson Dry Lake, Bessemer Mine Rd, Better Sand Dunes, Boone Rd, Cougar Buttes, Green Rock Mine, Means Dry Lake, Melville Dry Lake, Soggy Dry Lake, The Hammers, The Rock Pile
Lucerne Dry Lake      Mule Canyon      Odessa Canyon       Rasor OHV Area  Sawtooth Canyon    Silurian Dry Lake
Sperry Wash
Amargosa Canyon, Hollywood Canyon
Stoddard Valley

South Coast-Palm Springs Field Office

Box Canyon Rd

El Centro Field Office

Imperial Dunes
Glamis, Buttercup Dunes 

Ridgecrest Field Office

Trona Pinnacles

County PERMITS

RCFC Black Gold

Includes the following communities:

Aguanga, Alberhill, Anza, Bermuda Dunes, Cabazon, Cherry Valley, Chiriaco Summit, Coronita,  Desert Beach, Desert Center, Desert Edge, Desert Palms, East Blythe, Eagle Mountain, Eagle Valley, East Hemet, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, French Valley, Garnet, Good Hope, Green Acres, Highgrove, Home Gardens, Homeland, Idyllwild, Indio Hills, Lake Mathews, Lake Riverside, Lake Tamarisk, Lakeland Village, Lakeview, Lost Lake, March Air Reserve Base (MARB), Mead Valley, Meadowbrook, Mecca, Mesa Verde, Midland, Mountain Center, North Shore, Nuevo, Oasis, Pine Cove, Rancho Capistrano, Ripley, Romoland, Sage, Sky Valley, Sedco Hills, Temescal Valley, Thermal, Thousand Palms, Valle Vista, Vista Santa Rosa, Warm Springs, Whitewater, Winchester, Woodcrest

San Bernardino County

Includes the following communities:

Amboy, Angelus Oaks, Arrowbear, Arrowhead Springs, Baker, Baldwin Lake, Baldy Mesa, Bell Mountain, Big Bear City, Big River, Bloomington, Blue Jay, Cadiz, Cajon Junction, Cedar Glen, Cedarpines Park, Cima, Crafton, Crestline, Crestmore, Daggett, Del Rosa, Devore, Earp, El Mirage, Essex, Fawnskin, Flamingo Heights, Forest Falls, Goffs, Green Valley Lake, Havasu Lake, Helendale, Hinkley, Ivanpah, Joshua Tree, Kramer Junction, Kaiser, Lake Arrowhead, Landers, Lenwood, Lockhart, Lucerne Valley, Ludlow, Lytle Creek, Mentone, Morongo Valley, Mt. Baldy, Mountain Home Village, Mountain Pass, Mountain View, Muscoy, Newberry Springs, Nipton, Oak Glen, Oak Hills, Oro Grande, Panorama Heights, Patton, Phelan, Piñon Hills, Pioneertown, Red Mountain, Rice, Rimforest, Rimrock, Running Springs, San Antonio Heights, Seven Oaks, Silver Lakes, Skyforest, Spring Valley Lake, Sugarloaf, Sunfair, Trona, Twin Peaks, Valley of Enchantment, Vidal, West Highland, Wrightwood, Yermo

Water Districts & Other Municipalities PERMITS

Big Bear Municipal Water District - Big Bear Lake
Required for any contact with the water

Metropolitan Water District - Lake Skinner
Required for any contact with the water

U. S. Forest Service PERMITS

Mountaintop Ranger District
Angelus Oaks, Arrowbear, Arrowhead Springs, Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake, Barton Flats, Blue Jay, Crestline, Doble, Fawnskin, Green Valley Lake, Hart Bar, Lake Arrowhead, Pinezanita, Rim Forest, Running Springs, Seven Oaks, Sky Forest, Skyland, Twin Peaks

Front Country Ranger District
Angelus Oaks, Cajon Pass, Cosy Dell, Forest Falls, Keenbrook, Lytle Creek, Mormon Rocks, Mount Baldy, Scotland

San Jacinto Ranger District
Fern Valley, Garner Valley, Idyllwild, Mountain Center, Pine Cove, Pine Wood, Pinyon Crest, Pinyon Pines, Thomas Mountain

National Parks & Preserves PERMITS

Joshua Tree National Park
Note:  Only specific locations within the Park are open for filming.  Please confirm the location you want is open for filming prior to submitting a permit.

State PERMITS

Caltrans
State Freeways and Highways

Silverwood Lake       

Other State Parks & Recreation Areas (coming soon)

Buildings, Facilities & Open Land (coming soon)

City PERMITS

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Menifee Film Office

 

 

 

 

City of Desert Hot Springs           City of Indio                         

City of Hemet                                City of Jurupa Valley

City of Lake Elsinore                    City of La Quinta                           

City of Ontario                              City of Palm Springs                   

City of Pomona                             City of Redlands                       

City of Riverside                           City of San Bernardino        

 Town of Apple Valley                City of Wildomar                     

 Town of Yucca Valley                   

OTHER PERMITTED AREAS within the Inland Empire

Below is a short list of other locations we can help you with permitting. If your location is not on the list, contact the IEFS and we will be happy to assist you in getting your permit - CLICK HERE to fill out the application form.

BUREAU of LAND MANAGEMENT - Needles Field Office (up to 60 days to process a permit)
Ivanpah Dry Lake

BUREAU of LAND MANAGEMENT - Palm Springs Field Office (up to 21 days to process a permit)

BUREAU of LAND MANAGEMENT - Ridgecrest Field Office (up to 7 days to process a permit)
Trona Pinnacles
Jawbone Canyon
Spangler Hills

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
30-60 days permit processing time

IMPERIAL COUNTY (1-5 days to process a permit)
Including their Cities (Brawley, Calexico, Calipatria, El Centro, Holtville, Imperial, Westmoreland)

MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE
30-120 days permit processing time

STATE PARKS (5-30 days to process a permit, depending on the Park)
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
California Citrus State Historic Park
Chino Hills State Park
Indian Hills Palms Park
Mount San Jacinto State Park
San Timoteo Canyon State Park
Wildwood Canyon Park

U. S. FOREST SERVICE - Cleveland National Forest (14-30 days to process a permit)

RIVERSIDE COUNTY CITIES
See list below

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CITIES
See list below

STATE RECREATIONAL AREAS (5-30 days to process a permit, depending on the area)
Heber Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area
Lake Perris State Recreation Area
Picacho State Recreation Area
Providence Mountains State Recreation Area
Salton Sea State Recreation Area
Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area

STATE HIGHWAYS & FREEWAYS (CALTRANS) (7-10 days to process a permit)
Highways 2, 18, 38, 58, 62, 66, 71, 74, 78, 79, 83, 86, 95, 111, 127, 138, 142, 173, 177, 210, 243, 247, 371, 395
Freeways 10, 15, 40, 60, 91, 210, 215

 

WE CAN PERMIT ALL INCORPORATED CITIES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE

Adelanto

Banning

Beaumont

Blythe

Calimesa

Canyon Lake

Cathedral City

Chino

Chino Hills

Coachella

Colton

Corona

Eastvale

Fontana

Grand Terrace

Hesperia

Highland

Lake Elsinore

Loma Linda

Menifee

Montclair

Moreno Valley

Murrieta

Needles

Rancho Mirage

Rialto

Riverside

Norco

Palm Desert

Perris

Rancho Cucamonga

San Jacinto

Twentynine Palms

 Upland

Victorville

Wildomar

Yucaipa

California Work Permit for Minors Information

California is very strict in regards to the employment of minors in the entertainment industry.  At a minimum, you must have Workers' Compensation Insurance that covers all extras and actors (including minors) and an "entertainment permit to employ minors," which can be obtained for free.

A couple of things to keep in mind when employing minors is that 1) the production company is ALWAYS considered the "employer," not the casting agency (the only exception is "lead" actors, who negotiate their own contracts); and 2) Under California Labor Law, Minors, both extras and actors, are NOT considered independent contractors. If you need more information than what we have provided, please contact a local District Office for the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.