Tell me about it. Vancouver is known as "Hollywood North" and dozens of TV shows and Movies are filmed there every year. The city and environs can stand in for nearly any locale and it's only 3 hours from LA.
Nothing is more annoying than being redirected away from your house by some self-important PA who thinks they are something special because they are working in the film industry. Our part of West Van is probably the most filmed location in N. America. So annoying and it has hurt our property values. The community finally had enough and council brought severe restrictions on the times they could film and really jacked up the price of renting the city services such as police that they need.
Vince, I feel your pain. My old neighborhood at the top of State Street in Salt Lake City was (probably still is) given carte blanche by the Utah Film Commission to allow film companies do whatever they like.
Highway to Heaven and
Touched by a Gumby -- er Angel were regularly filmed there because of a "quaint" church and lots of State Employee parking space.
However, we usually got the better of the film crews by throwing their barricades into the middle of the road and honking loudly as we drove out of and and into our blocked garages trying to go to and from work while they were filming. There was absolutely nothing they could do. Salt Lake City passed a property owner's ordinance protecting us from intrusion on our lives by film companies.
Now, most independent film companies go to Rutabaga Gulch, Idaho.