Security guard services in Hollywood for the businesses, parking lots and apartment buildings next to SoFi Stadium, the Kia Forum and Intuit Dome. Our unarmed officers hold Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS) guard cards and follow post orders written for event days and ordinary days.
Hollywood runs on crowds. Three Metro B Line stations empty onto Hollywood Boulevard, the Walk of Fame draws visitors every hour of the day, and the venues set the calendar: the Hollywood Bowl at about 17,500 seats, the Palladium on Sunset at around 4,000, and the Dolby Theatre, which hosts the Academy Awards on March 14, 2027 and again in 2028 before the ceremony moves downtown.
The security problem is rarely inside the venue. It is the block around it: the queue on the sidewalk, the lot that fills with people who never bought a ticket, the store whose door stays propped while a crowd walks past, the garage two streets back where cars sit all evening.
Hollywood sits inside the City of Los Angeles and is policed by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Hollywood Division, which covers roughly 17.2 square miles. CAL Security Group is licensed as a Private Patrol Operator (PPO) by California's Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS), and every officer we send is unarmed.
Six stretches of Hollywood, each with its own crowd and its own hours.
Constant foot traffic, tour buses, costumed performers and street vending that the City has rezoned more than once, most recently reimposing no-vending buffers around the Bowl and the Boulevard. Retail posts here are about doorway control and a written record, since the same faces come back.
Retail security →The Palladium and the clubs around it turn quiet blocks into queues after 8 p.m. Officers handle the line, the smoking area and the car park, and keep the sidewalk passable for everyone not attending.
Event security →Offices, hotels and residential towers sitting on top of a Metro station, so lobbies see walk-ins at all hours. The standard post is a desk officer checking guests, couriers and contractors, with garage rounds folded into the shift.
Reception security →Small businesses along six blocks of Hollywood Boulevard east of Western, plus the streets around Santa Monica Boulevard. Restaurants, markets and clinics that close late and sit dark until morning, best covered by lock-up rounds and logged patrol stops.
Lock-up rounds →The trailhead lot holds about 25 cars and fills early, which pushes hikers onto residential streets that now carry parking restrictions. Hillside homes under renovation and cars left on the street are what draw people up there at night.
Filming in the City of Los Angeles is permitted through FilmLA, and conditions vary by location. Basecamps, equipment trucks and catering set up in the open, so the post is access control at the perimeter with a log of who came in and when.
Event dates and ordinary weeks need different coverage, and the quote keeps them on separate lines so you can see what each one costs.
Queue management, entry checks and crowd flow for premieres, club nights and private events.
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A uniformed officer at a door, gate or lobby for the hours the property is exposed.
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Floor coverage on the Boulevard, written up so police and insurers can use it.
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Timed stops through garages, side streets and back lots, each pass logged.
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Hotel and residential lobby desks: guests, deliveries, contractors, after-hours access.
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Perimeter control for job sites, basecamps and equipment left out overnight.
↗Call with the date, the doors time and the expected headcount. We will tell you how many officers the entrance and the lot need, and what each post costs, in writing.
Hollywood is about 6 miles north of our office at 1208 W Jefferson Blvd in Los Angeles. Other city pages close by, by straight-line distance:
Four city and state rules decide how a Hollywood post is staffed and what it costs.
The Los Angeles Fire Code calls for trained crowd managers wherever more than 1,000 people gather, at a ratio of one per 250 attendees, with a crowd management plan submitted and approved for assembly events expecting 1,000 or more. Your headcount, not your floor area, sets that number.
Operating an alarm system in the City of Los Angeles without a permit is a misdemeanour. After two false alarms in a 365-day period the address goes to broadcast-and-file, where an unverified call is put out on the radio and answered only if a unit is free. A permit holder can clear one false alarm charge every 365 days through Alarm School.
Alarm response →Hotels in the City of Los Angeles with 60 or more rooms pay hotel workers $25.00 an hour plus a $4.25 hourly health benefit payment from July 1, 2026. A security post inside that building sits in a different wage world from a post at a store down the block, and the quote shows it.
FilmLA issues filming permits for the City of Los Angeles, and conditions attached to a permit vary with the location and the size of the production. We work to what your permit and your location manager require, and the officers log arrivals, vehicles and any contact with the public.
Unarmed guards in California bill at about $22 to $40 an hour on the open market, published market data rather than CAL Security Group's rate. Event work usually sits higher than a standing post: it is short, staffed at short notice and worked at difficult hours.
Hollywood's floor comes from the City of Los Angeles minimum wage, $18.42 an hour since July 1, 2026, with the hotel rate above it. On top of wages, four things move a Hollywood quote.
A standing post billed by the hour, a patrol route billed per visit and an event date priced on its own are three different lines on the same quote. The cost guide shows the ranges by property type, and event security cost covers the event side.
Doors time, headcount, entrances, bar hours and load-out. That is enough to price the officers and set the posts.
Send us the address, the events that affect you and the hours you want covered. We will walk the property, look at how crowds and cars reach it, and send a written quote, post by post.
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