On a recent Tuesday, Samantha Luu and Arun Goswami sorted everyday cupcakes and a piece of artisan bread at a warehouse on Alvarado Street as they waited to receive text on television shoots across Los Angeles.

But "no one wants this", filmed at Eagle Rock, no leftover crew meals, and "Lincoln Lawyer" was not filmed at La Center Studios. So Arun continued Plan B: Deliver hundreds of pounds of remaining whole-food baked goods to partners like the Hollywood Food Alliance.

It's a typical day of daily action, launched in 2020 by former assistant directors Hillary Cohen and Luu, to help eliminate waste in making works. Drivers from nonprofits are spread all over the city and parked in a series of programs including "Abbott Elementary", "NCIS", "9-1-1" and "Pitt."

"We were a little tired of how much food we were thrown away, and during Covid, we decided to do something about it," Cohen said.

Today, the organization distributes more than 85,000 meals a year to feed unpopular people, veterans and families through charities such as Bridges, Serra and Alexander House.

“After the film was made, we went from Santa Clarita to San Pedro every day, and at the end of lunch we could pick up the leftovers of the food and deliver it.”

Luu and Cohen work in warehouses in the historic Philippine town, called "food insecurity" shared hubs or fish, and before redistribution, some organizations coordinate the storage of food and other supplies.

The goal is to expand the warehouse for cold and pallet storage so that food can also be accepted at night until the next day. To this end, the third annual celebrity fundraising party for the Daily Action is scheduled for May 17, with Rachel Bloom being brought to the host. At the party, Noah Wyle will present the Human Heart Award to Pitt host R. Scott Gemmil. Tickets for Happy Hour before GALA are still available.

Although film and television production are all across the city, Cohen said the ads remain strong. “We haven’t seen such a big drop yet, and the ads do actually have a lot of food waste because they’re like two-day shots,” she said.

Funded by grants from Annenberg Foundation and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, as well as support from entertainment companies, daily action also helps hire film industry workers.

"We pay for production assistants and background artists and really anyone who is struggling to be able to afford it, to be our drivers," Cohen said.

Van Driver Goswami worked in craft services for eight years and then saw the gradual decline in jobs. "It's never been so slow, and I'm not ready for a career change," he said. Cohen said the approach every day is a three-pronged approach - solving food waste, hiring embattled production workers and feeding those in need. She was worried that the pressure would only increase.

“With food costs rising and unemployment increases, this will become a bigger crisis in the next two years,” she predicted. “Food insecurity in Los Angeles and the United States will indeed grow exponentially.”