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Qualifying investment opportunities offered by the Los Angeles Film Regional Center will all be investments that will target the motion picture and television industry. Although the U.S. leads the worldwide motion picture and television production industry, an estimated 51% of total motion pictures and television series developed and intended for release or broadcast in the U.S. by U.S. film studios industry-wide are actually filmed outside the country. As a result, although these film and television productions generate revenue from U.S. audiences for U.S. studios, a substantial number of the jobs involved in these productions are not held by U.S. workers, and the indirect spending and employment impact of these productions on local U.S. economies are lost.

Several states within the U.S. have legislated tax credit and other financial incentive programs to attract productions back to the U.S., but attempts to legislate similar incentives in California, where the vast majority of the country’s production facilities and talent are located, repeatedly failed or have been limited.

Over the past several years, Los Angeles County has steadily declined. The continued economic loss to Los Angeles County from these “runaway productions” is particularly important because its economy is so clearly centered around the motion picture and television production industry, accounting for 45% of the U.S. motion picture and television industry employment and economic output.

Designation of the Los Angeles Film Regional Center as an economic development vehicle solely to facilitate motion picture and television production in the County of Los Angeles, where all of the major U.S. picture studios are located, will generate tens of thousands of jobs.

Investments will be made through separate limited partnerships. Each immigrant investor who seeks an EB5 investor visa through the Los Angeles Film Regional Center will join a limited partnership. Limited partners will be actively involved in policy-making activities of their investment partnership to the extent permitted by the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2008. The General Partner of each limited partnerhsip will be CanAm LA, G.P., LLC or an affiliate.

An investment will be in the amount of $539,000, representing the minimum $500,000 capital required by the Program and an issue expense fee of $39,000. Please note that legal fees related to services provided by an immigration attorney are strictly between the investor and his or her attorney and not included in this fee.

The USCIS requires that some financial risk be inherent to an investment and that third party investment guarantees not be allowed. As a result, we cannot guarantee the investment return.

However, subject to these requirements, we do make all best efforts to minimize the amount of risk by ensuring that the investment is properly collateralized and that the partnership is in strong financial standing. The Los Angeles Film Regional Center pools multiple investors together in one project, which means the project itself will be larger and financially more stable than one investor.