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Dear Friends, I wanted to share with you a few highlights of the 1st Senate District office and upcoming activities.
Brian Dahle
Legislation I authored this year has been moving through committee hearings, including Senate Bill 592, which recently passed the Committee on Natural Resources & Water. This measure will look at the effects of wildfire on our wildlife and forest health. Every year, catastrophic fires burn too many acres in California, destroying lives and property. What we haven’t analyzed and improved upon is the cost to our wildlife and watersheds. SB 592 will now go to the Senate fiscal committee for consideration.
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Like other Black entrepreneurs in her Inglewood neighborhood, Annie Graham has struggled to keep her business afloat during the pandemic.
At Ms. Ann’s clothing boutique on Manchester Boulevard, the Easter finery Graham stocked last spring remains on the racks. Also untouched are many of the exclusively white outfits for weddings and parties that she sells at her storefront next door, the White House. Customers, she said, mostly buy dresses now for funerals.
Annie Graham, owner of Ms. Ann’s dress shop in Inglewood, had her application last year for a PPP loan rejected.
(James Bernal for Reveal / Los Angeles Times)
Erika Mahoney
Welcome to KAZU s weekly news roundup for 4/30/21. Here you ll find the top local stories of the week and a few select national stories from NPR.
The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is being used again in the U.S. In a statement, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said, “After a thorough review of very rare adverse events following the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup supports the recommendation of the FDA and CDC to lift the pause on the vaccine.” The statement did add that clinics in the state can administer the vaccine as long as they provide educational materials about the low risk of associated health effects and offer other available vaccines. NPR’s Scott Simon from
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LOS ANGELES, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As the largest minority-led deployer of capital in COVID relief funding, Lendistry has been tapped by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as the sole community partner to help administer $28.6 billion in Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RFF) financing established by the American Rescue Plan Act.
Lendistry, a Black-led and operated lender, based in California, has created an innovative model for targeting funds to underserved communities and historically disadvantaged businesses that has proven successful in COVID relief funding established in California and Pennsylvania. The model is a unique fintech hybrid that merges AI data with community-based lending solutions.
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The sixth and final round of the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program opens April 28-May 4, 2021. The program is funded by the State of California and administered by the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) at the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz).
The California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program (the “Program”) provides micro grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 to eligible small manufacturers impacted by COVID-19.
The state has designated Lendistry, a CDFI and CDE small business lender, to act as the intermediary for the Program to disburse the grant funds. While application for previous rounds have closed, Round 6 is right around the corner.