Business
Small Business Administration Updates: Disaster Loan Portal, Paycheck Protection Form
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced this week that it has reopened the portal for eligible applicants hurt by COVID-19 to apply for...
Tourism Industry Preparing Itself for Recovery
The COVID-19 crisis has snuffed out 10 years of economic growth in California’s travel and tourism industry. The fallout from this crisis is not...
Federal Government Amends Paycheck Protection Program Rules
As COVID-19 began to impact businesses, the federal government resolved to help by creating the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which offers loans to help...
Update on Move Toward Business Reopening
California this week revised the readiness criteria for counties to move toward reopening their economies, linking required calculations on number of COVID-19 cases and...
Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application Available
Last week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, released the application for seeking forgiveness of...
State Issues Industry-Specific Guidance for Businesses to Reopen Gradually
California continued moving toward economic reopening this week, entering early Stage 2 of the COVID-19 Resilience Roadmap.
The state issued more detailed industry-specific guidance and...
CalChamber to Present Webinar on Creating a Return to Work Plan
As California and its localities begin to modify their shelter-in-place orders, employers across the state are thinking about how to comply with evolving workplace...
Food Producer Outlines Keys to Restoring Economy After COVID-19
Restoring confidence and supporting economic growth are two keys to moving forward from the COVID-19 pandemic, the CEO of a Central Valley cheese producer...
Strong CalChamber Presence on Jobs Recovery Task Force
California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg is joining four former governors and other high-level advisers on an economic recovery task force...
CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg Named to Governor’s Business/Jobs Recovery Task Force
California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg will join four former governors and other high-level advisers on an economic recovery task force named by Governor Gavin Newsom.
