Business
Governor Dims Reopening, Issues Guidance for Schools
In response to COVID-19 flareups in multiple counties, Governor Gavin Newsom last week ordered all counties to close indoor operations of certain sectors as...
More Time to Apply for Paycheck Protection Program Loans
New Deadline: August 8, 2020
Legislation signed by the President last weekend extends the deadline to apply for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to August...
Conditions Right for Delay in Minimum Wage Increase
The 2016 legislation setting up the schedule to increase the minimum wage, SB 3 (Leno; D-San Francisco), enabled the Governor to postpone by a...
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...
