LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Businesses in Lake and many other counties around the region are eligible for federal loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration due to a disaster declaration due to COVID-19.
On Monday, the U.S. Small Business Administration declared the primary counties of Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Sonoma and Tuolumne and the contiguous counties of Alpine, Amador, El Dorado, Imperial, Kern, Lake, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Mono, Napa, Orange, Placer, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Ventura and Yolo a disaster area.
This declaration is a result of economic impacts caused by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 beginning Jan. 31 and continuing.
The assistance is made available through SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans.
Small, nonfarm businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private nonprofit organizations of any size may apply.
Small businesses include those that do business directly with the growers, such as truckers and suppliers of agricultural equipment or services.
The deadline to apply for business economic injury is Dec. 16, 2020.
For more information visit https://www.sba.gov/ .
Lake County businesses qualify for federal disaster loans
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