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Board backs permanent small‑business interruption fund after testimony from affected owners
Summary
The Board approved Supervisor Hilda Solis’s motion to create a standing fund to help small businesses recover from economic shocks (wildfires, ICE enforcement, pandemic). The motion passed 5‑0 after testimony from business owners, micro‑lenders and community groups describing previous disbursements and unmet need.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 5‑0 on March 17 to authorize a motion by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis to create a permanent, standing small‑business interruption fund to help businesses hit by sudden economic disruptions.
Solis said the county has repeatedly stood up emergency interruption funds — 13 such funds by the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) in the prior 3½ years — but that each required building a new program from scratch. The proposed standing fund is…
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