The California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce (CalAsian Chamber) is committed to supporting and providing resources for our small business and Asian Pacific Islander communities statewide through these unprecedented times. COVID-19 is having an enormous impact on our businesses, and the CalAsian Chamber is working hard to assess and support their needs. Below is how we've shifted our efforts to meet the needs of our small business community.

Additionally, the Chamber created a survey to determine how to best assist our small business statewide. Your input will better enable us to prioritize your business needs during these uncertain times. Please take this 5 minute survey.

Restrictions

Small Business Triage Center

Rapid Response Business Triage Hotline

• ​CalAsian Chamber Statewide Toll-Free Business Response Hotline

• (833) 775-0749 

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Loan Packaging Assistance​

• Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

  • PPP will re-open the week of January 11 for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers.

  • Second draw PPP loans will open January 13.

• SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)

• IBank’s Small Business Disaster Relief Loan Guarantee Program

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Access to Capital Assistance

• CA SBDC Hotlines for Fast Service for COVID-19 Challenges

  • Norcal SBDC Network 

    • 833-ASK-SBDC 

  • Central California SBDC Network

    • (209) 228-3506

    • Email

  • Los Angeles Regional SBDC Network

    • 866-588-SBDC (7232)​

    • 800-794-1402 for Spanish Speakers

  • Orange County Inland Empire SBDC Network

    • 1-800-616-7232​

    • Email

  • San Diego & Imperial Regional Network

    • ​(619) 800-6105

    • Email

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Human Resources

• EDD - Unemployment

• ​Employer and Employee Resources

• ​Suicide Prevention & Crisis Line

• COVID-19 Testing

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City, County and State Resources and Updates

• State of California 

  • Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz)

  • California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

• Other Resources 

Small Business Engagement

#IAmSmallBusiness The Movement

• If you are interested in sharing your story, please complete the form and a member of our team will reach out to you

  • See our Small Business Stories 

  • Stay Connected 

Advocating for Sustainable Growth

• Small Business Technical Assistance: Actively supports the funding of the Small Business Technical Assistance Expansion Program (SB-TAEP).

  • Focuses on underserved business groups, including women, people of color, veterans and low-wealth, rural, and disaster impacted communities.

• Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs): Through our advocacy and outreach with the Legislature, the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), and the Governor's Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery, we have been tirelessly supporting policy and legislation that enable and uplift MBEs to be more broadly recognized as a key measurement of government success.

Re-Opening

Small Business Triage Center

California’s Ongoing Efforts to Safely Reopen the Economy

• California Introduces Regional Stay-at-Home Order

• State Issues Limited Stay at Home Order to Slow Spread of COVID-19

• Governor Newsom Issued Travel Advisories on California

• Find the Status of Activities in Your County

• Statewide Closures Announced

• County Data Monitoring

• Pandemic Resilience Roadmap

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California's Updated Guidance​

• Updated Industry Guidance to Reduce Risk

Small Business Re-Opening Stories

#IAmSmallBusiness The Movement

• If you'd like to share your small business story with our network, we want to hear from you. If you are interested in sharing your story, please complete the form and a member of our team will reach out to you

  • See our Small Business Stories 

  • Stay Connected 

Advocating for Sustainable Growth

• The CalAsian is actively advocating for your small business to re-open and championing for programs to accommodate your needs.  Please help us by completing our survey so we can continue to help rebuild California’s small business community.

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• Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA): the CalAsian Chamber is the host of one of four (MBDA) Import/Export Centers in the country.

  • Assist minority business owners secure clients,

  • Gain access to supply chain

  • Import and export their products to the Pacific Rim. 

Rising

This section will be updated accordingly once California is approved to rise.​

Small Business Triage Center

• What products and services can help this “new way of doing business”

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• Helping businesses with digital solutions

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• Technical assistance to re-build and grow capacity

Small Business Engagement

#IAmSmallBusiness highlights – push for ALL to shop local ​

Advocating for Sustainable Growth

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• Share data on issues facing AAPI communities – discrimination, unemployment numbers, barriers to access

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• Reference 8-point strategy to our mission

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• Activate MOU partners to continue to help our minority owned businesses on our commercial corridors

Companies Doing Their Part

• Airbnb​

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• AT&T​​​

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• Charter Communications

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• Comcast​​​

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• Facebook Small Business Grants Program

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• Intel

• Kaiser Permanente​

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• Lyft

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• PG&E​​

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• SMUD

  • ​Small Business Action Plan Preparation Tips​

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• Southwest Airlines

• University of Phoenix​

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• U.S. Bank​​

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• Verizon

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• ​Wells Fargo

  • Consumer Credit

  • Mortgage Loans​

  • Paycheck Protection Program and Loan Forgiveness

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• Yelp