“While there is light at the end of this long tunnel, a shutdown will be devastating to our business community.
Please continue to wear masks, maintain social distancing, and know your industry protocols.
Your chamber alongside other regional organizations will continue to battle for
additional federal funding, state resources, and fair treatment for all businesses.”
Diann Rogers, President & CEO
Rancho Cordova Area Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Governor's Regional Stay Home Order Lifted
The Regional Stay Home Order, announced December 3, has been lifted for the Greater Sacramento Region.
https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/
The state released a map of five regions and their current ICU capacity, as well as projected dates when regions will fall below the 15 percent threshold.
Northern California: Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity
Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma
Greater Sacramento: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba
San Joaquin Valley: Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne
Southern California: Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
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BREAKING: SBA Prioritizes Smallest of Small Businesses in the PP
February 23, 2021 - The U.S. Small Business Administration are taking steps with the Paycheck Protection Program to further promote equitable relief for America’s mom-and-pop businesses.
The SBA will:
· Immediately implement (starting tomorrow, Wednesday, February 24) a 14-day, exclusive PPP loan application period for businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 20 employees
· Allow sole proprietors, independent contractors, and self-employed individuals to receive more financial support by revising the PPP’s funding formula for these categories of applicants
· Eliminate an exclusionary restriction on PPP access for small business owners with prior non-fraud felony convictions, consistent with a bipartisan congressional proposal
· Eliminate PPP access restrictions on small business owners who have struggled to make federal student loan payments by eliminating federal student loan debt delinquency and default as disqualifiers to participating in the PPP; and
· Ensure access for non-citizen small business owners who are lawful U.S. residents by clarifying that they may use Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) to apply for the PPP.
· Addressing waste, fraud, and abuse across all federal programs. Unlike the previous round of the PPP, loan guaranty approval is now contingent on passing SBA fraud checks, Treasury's Do Not Pay database, and public records.
· Promoting transparency and accountability by improving the PPP loan application.
· Improving the Emergency Relief Digital Front Door.
· Continuing to conduct extensive stakeholder outreach to learn more about challenges and opportunities in the implementation of current emergency relief programs.
· Enhancing the current lender engagement model.
Borrowers can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program by downloading the First Draw PPP loan application or Second Draw PPP loan application and working with a participating PPP lender through the SBA Lender Match tool.
Read the Press Release to learn more.
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January 13, 2021 - The Governor announced that the 13-county Greater Sacramento Region is no longer under the State’s Regional Stay-at-Home Order. Based on the State’s tier criteria, Sacramento County is now in the Purple Tier 1.
What does this mean?
In alignment with Purple Tier 1, the following sectors are permitted for OUTDOOR operations only with social distancing, face covering and sanitization:
- Cardrooms, satellite wagering
- Family Entertainment Centers (e.g., bowling alleys, miniature golf, batting cages, kart racing, skating rinks and arcades)
- Gyms and fitness centers
- Movie theaters (maximum 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer)
- Museums, zoos, aquariums
- Places of worship (maximum 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer)
- Playgrounds, dog parks, skate parks and recreational facilities
- Restaurants
- Wineries
Note: Bars, pubs, brewpubs and breweries may operate outdoors if they are offering sit-down, outdoor meals. Outdoor operations may be conducted under a tent, canopy, or other shelter as long as no more than one side is closed.
INDOOR operations are permitted with social distancing, face covering and sanitization:
- All retail ​(maximum 25% capacity; grocery stores 50% capacity)
- Critical infrastructure
- Entertainment production, studios, broadcast
- Hair salons and barbershops
- Hotels and lodging
- Libraries (maximum 25% capacity)
- Nail salons and electrolysis operations
- Personal care services (e.g., body waxing, estheticians, tattoo, massage)
- Professional sports (without live audiences)
- Shopping centers (e.g., malls, destination centers, swap meets, excluding food courts and common areas) (maximum 25% capacity)
Still in effect is the closure of all non-essential work and activities between 10 PM and 5 AM.
“Although the Purple Tier 1 is less restrictive, we still have widespread transmission of COVI​D-19 in Sacramento County. We need to continue to stay at home as much as possible, comply with the cautious reopening of business sectors and maintain social distancing, limit gatherings with non-household members, and always wear a mask in public spaces. The COVID-19 vaccine distribution has started, but it will take several weeks for the full protection to develop in our communities – until then, we must continue to protect ourselves and others from exposure to this deadly virus,” said Sacramento County Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye.
For more information about the current Public Health Orders, visit:
https://www.saccounty.net/COVID-19/Pages/default.aspx
