Los Angeles County extended the Small Business Recovery Grant application deadline to Friday, Oct. 9, the Department of Economic Opportunity said; the county said the program is for businesses that experienced economic impacts from the June 17 Lineage Fire and the May 22 East Los Angeles Oil Spill. The county said the grant was established through First District funds under the leadership of Board Chair .

The county said eligible small businesses located within County‑designated impact areas may receive up to $3,000 for commercial brick‑and‑mortar businesses and $1,000 for eligible home‑based businesses with customer presence, sidewalk vendors and mobile businesses. To qualify, the county said, businesses must have been operating at an eligible location for at least 30 days before the applicable incident, have 100 or fewer employees, have annual gross receipts of $6 million or less, and demonstrate or attest to a qualifying business disruption; applicants must provide required documentation. Businesses located outside the designated impact areas are not eligible, the county said.

To help applicants, DEO will host two full days of one‑on‑one application assistance from 8:00am to 6:00pm on Monday, October 5, and Tuesday, October 6, at East Los Angeles Entrepreneurship at El Centro de Maravilla, 4716 E. Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90022; support will be offered in English and Spanish. Businesses can review eligibility requirements, view the designated impact‑area maps and access the application at bit.ly/SBRGEastLA, the county said.

For additional help, the county said businesses may contact DEO’s Office of Small Business at (844) 432-4900 or osb@opportunity.lacounty.gov. For technical assistance with the online application, the county said applicants may contact the application administrator, AidKit Support, at (213)755-8163 or support@recoverygrant.aidkit.org.

“Small businesses in East Los Angeles affected by the Lineage fire and oil spill have been dealing with disruptions that are outside their control,” said Los Angeles County Board Chair and First District Supervisor Hilda L. Solis. “These businesses should not have to face those challenges alone. We need to make sure they have access to the support available to them and the time they need to recover. Extending the deadline gives more owners an opportunity to apply, and I encourage every eligible small business to apply before the new deadline.”

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