The decree helps workers and business owners by:
- Extend the deadline to pay for renewal licenses, certificates and permits for one year for licenses with a renewal date taking place between January 1, 2025 and July 1, 2025.
- Go to costs for companies and workers requiring double or replacing a license certificate that has been burned or destroyed.
- Extend the deadlines so that companies call for permit procedures.
- The elimination of requirements that make it more difficult to move certain companies affected by fires.
Find resources to help your business Gov.ca.gov/lafires/help-your-business.
Help companies and workers recover
California has worked with federal and local suppliers to help companies and workers with the resources and support they need to recover and rebuild fire storms.
- Support workers and employers: THE Employment Development Department (EDD) supports workers with unemployment,, disability insurance, or Family leave paid Advantages, including Unemployment aid in the event of a disaster (DUA) For those who are not eligible for regular unemployment benefits. Citizenship or immigration status does not affect eligibility For disabled insurance or paid family leave. Employers may request an extension of 60 days on reports and taxes on payroll, or participate in Labor sharing program. California has also announced $ 20 million to create temporary jobs in the areas affected and provide other support services via America’s Job Center of California.
- Field advisers for small businesses: More than 200 commercial advisers of small businesses supported by the California office of Small Business Advocate’s (Calosba) Technical assistance program (TAP) are equipped with the region, including commercial advisers from the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and Women’s Business Center (WBC). All these TAP partners can answer questions about the key aspects of economic recovery, including the loan request process, insurance surveys, employee support and labor and plans individual recovery related to business planning. The SBDC and WBC staff are colocated to the Disaster Recovery Center at Pasadena City College and the Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Camallo (county of Ventura), as well as various business recovery centers organized by the American administration of small businesses (SBA).
- Provide resources for recovery: Calosba launched a Resource guide for small businesses affected by forest fires through its Undercoming disaster website, And leads a series of online training in English and Spanish.
- Financial assistance for companies: THE California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBANK) offers loan programs for companies from one to 750 employees affected by Los Angeles forest fires. Rescue loan guarantee program in the event of a disaster (DRLGP) issues loan guarantees up to 95% of the loan through the financial development companies of IBANK partners to help borrowers from small businesses affected by a disaster that need a long -term loans or lines credit for the working fund.
- Accelerate licenses for entrepreneurs: The Contractor State Licensing Board (CSLB) deals with license requests as quickly as 48 hours from the request and the examination is completed. Rapid licenses will support the governor’s efforts to rebuild destroyed houses and businesses.
- Help fire survivors to rebuild safely: CSLB is also associated with state agencies to directly help survivors in southern California Recovery centers after claimUserping them to hire only entrepreneurs linked to California for repairs or rebuilding their homes or businesses. CSLB’s Disaster Hotline 1-800-962-1125 and online Disaster Help Center Also provide precious support for survivors.
- Protect against license without license: The survey teams are on the ground, displaying signs to put entrepreneurs without license in opinion that it is a crime of contract without license in a catastrophe area in California. Consumers are invited to always Check the licenseses Before hiring an entrepreneur and immediately notify the state of a license without license. Consumers can deposit complaints And find additional resources online has www2.cslb.ca.gov.
- Help licensees rebuild their companies: THE Hairdressing and cosmetology adviceTHE Board of directorsand others DCA cards Local license holders are to be reprogrammed and to help licensed licenses by delivering double licenses due to a lost physical license in fires.
Governor Newsom has has published a number of decrees In response to Los Angeles Fire Storms to help help in reconstruction and recovery, create more temporary housing and protect survivors from operating and prices of prices.
Get help today
For Californians affected by Los Angeles Fire Storms, there are available resources. Californians can go to Ca.gov/lafires – an information and resource center of the state, local and federal government.
Individuals and corporate owners who have undergone losses of the interior in the County of Los Angeles can request assistance in the event of a disaster:
If you use a relay service, such as the video relay service (VRS), the subtitled telephone service or others, give the FEMA number for this service.