WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein (both D-Calif.) announced that California was awarded over $1.8 billion in funding for broadband access through the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, a key component of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This funding will help to deploy affordable, reliable high-speed Internet infrastructure to…
By Selen Ozturk Those with 26-49 employees in 2021 or 2022, who paid COVID sick leave, are eligible for $5K to 50K. While COVID relief grants have phased down nationwide since the end of the federal health emergency declaration, California has announced a new one. Through June 30, small nonprofits and businesses with 26 to…
Concerns emerge on new food stamp work requirements, student loan payments By Charlene Crowell Last-ditch negotiations to spare the nation a first-ever debt collapse resulted in Congress passing a legislative remedy that attracted bipartisan support. But exactly what the bill known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act actually accomplished and its effects on America’s people…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 5, 2023) — California business leaders overwhelmingly support Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $180 billion infrastructure proposal that would equip the state to build vital projects faster, while creating an estimated 400,000 construction-related jobs. Nearly 90 nonpartisan business associations representing all sectors and regions of California signed a letter this week urging swift passage…
SACRAMENTO – California State Treasurer Fiona Ma today announced that the California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) has taken action to enable the implementation of a $150 million emergency loan program for California’s financially distressed non-profit and public hospitals. “Californians depend on these hospitals for health care and emergency services, and today’s approval is going…
by S.E. Williams Last week we learned that Riverside County agreed to a $400,000 settlement in response to a claim filed by parent Daniel Silva resulting from a use of force incident against his son in September 2018 who was a high school freshman when the incident occurred. Sprinkled in the news throughout each year…
Women, already the majority of home-based workers in 2019, increased to a slightly larger share of a growing home-based U.S. workforce in 2021, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Working from home was among the safety measures adopted during the COVID-19 public health emergency (which has since been lifted) to reduce transmission of the…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent With the federal government spending a pittance of its advertising dollars with Black-owned media and President Biden demanding that agencies expand contracting opportunities for historically disadvantaged businesses, including those owned by women and people of color, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge has made a…
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF – April 3, 2023 – Time for Change Foundation (TFCF) is excited to announce their annual gala will be returning to Southern California on April 14 after being held as a virtual event for three years. “Unmasking the Future” will celebrate TFCF’s 21st anniversary with a star studded masquerade ball. The event…
Reyes’s survey respondents shared their need for a way to find grants, technical assistance, tax incentives and other financial opportunities. (SACRAMENTO) — On February 27, Assembly Majority Leader Reyes issued a survey to small businesses across the Inland Empire and beyond, asking for feedback on their needs. Thanks to their feedback, Reyes is announcing new…
The American Heart Association introduces an opportunity for social and tech entrepreneurs to apply for grants and gain knowledge and access to tools for success. Dallas — New training tools from the American Heart Association will help health equity innovators address issues like structural racism and other social factors that impact health in urban and…
By Teresa Bryce Bazemore President and CEO Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco LONG BEACH, CA – Doris Ealy, 56, never felt comfortable renting a room under someone else’s roof. The single mother of four children and grandmother to four didn’t like cooking in a shared kitchen or how her landlord insisted on keeping…
McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media Last summer, the White House offered Southern California small business owner Kerman Maddox a unique opportunity to serve on a national committee set up to advise President Joe Biden’s administration on educational matters. The Los Angeles resident declined. Maddox, who is also a communications specialist — most recently a…
The program offered seventy-five Black women-owned, product-based businesses with monetary grants, enrollment into Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator (BBA), and a Professional Selling Account in Amazon’s store. (Black PR Wire) ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fearless Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Fearless Fund, the first venture capital fund built by women of color, for women of color, has partnered…
LOS ANGELES (February 22, 2023) — Essential Health Access welcomes Roger B. Sweis to their Executive Leadership Team as a Chief Financial Officer. Roger will lead the Essential Health finance team in fulfilling the commitment to equity in expanding and protecting sexual and reproductive health care for all. Roger is an award-winning Chief Financial Officer…
California – Kisha Collier, Funded w/Lady K, Victorville was recently selected to serve on the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council. NSBA is the nation’s oldest small-business advocacy organization and operates on a staunchly nonpartisan basis. Collier, a recognized leader in the small-business community, joins the NSBA Leadership Council alongside other small-business advocates from…
The Partnership Will Accelerate the Hair Care Brand’s Access to More Black Women and Rapidly Expand Its Community Investments; Mielle and P&G Each Commit $10 Million to Expand Impact of the Mielle Cares Charity The (Black PR Wire) (Black PR Wire) CINCINNATI – P&G Beauty and Mielle Organics®, a popular textured hair care brand rooted…
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Earlier this month, the California Housing Financing Agency (CalHFA) and the Sacramento branch of NeighborWorks held a press conference at the State Capitol to announce the expansion of California’s mortgage relief program. “Over the past year, the California Mortgage Relief program has been helping Californians that are most…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Davis said her group had installed “living containers and living facilities” that provided families with things like furniture and bunk beds, as well as generators. “We installed electrical systems and other mandatory features,” she stated. As the war’s anniversary approaches, though, it appears that American impulses have also kicked in. By Stacy…
Atiya Jordan For Blakk Tatted, the owner and visionary behind the groundbreaking Blakk Smoke hookah brand: Plan A always had to work. He leveraged his resilience and grit to lead him to where he is today, attracting $1.2 million in under nine hours. Some may call him an overnight success thanks to his loyal customer…
Creating a new methodology for real-time cyber security monitoring (Black PR Wire) — U2opia Technology, a consortium of technology and administrative executives with extensive experience in both industry and defense, has exclusively licensed a package of two technologies from the Department of Energy (DOE) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) that offers a new method…
Jaivon Grant | California Black Media Black and other minority-owned small businesses in California have actively fought for decades for more inclusion in California state government contracting opportunities. Their hard work and patience paid off in September last year, when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2019 into law. Authored by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris…
Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media Relief is available for homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage due to financial hardships caused by the Pandemic. The California Mortgage Relief Program is providing a lifeline for qualifying California property owners, especially in underserved communities. Proponents of the program regard it as a safeguard to protecting generational wealth…
Public Input for Draft Revitalization Plan Sought VICTORVILLE, Calif. — With the release of its draft revitalization plan for Old Town last week, the City of Victorville is one step closer to forming the first Community Revitalization Investment Authority (CRIA) in California. The CRIA is an economic and affordable housing tool established by AB…
By Charlene Crowell On September 28, two of the nation’s largest and most influential business groups filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its Director Rohit Chopra. The action aims to prevent the CFPB from using its existing authority to protect consumers from racial discrimination when seeking mortgages, auto loans, credit…
