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On Thursday, June 25, the California Strategic Growth Council voted to fund Oakland’s “Better Neighborhoods, Same Neighbors” proposal through a multi-year grant of $28.2 million.

The City is waiving fees and streamlined the permitting process for use of sidewalk space and parking areas for businesses to expand while complying with revised Alameda County shelter-in-place order

$10 million commitment will support government, business, faith-based, nonprofit partners in 10 places with two goals: protecting communities from displacement and eliminating barriers to access capital and credit

The new multi-year program will fund Oakland’s cultural practitioners of color to radically imagine a racially just city

As Oakland businesses continue work to safely reopen under the terms of Alameda County’s shelter-in-place order to slow the spread of COVID-19, the City of Oakland announced today that it will continue supporting economic recovery and enable easier access to businesses by reactivating all parking meters citywide, effective July 6.

As Oakland small businesses adapt to current and anticipated Alameda County health orders, City of Oakland staff have heard from the business community and the Economic Recovery Advisory Council that businesses want a simple, streamlined process to use outdoor spaces to support safe reopening. In response, City staff are looking at quick, creative ways that the public right of way could be adapted to meet physical distancing requirements.

The City of Oakland was awarded $1,328,000 in three separate grants from the State of California Employment Development Department (EDD) to support laid-off, low-wage workers impacted by COVID-19.

Advisory Council will identify strategies for an equitable economic reopening and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

Today, the City of Oakland and Working Solutions, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), announced the disbursement of emergency grants to 90 extremely low-income small businesses in Oakland to help them weather the COVID-19 crisis.

Today, the City of Oakland announced the availability of emergency grants to help vulnerable small businesses weather the impacts of COVID-19. The grants will be administered by Working Solutions, a non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).