Update: June 3, 2022
California recently approved Cal/OSHA emergency temporary standards on COVID-19 infection prevention. These new temporary standards apply to most workers in California not covered by Cal/OSHA’s Aerosol Transmissible Diseases standard. Businesses are required to follow safety measures in accordance with the State and Local Public Health orders, such as enforcing indoor mask-wearing among employees and reporting COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplaces as per AB 685 Notification.
Business Outbreak Reporting
An outbreak is defined as 3 or more positive cases within a 14-day period among people that had contact with one another. The following resources are provided for compliance with business outbreak reporting laws.
Financial Assistance Programs
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS COMEBACK GUIDE
The California Business Comeback Guide is intended to help businesses and for-profit entities identify relevant new and existing state funding resources for recovery and success.
CALIFORNIA STATE FEE WAIVERS
On February 23, 2021 the Governor signed a legislative package that included fee waivers.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE (EDC)
If your business has been negatively impacted by COVID-19, visit the Economic Development Collaborative’s (EDC) COVID-19 Business Resources webpage. The EDC has compiled a list of resources now available for businesses, self-employed individuals and nonprofits who have been impacted by COVID-19.
What should I do if I test positive or if I have been exposed?
View the Isolation and Quarantine Guidance from the California Department of Public Health.
Click Here for CDC Guidelines
California recently approved Cal/OSHA emergency temporary standards on COVID-19 infection prevention. These new temporary standards apply to most workers in California not covered by Cal/OSHA’s Aerosol Transmissible Diseases standard. Businesses are required to follow safety measures in accordance with the State and Local Public Health orders, such as enforcing indoor mask-wearing among employees and reporting COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplaces as per AB 685 Notification.
Business Outbreak Reporting
An outbreak is defined as 3 or more positive cases within a 14-day period among people that had contact with one another. The following resources are provided for compliance with business outbreak reporting laws.
Financial Assistance Programs
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS COMEBACK GUIDE
The California Business Comeback Guide is intended to help businesses and for-profit entities identify relevant new and existing state funding resources for recovery and success.
CALIFORNIA STATE FEE WAIVERS
On February 23, 2021 the Governor signed a legislative package that included fee waivers.
- ABC License Fee Waivers
- Restaurants, bars, and other specified on-sale licensees will be eligible for fee waivers of licenses with expiration dates between March 1, 2021, and February 28, 2023. For more information on ABC Fee Waivers, click HERE.
- Barbering and Cosmetology Fee Relief
The Board of Barbering and Cosmetology license renewal fees will be waived for all licenses that expire in calendar years 2021 and 2022. For more information on Barbering and Cosmetology license renewal fee relief, click HERE.
- Barbering and Cosmetology Fee Relief
- Restaurants, bars, and other specified on-sale licensees will be eligible for fee waivers of licenses with expiration dates between March 1, 2021, and February 28, 2023. For more information on ABC Fee Waivers, click HERE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE (EDC)
If your business has been negatively impacted by COVID-19, visit the Economic Development Collaborative’s (EDC) COVID-19 Business Resources webpage. The EDC has compiled a list of resources now available for businesses, self-employed individuals and nonprofits who have been impacted by COVID-19.
What should I do if I test positive or if I have been exposed?
View the Isolation and Quarantine Guidance from the California Department of Public Health.
Click Here for CDC Guidelines