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Learn more by calling or emailing oewd sfgov. For press inquiries, please email OEWDpress sfgov. San Francisco is renowned for innovation and diversity. We are focused on growing shared prosperity along with a resilient and robust economy to help your business start, stay, and grow. We prepare, train, and connect San Franciscans to sustainable jobs and strong careers in many sectors. Tenant, Homeowner and Small Landlord Relief and Stabilization Act of provides renters, homeowners, and small landlords with relief if coronavirus or the quarantine has impacted your ability to pay all or part of your rent or mortgage.

Help for Workers from the State All of the relevant State of California financial resources for workers are summarized in a helpful chart from the State Labor and Workforce Development Agency. From the State Department of Industrial Relations. To discuss options, please contact work2future. Help with leases and other business topics: BusinessOwnerSpace. Partners offer free or low-cost mentoring, classes, and other support on many topics including access to capital, business planning, marketing, and legal issues including commercial leases.

Learn about sources of funding: The experts at the Small Business Development Center Silicon Valley can help you understand options to obtain low-cost funding, from the Small Business Administration and other sources.

Check out their resources online. Free Services: Start Small Think Big provides high-quality legal, financial and marketing services, at no cost to help under-resourced entrepreneurs so that owners can build wealth for themselves, their families and communities. They have an office in San Jose and can be reached at The moratorium will be in effect at least until June 30, For more information, email RSP sanjoseca. For more information, visit the website.

An eviction moratorium on commercial tenants has expired. All tenants have up to six months from Sept. The County requires a landlord to inform a tenant of their repayment rights under the moratorium before starting a repayment plan with the tenant. Please read the updated County FAQ for more detailed information.

If you have questions, email covid19business sanjoseca. Help with disaster response and planning. As of June 15, the State of California ended the tiered system for business operations, and employers are no longer required to submit social distancing protocols to County Public Health.

For information on current guidance on masking and other safety issues please check the County and State sites. While Santa Clara County allowed a series of business re-openings, San Jose developed ways to maximize our businesses' opportunities to move their operations outside, to restrict the spread of COVID while still supporting economic recovery. We have developed free application or registration processes for businesses to utilize public and private outdoor spaces for customer service, retail, education and other business functions.

City-owned public space available for business operations includes private parking lots, sidewalks, parklets, parks, plazas, City-owned parking lots, and blocks closed to vehicles.

The requirements and application process for utilizing these sites can be found on the Al Fresco page. The City has partnered with many local and regional community-based and financial institutions to provide a series of free, online webinars that cover critical issues for businesses in the time of COVID, including access to funds, pivoting your business, planning to reopen, and more.

Learn about tools, resources and where to get hands-on help! Advice for Reopening English. Tiene preguntas sobre la reapertura de su negocio? The City of San Jose brought together representatives of Working Solutions and Opportunity Fund , for suggestions to help small businesses find lenders and apply for loans to help them recover from the impacts of COVID Businesses preparing to reopen may require products and services that help to ensure social distancing and help keep the premises COVIDfree.

If you are concerned about ensuring your workplace is protected from the spread of COVIDl, Santa Clara County will bring a mobile vaccination clinic to your worksite for your employees — for free.

Designed for larger workplaces, the mobile clinic can provide a fast, responsive and time-saving way to make sure your employees can get the vaccinations they need. She is passionate about advancing race equity and systems change work in local government, and is driven by placing community members, and especially the most vulnerable, at the heart of policy work.

She is originally from Puerto Rico. In her free time, Sarah and her husband Arthur love traveling with their two kids. Director, Budget Email. Director, Civic Innovation Email. This office is responsible for piloting and implementing organizational, process, and technology solutions that range from small experiments in smart city solutions to large scale deployments that drive value across the entire City.

Dolan is a sought-after innovation and technology advisor who has advised dozens of companies ranging from startups to Fortune enterprises in a professional career spanning over 33 years. Dolan was co-founder of Fathom Solutions which provided strategy and IT consulting services across the nation until it was purchased by Cognizant Technology Solutions. Director, Office of Communications Email. Carolina has developed several award-winning communications programs and projects.

Carolina is a San Josean who takes great pride in working for the city she lives and grew up in. She is a graduate of Independence High School and lives in Evergreen with her family. Director, Office of Economic Development Email. In her role as Director of the Office of Economic Development, Nanci is responsible for facilitating job growth, revenue growth, and investment in San Jose through strategy, persistence, collaboration, and creativity.

Director, Office of Emergency Management Email. He was hired following the historic February Coyote Creek Flood, and assisted the City in its recovery from the flood and instituting action to address the over items identified in the post disaster after action and improvement report.

Jennifer brings a wide range of experience in her over 14 years with the city. Through a succession of promotions, Jennifer became an Assistant to the City Manager in , then became Deputy Director in and in was appointed to Director of Employee Relations.