Online Friday Seminar for Businesspeople Examines L.A.’s COVID-19 Crisis Fund

The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with Wells Fargo and the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society founded by Pasadena resident Lucy Jones, is holding a weekly COVID-19 Small Business Forum Webinar Series starting Friday morning.

Jones will translate the science of the pandemic and impacts on business, with city and county representatives providing information on business resources and guidance.

The series will be an online discussion designed to assist small businesses in Los Angeles County impacted by the coronavirus emergency.

This Friday, the webinar series will include a presentation on the LA Emergency COVID-19 Crisis Fund by the City of Los Angeles, and another presentation on the COVID-19 Resource Portal by the County of Los Angeles Office of Emergency Management.

The speakers will include Sonya Kay Blake, Director of Community Business at the Los Angeles City Mayor’s Office of Economic Development, and Azusena Favela, Deputy Director at the LA County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs.

Maria S. Salinas, President and CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled to present an overview of the webinar series as well as current policy announcements for Chamber members.

Jones will provide the opening remarks.

The series also will feature lenders specializing in small business lending for community development who will share information about their services.

These virtual forums will allow for Q&A. Questions will be collected and posted after each week’s forum.

To register for the webinar series, visit www.zoom.us/meeting/register/uJQocuutrTwijhQQuvRznBpUcIdAoh24xA.