Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to California
residents and business owners affected by the March 2011 storms
that occurred March 15-27 in Santa Cruz County, through the U. S.
Small Business Administration. SBA acted under its own authority to
declare a disaster following a request received on April 21, 2011,
from Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr.’s designated representative, Mike
Dayton, acting secretary of the California Emergency Management
Agency.
The disaster declaration makes SBA assistance available in Santa
Cruz County and the neighboring counties of Monterey, San Benito,
San Mateo and Santa Clara.
Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to California residents and business owners affected by the March 2011 storms that occurred March 15-27 in Santa Cruz County, through the U. S. Small Business Administration. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster following a request received on April 21, 2011, from Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr.’s designated representative, Mike Dayton, acting secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency.
The disaster declaration makes SBA assistance available in Santa Cruz County and the neighboring counties of Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo and Santa Clara.
“The U. S. Small Business Administration is strongly committed to providing Californians with the most effective and customer-focused response possible to assist residents and businesses affected by the March 2011 storms with federal disaster loans,” said (SBA) Administrator Karen G. Mills.
“Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, non-profit organizations whose property was damaged or destroyed by the disaster,” said SBA San Francisco District Director Mark Quinn.
A disaster loan outreach center is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Capitola City Hall Community Room, 420 Capitola Ave., in Capitola.
Disaster loan information and application forms are also available from SBA’s Customer Service Center by calling SBA toll-free at (800) 659-2955, emailing
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, or visiting SBA’s Web site at http://www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance. Hearing impaired individuals may call (800) 877-8339.
The filing deadline to return applications for property damage is June 27, 2011. The deadline to return economic injury applications is January 26, 2012.
