- Statement on Executive Orders Impacting CDFI Fund and MBDA March 15, 2025
On Friday evening, President Trump issued several Executive Orders, including one titled “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy.” It lists seven government agencies including the CDFI Fund and the Minority ...
- Celebrating Women’s History Month: Spotlight on Microenterprise Collaborative of Inland Southern California March 5, 2025
This Women’s History Month, CAMEO Network celebrates by shining a spotlight on one of our members – a woman-led organization that has been working to improve small business development in ...
- Congresswoman Maxine Waters and CAMEO Network celebrate Black History Month at Inglewood store grand re-opening February 21, 2025
To celebrate Black History Month, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) joined local businessman Ron Gibson, owner of The Level Up Store, Dr. Tara Lynn Gray, Director, California Office of the Small ...
- Navigating Executive Orders February 19, 2025
The Trump Administration’s executive orders have had a chilling effect on the small business development sector because they potentially target funding and programs that are vital for countless organizations to ...
- Celebrating Black History Month: Spotlight on First Community Capital February 6, 2025
This Black History Month, CAMEO Network is celebrating by shining a spotlight on one of our members – a Black-led CDFI that has been working to support under-resourced small businesses ...
- CAMEO Network opposes legislation that would enable discrimination in small business lending, as well as efforts to weaken banking watchdog February 5, 2025
The Trump administration’s pause on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) enforcement work is a blow to small businesses. Small business owners depend on the CFPB to protect them from ...
- CAMEO Network Urges Action to Combat Federal Grants Freeze January 28, 2025
Update: On January 29, The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a Memorandum rescinding the previous day’s guidance to freeze federal funding programs and is directing all agencies to ...
- CAMEO Members Awarded $5.3 Million in Cal IIP Grants January 23, 2025
On Tuesday, the California State Treasury announced recipients of awards through the California Investment & Innovation Program (Cal IIP) for the state’s community development financial institutions (CDFIs). The awards include ...
- CAMEO Network Statement on the Rollback of Basic Civil Rights that Will Harm Small Businesses, Economy January 22, 2025
Today, we double down on our mission. We are unwavering in our commitment to the communities that you, our members, serve.
The administration’s efforts to roll back decades-old regulations preventing discrimination in ...
- CAMEO Network, Responsible Business Lending Coalition and Small Business Majority Statement on California Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee Leadership January 14, 2025
CAMEO Network, Responsible Business Lending Coalition and Small Business Majority congratulate State Senator Tim Grayson (D-09) on his appointment as Chair of the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee.
As former ...
