CAMEO Blog

Our latest blog posts on micro-business.

Commercial Eviction Moratorium Ends October 13, 2021
The Governor’s Executive Order on commercial the eviction moratorium, expired on Thursday, September 30, 2021. Thus, ended the protections that prevented commercial evictions of small businesses and non-profit organizations for ...
Congresswoman Judy Chu on Federal Small Business Assistance October 7, 2021
In her video, Judy addresses Federal Assistance for small business that has happened so far, and dives into what is in the works. She goes into depth of the PPP program where $800 billion went to small businesses ...
Entrepreneurship Advantage September Virtual Meetup: Big Data for Small Business! September 29, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U33ky23HRlk&t=2s About Entrepreneurship Advantage is a Los Angeles-based collaboration that is passionate about helping entrepreneurs thrive. In September our invited guests were: Joshua Shane from Kanopy! He shared how to harness big data for ...
SBA and CAMEO Bay Area Resource Partner Meeting Presents: Using Fintech for Good September 29, 2021
The San Francisco SBA District Office and CAMEO joined forces to bring you the Bay Area Resource Partner Regional Meeting on September 23, 2021, at 3:00pm. Our virtual gathering included ...
Inclusive Small and Micro Business Lending Post-COVID September 28, 2021
Thanks to our rock star line up of speakers and the over 130 registrants who made our 2021 Virtual MicroLenders Forum a success. This year was the first time that ...
Rebuilding Better Grant September 23, 2021
CAMEO is excited to announce we received the Rebuilding Better grant from Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to do policy work around racial justice. CAMEO was one of 21 organizations that ...
CAMEO’s Loan Loss Reserve Program September 15, 2021
Congratulations CAMEO Grantees! We are pleased to announce the grantees of CAMEO’s Loan Loss Reserve Program sponsored by Union Bank. Five microlenders will receive grants of $9,000 each for loan loss ...
Changes in COVID Relief Assistance September 1, 2021
Recent events have some federal programs ending and others beginning. And California is has some support to fill the gaps. Unemployment On Saturday, September 4, 2021 most federal unemployment benefits will expire, ...
Lots of Movement on Responsible Business Lending in California August 18, 2021
In 2018, SB 1235 was signed into law with the support of CAMEO and our partners in the California Responsible Business Lending Coalition (RBLC). The legislation is the first in ...
California State Budget 2021 July 1, 2021
The California legislature approved a $263 billion budget proposal Monday that is now sitting on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. While negotiations were over homelessness, transportation, and education, most of the small business pieces were not ...