⚖️ CalOSBA x @CalChamber Webinar Join us for a FREE webinar on preventing workplace harassment, discrimination, and retaliation in CA workplaces. Learn about: ✔️Protected classes ✔️Employer obligations ✔️Complaint reporting & investigations 🎟️ gobiz-ca-gov.zoom.us/webinar…

Have questions about CA’s new employment updates? Join our FREE CalOSBA x @CalChamber webinar this March covering: ✔️ Know Your Rights Act ✔️ Minimum wage updates ✔️ Pay transparency 💬 Submit your questions in advance, our experts may answer them live! ow.ly/ehY550Yv35w

🏛️ Join CalOSBA & @OutsmrtDisaster at the 2026 California Supplier Diversity Symposium in Pasadena! Our panel, Prepared to Compete: Resilience as a Supplier Advantage, explores how business continuity strengthens competitiveness & protects contracts. ow.ly/HPTt50Yt9Lh

🚀 Small businesses! Join a free AI workshop led by a Grow with Google Coach on Mar 6, 8:30–10 AM PT in Riverside. Learn practical AI tools to grow your biz online. Bring your laptop! Complimentary parking. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/grow-Riverside #CalOSBA #AIforBusiness #SmallBizCA

Red Line Safety receives $50,000 CalOSBA grant to expand firefighter safety tech effort krcrtv.com/news/local/red-li…

What is #SCALE? Former CalOSBA Director, Tara Lynn Gray, explains how the SCALE Network of advisors & capital providers supports small business owners across California. 🎥Ready to SCALE your business? Visit SCALENetworkCalifornia.org #AccessToCapital #SmallBusiness @CAMEOnetwork

✨ #SmallBusinessSuccessStory This #BlackHistoryMonth, Shanita Ford turned a kitchen-table vision into Aunties Babies Family Child Care, strengthening Kern County’s workforce with support from MCSC Kern WBC. 🏛️ AD 35 | SD 16 #CalOSBA #WomenInBusiness

Note: The SBA in California refers to the U.S. Small Business Admin., a federal agency that supports small businesses through loans, disaster assistance, contracting programs, & business counseling. In California, the SBA operates multiple district offices (e.g., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento) and partners with local organizations to provide: •Access to capital via loan programs like the SBA 7(a), 504, and Express Loans. •Disaster recovery loans for businesses, homeowners, and nonprofits affected by events like wildfires or landslides. •Free business advising through Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs). •Support for underrepresented entrepreneurs, including women, veterans, and minority-owned businesses. Additionally, California has its own California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA), with federal efforts by helping small businesses navigate state regulations, access grants, and secure funding.

🎉 CalOSBA celebrates Black History Month ✊🏽 Honoring the leadership, resilience & innovation of Black entrepreneurs who shape California’s economy. We remain committed to expanding access to resources, capital & opportunity for all. #BlackHistoryMonth #CalOSBA

💡 #CASmallBizFact 💡 6.9% of California small businesses are Black-owned, driving innovation, jobs, and leadership across the state. This #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate Black entrepreneurs and support equitable access to opportunity. #CalOSBA #CAForSmallBiz

🌟 Welcome our new Director! 🌟 CalOSBA is excited to welcome Elmy Bermejo as our new Director 🤝 With deep experience in public service and small business advocacy, we look forward to her leadership supporting CA’s small businesses 🚀 #CAForSmallBiz #SmallBusinessLeadership

🎉 Happy #SmallBusinessSaturday! Support CA entrepreneurs and local businesses today. Every purchase strengthens communities, jobs, and our economy. 💛 #ShopSmallCA #CalOSBA #SupportingSmallStrengthensUsAll #SmallBizReady

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from CalOSBA! We’re grateful for California’s small business owners, the heart of our communities & economy. Thank you for inspiring, innovating, and thriving! 💛 #Thanksgiving2025 #CalOSBA #SmallBizCA #SupportingSmallStrengthensUsAll

Great turnout at the @CaltransHQ North Region Procurement Fair in West Sacramento! 💼 CalOSBA was proud to join Caltrans and @CalifDGS, and partners like NorCal APEX, JEDI WBC & @NorCalVBOC to support CA small businesses through networking & opportunity. 👏 #SmallBizCA

💡 #SmallBusinessFact 💡 Did you know? CalOSBA @CalChamber are offering a FREE LIVE Labor & Employment Training series to help CA small biz owners stay compliant! 🗓️ Next: Terminating & Offboarding Employees , Nov 21 🔗calosba.ca.gov/for-small-bus…… #CAForSmallBiz

Join us today at 12 pm, The Business and Economics Department will be hosting the following program with SBDC and CalOSBA. youtube.com/watch?v=IN66oR5s…

This @ShakeOut Day (10/16), take your preparedness a step further! CalOSBA & @OutsmrtDisaster can help your business build a Resiliency Roadmap. outsmartdisaster.calosba.ca.… Start with the Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety @ECA 👉 earthquakecountry.org/sevens… #EarthquakePrep #ShakeOutDay

🎬 New Episode Drops Oct 17! What counts as “hours worked” in CA? 🕒💼 Learn about: ✔️ Overtime ✔️ Reporting time pay ✔️ Travel time & expenses ✔️ Handbook policies 🎥 Free on YouTube & our website 📣 Presented by CalOSBA, @CalChamber & SBPC #CalOSBA #SmallBizCA #CAEmployers

🚦 Doing business with @CaltransHQ? Join us at the North Region Procurement Fair in West Sacramento on Oct 8! ✅ Meet buyers & advocates ✅ Get certified (SB/DVBE) ✅ 90-day priority preference for attendees! 🔗 Register: ow.ly/Hp3r50X5UW2 #CalOSBA #Caltrans #SmallBizCA

🛠️ September is #PreparednessMonth! Join CalOSBA @OutsmrtDisaster for 2 key events to boost your biz resilience: 📅 Sept 18 – Earthquake Prep: ow.ly/UBo650WXRt0 📅 Sept 25 – Insurance & Continuity Webinar: ow.ly/fiXP50WXRt1 Plan. Protect. Recover. 💼🌍