“In light of an unprecedented, rapid rise in COVID-19 cases across California, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced a limited Stay at Home Order requiring generally that non-essential work, movement and gatherings stop between 10 PM and 5 AM in counties in the purple tier. The order will take effect at 10 PM Saturday, November 21 and remain in effect until 5 AM December 21. This is the same as the March Stay at Home Order, but applied only between 10 PM and 5 AM and only in purple tier counties that are seeing the highest rates of positive cases and hospitalizations.”
We Need Your Leadership
Your community needs your help. COVID-19 infections are spiking. Governor Newsom is expected to issue significantly more restrictive rules Friday, November 19. These restrictions may go so far as to include curfews.
Time-Sensitive Grant Applicant Window
information on a grant program which may provide Cathedral City businesses up to $5,000 per business. Michigan-based Flagstar Bank is offering this $5,000 grant to Riverside County based for-profit small businesses owned by black, indigenous and people of color.
Notice of Intent. Small Business Economic Relief Program
Notice of Intent Due to the economic burden on our small business community, the City has developed the Small Business Economic Relief Program to assist small business with qualifying modifications and/or improvements to their current...
Economic Development – Community Update
Before we begin today’s community update, I hope you and your families have been staying healthy. A lot has gone on since our last economic development update. Thankfully, we, as a community, have done an...
Do Your Part, So We Can Restart – Get Tested
As we revert to the most restrictive tier today with regards to COVID-19 business reopening, it is important for all of us to do our part, so we can restart opening once again.
Emergency Order 3B
Your business makes our community a richer, more diverse, and more inviting place to live, work and raise a family. Thank you for your perseverance in overcoming the challenges presented by COVID-19. While the challenges we have faced have been unprecedented, we are making progress. Infections rates are declining, and as a consequence, Governor Newsom is loosening restrictions and restoring individual freedoms.
Rental Assistance Grant Eligibility Expanded
The United Way and Lift to Rise have teamed up together to provide rental assistance for Riverside County residents who are behind in their rents due the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Riverside County has reserved $33 million to help pay rents and keep people in their homes. Nearly 10,000 families can apply for up to $3,500 in grant funds to help with back rental payments since April 2020.
Community Update
A lot has gone on since our last economic development update. For many, keeping up with the latest infection rates and current restrictions has been challenging. To simplify the process, on August 28th Governor Newsom revealed the State's latest reopening guidelines. With this new plan, two county-level COVID-19 testing variables will serve as the basis for business and personal restrictions. The first variable is the number of daily new COVID cases per 100,000 residents. The second variable is the number of positive COVID test results, as a percentage, out of all COVID test results within that particular county. Depending on the number of (i) daily new cases and (ii) the overall percentage of positive COVID test results in each county, that county will be placed in one of four "county risk levels."
Small Business Update
On Wednesday, August 12th, The City of Cathedral City, along with the Riverside County Business & Community Services and SBDC held a one hour webinar on Small Business Update, discussing Economic Injury Disaster Loan, Payroll Protection Program, Riverside County Small Business Grant, Reopening and Recovery and Resources available for your business.