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Opinion: California Small-Business Grant Program Is Right Thinking, but Flawed in Execution
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By CalMatters
Published 4 years ago on
December 23, 2020

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Small businesses owned by Black, Indigenous and People of Color are being disproportionately crushed by the weight of the pandemic – and many aren’t positioned to survive the next few months.

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