LA County Second District Business Interruption Fund

Grantees must be in District 2. If you need help determining if you are in District 2, please click here!.

Grantee must submit 2023 tax return and clearly show annual revenue of $1.5 million or less. Businesses with 2023 revenue above $1.5 million will NOT be considered.

Grantee must submit a claim for at least one (1) of the following business interruption event categories:

• Natural disaster (e.g., earthquake, fire)
• Construction project (e.g., a street improvement temporarily eliminates parking for a business)
• Major homeless encampment
• Labor dispute (e.g., union strike)
• Notable civil unrest event
• New government regulation (e.g., a government ban on an integral supply used at a business)
• Major crime event (e.g., “smash n grab”)
• Illegal Dumping

Please note: Businesses will NOT be eligible if they already have insurance that covers the loss.

Grantees must be a storefront (“brick and mortar”) commercial business not located in a home. In addition, certain business types are not eligible.Click here for a full list of ineligible businesses.*

Grantees must demonstrate that they have experienced at least a 10% decrease in gross revenue during target period OR have experienced a single short term event that resulted in significant business loss.

If the former, target period must fall between October 7, 2023 and October 7, 2024 (though your qualifying event may have begun prior to October 2023). Your target period must then be compared against the same time period from the previous calendar year.

Please submit short, easy-to-understand documentation that supports your specific claim. Examples of this include, but is not limited to:

• Photos or video (preferably time stamped)
• News media (e.g., online or print articles)
• Online reviews (e.g., Google or Yelp)
• Police/law enforcement reports and/or call records
• Email records (time stamped) discussing the qualifying event you are claiming
• Other written documentation (such as City or Neighborhood Council meeting minutes, Business Improvement District or business association communications, etc.)

Grantees must be registered to do business legally in the state of California prior to January 1, 2024.

Grantees must be active businesses currently in operation and in good standing with all local, state and federal taxing and licensing authorities.