LA County Opens $4.1 Million Grant Program for Businesses Impacted by COVID, Strikes

LOS ANGELES—A new $4.1 million grant program is available for small and micro businesses impacted by both the coronavirus pandemic and the 2023 Hollywood strikes, Los Angeles County officials announced April 26. On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity and the County Film Office, in partnership with county supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger, began the program. Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act and the county’s Entertainment Business Interruption Fund, it will provide either $10,000 or $25,000 grants for qualifying applicants. The Business Interruption Fund was established last year and is administered by the County Film Office. To qualify, applicants must operate a for-profit business with $3 million or less in annual gross revenue, at least 70 percent of revenue must come from the entertainment industry and the business must have experienced economic impacts from the pandemic from March 2020 to present....