{"id":6534,"date":"2021-07-21T07:58:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=6534"},"modified":"2021-07-21T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:58:10","slug":"support-food-micro-enterprises-in-san-mateo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/support-food-micro-enterprises-in-san-mateo\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for food microenterprises in San Mateo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P<\/a>]<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday provided support to local small food businesses facing economic hardship as part of a $2.8 million COVID-19 aid package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The package includes new emergency support for small food businesses such as food truck operators and other businesses affected by the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Board also launched a pilot program for home-based chefs to prepare food in their own kitchens to sell directly to consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should be noted that this is the first time the county has specifically targeted assistance to \"micro food business\" operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"What we are doing today provides new economic opportunities for those who need them most, including women, immigrants, and people of color,\" said Board Chairman David J. Canepa.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

He also assured that \"this modest investment will make a difference for the hard-working families who happen to be excellent cooks and at the same time stimulate the local economy\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The food service industry was hard hit by the pandemic's confinement, which meant a death sentence for many small business owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Supporting San Mateo businesses like food trucks and carts, and incubator kitchens are a means for entrepreneurs to create lasting businesses,\" Supervisor Dave Pine said. \"Helping these small businesses will benefit our local economy now and in the future.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Thus, the supervisors approved three grant programs, one open to any eligible small business and two targeted to the food service industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, the Board launched the Micro Food Enterprise Grant Program, which will distribute a total of $500,000 in grants to cottage food operators, caterers, food truck and food cart operators, commissary or incubator kitchens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applicants must have a small food service business legally operating in San Mateo County by January 1, 2021 and meet the requirements. Businesses that received assistance from previous programs are not eligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the Board approved the establishment of the Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operator Ordinance, the Pilot Program and the Grant Program with $238,000 in seed money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the framework of the pilot programme<\/a>In California, home chefs may legally prepare and sell limited amounts of food directly to consumers. The county is one of the few jurisdictions in California that allows home kitchens for microbusinesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, chefs who receive operating permits from the county's Environmental Health Services division will be able to apply for grants of up to $2,500 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the Board appropriated $2 million for the 2021 SMC Strong Small Business Assistance Program, which provides a new round of funding for local small businesses impacted by the pandemic that did not receive previous county, state or federal assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that regard, applicants must meet certain requirements for grants of up to $10,000 that can be used for past-due rent, operating expenses, and other needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funding for all three programs will come from the federal American Rescue Plan or other state or federal aid programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may be interested in: Regre<\/a><\/em>san mascarillas to San Mateo County<\/em><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Por Pamela Cruz. Pen\u00ednsula 360 Press [P360P] La Junta de Supervisores del Condado de San Mateo brind\u00f3 este martes un apoyo a las peque\u00f1as empresas locales de alimentos que enfrentan dificultades econ\u00f3micas, ello como parte de un paquete de ayuda por COVID-19 que alcanza los 2.8 millones de d\u00f3lares. El paquete incluye un nuevo apoyo […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cover","8":"category-community"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6537,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6534\/revisions\/6537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}