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Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of California

This is notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the state of California dated August 14, 2026. Incident: 2026 Los Palos Incident.

Small Business Administration
  1. [Disaster Declaration #21789; CALIFORNIA Disaster Number CA-20045 Declaration of Economic Injury]

AGENCY:

U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This is notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the state of California dated August 14, 2026.

Incident: 2026 Los Palos Incident.

DATES:

Issued on August 14, 2026.

Incident Period: June 17, 2026 through June 25, 2026.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: May 14, 2027.

ADDRESSES:

Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at lending.sba.gov to apply for a disaster assistance loan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon Henderson, Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given as a result of the Administrator's EIDL declaration, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal lending.sba.gov or in person at other locally announced locations. For further assistance please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at or by phone at 1-800-659-2955. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.

The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:

Primary Counties: Los Angeles.

Contiguous Counties:

California: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura

The Interest Rates are:

Percent
Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere 4.000
Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere 3.625

The number assigned to this disaster for economic injury is 217890.

The states which received an EIDL declaration are California.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)

James Stallings,

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.

[FR Doc. 2026-16952 Filed 8-19-26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8026-09-P

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91 FR 53924

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“Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of California,” thefederalregister.org (August 20, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-16952/administrative-declaration-of-an-economic-injury-disaster-for-the-state-of-california.