at the rubio: i am sure staff level we can find that answer from the sba. sense?about a general i understand the problem, i just want to know how wide the problem is? rubio: maybe one of our two lenders involved in the program can tell us how common it was to see people into both camps without giving us a run number. question in one of you take a stab at that as to how widespread? over half, undrafted, 10%? we will get staff. senator, this is tom zernick. as we process forgiveness we are 20% including an advance.t -- idle it is less than 50% but those -- people anything we can do to get those paid off would be tremendously helpful to small businesses. i understand.and what i am driving at is i am looking for a price tag, and until we get that nailed down, it is kind of hard to make a decision on that, but i guess the first point is what percent and get we monetize that and see what the price tag would be? senator quick some certain we can get that. we will call in today. i can i respond as quickly as might? i want to make sure we get this clarified. to me, there's

a requirement of the sba. unlike other sba loan recipients owned by mom and pop businesses, these companies have big time backers. the plump jack group is home to a hand full of properties. on their website, you'll find wineries, bars, restaurants, even a boutique hotel. abc 7 niece brks krrks bc 7's a companies founded by gavin newsom got $3 million of ppp loans. villa encinal partners. the name is traced back to the plump jack winery in np pa. gordon getty is an investor. according to sba data, the company received a loan for more than $900,000 on april 14th, 2020. the sba expects 60% of the loan must be used towards payroll. based on the data, which indicates this business retained 14 employees, if divided equally, each of them would have received around $40,000 to cover payroll. over a period of three months. hypothetically, that would amount to a salary of $160,000 per employee. >> it's unexpected for 14 employee organization to get nearly a million dollars. >> reporter: sean is a policy analyst for pogo.

you and i know we've had one difficultic time getting information out of the sba as to how this program has worked. the transparency has been terrible and it's something that needs to be corrected. we need to have accountability andd understand the program ase move forward. we have been very much handicapped because we haven't been able to get that type of information. but one thing is clear as we go into a second round and you and i understand we need to have limited resources. we will not have as much as we would like to have. we will be dealing with a bridge aid package if we can get it done that will hold us all for several months. we need therefore to recognize we can't do everything we want to do and the hardest hit small businesses are the smaller businesses so let us target the program to the smaller of the small businesses to get to the small business does that need to help and in dependent upon large have those gatherings in their business and let us reach out to the underserved because what we learned in theun cares act those that didn't have priority established relationship

according to abc7's analysis of newly released sba data, french laundry collectively received more than4 million through the paycheck protection program. that's 17 times more than the average loan for restaurants received in the bay area. >> you know what? i'm beyond angry. what can i do about it? nothing. >> reporter: he struggled to get just over $318,000 to save his san mateo restaurant vault 164. the loan amount wasn't enough to sustain his business. berk wits was forced to sell the restaurant in july. >> i was not happy. i had a 40-year run in the restaurant business. not many people that have had that run. i consider myself fortunate. i really feel bad for the next generation of restaurant you'res because they're screwed. >> reporter: according to data from the sba, both loans were approve. the first was for $2.2 million to retain 163 employees. the second loan was for more than 194,000 to retain five employees. abc7's analysis found french laundry received more than six times what the average full service bay area restaurant retaining five employees received. we reached out the f

according to abc7's analysis of newly released sba data, french laundry collectively received more than$2.4 million through the paycheck protection program. that's 17 times more than the average loan for restaurants received in the bay area. >> you know what? i'm beyond angry. what can i do about it? nothing. >> reporter: he struggled to get just over $318,000 to save his san mateo restaurant vault 164. the loan amount wasn't enough to sustain his business. berk wits was forced to sell the restaurant in july. >> i was not happy. i had a 40-year run in the restaurant business. not many people that have had that run. i consider myself fortunate. i really feel bad for the next generation of restaurant you'res because they're screwed. >> reporter: according to data from the sba, both loans were approve. the first was for $2.2 million to retain 163 employees. the second loan was for more than 194,000 to retain five employees. abc7's analysis found french laundry received more than six times what the average full service bay area restaurant retaining five employees received. we reached out th

sba grants, zero. covid research, nih, zero. broadband, zero. his bill had next to nothing in it, and he is saying that this bill is close to his bill. thank god it is not. thank god it is not. pelosi: what he did say, which is amusing, is it falls in the ballpark of what senate republicans have been proposing since the summer, i guess it was , falls in the ballpark. what ballpark is that? let me just say to the extent we can work in a bipartisan way, we are happy to do so. and as the leader said, this is a big bill, second only to the cares at, changing it from a corporate, trickle down bill to a people bubble up bill, because they still got their $150 billion for the wealthiest people in the america, but as we go forward on all of this, to avoid what they tried to do with rightsbility, the civil act, americans with disabilities act, fair labor practices act, osha, you name it. they were trying to prevent people from having any safety in the courts in many categories that had nothing to do with the coronavirus. oh, and i asked one of the republ

at sba, diana taylor is a name being floated, and stacy olivieris, as they look to fire of this economy against and get people off unemployment, we note the top contenders are jewelry sioux, boston mayor marty wallish, senator bernie sanders, and sara nelson, also named as one of the contenders there. i think you'll be speaking with her soon. >> perfect timing as far as booking goes. jessica dean, thank you. five slots still remain to be filled. happy holidays to you. >>> just into cnn, united alliance has announced it will now require anyone flying from london into chicago, newark, d.c. or san francisco to show proof of a negative covid test taken within three days of departure. the move comes as a new highly contagious variant of the virus has run through the uk's, sara nelson, thanks so much for joining us. your ears may be burning from us talking about you a few moments ago, but first year rue action to this move by united? >> well, listen, we've got to have a full plan, and we've been asking for that since l.a. january. while everyone is trying to do everything they can to contain

the bank says until we received notice from sba the original ppp loan is given, they will not lose -- they will not use the money. here is how slowly they were working. this is a loan of $100,000. slow theymoved so needed pressure from us. we applied that pressure. to forgive iteeks $100,000 loan where the program was designed for to be forgiven. .his is a small hotel operation it took nine weeks and one day because the day we made the call the sba finally forgave the loan. this is one example out of hundreds or thousands. here is one from a lender. a lender says reaching out as, fyi, the fda has requested digital documentation on 5% of loans to $134,000. it is a waste of time. always does what bureaucracy's will do. this is very important to people -- they could've laid all these people off, they could've gotten a generous unemployment extension program. -- they extended the time, they asked for more documentation, they put demands for gold. the cost of complies $2000 for or just for borrower. my time is -- for borrowers. my time is up. we have to do better. sec. mnuchin: i agree we

sba grants, zero. covid research, nih, zero. broadband, zero. his bill had next to nothing in it, and he is saying that this bill is close to his bill. thank god it is not. thank god it is not. pelosi: what he did say, which is amusing, is it falls in the ballpark of what senate republicans have been proposing since the summer, i guess it was , falls in the ballpark. what ballpark is that? let me just say to the extent we can work in a bipartisan way, we are happy to do so. and as thede

sba grants, zero. covid research, nih, zero. broadband, zero. his bill had next to nothing in it, and he is saying that this bill is close to his bill. thank god it is not. thank god it is not. pelosi: what he did say, which is amusing, is it falls in the ballpark of what senate republicans have been proposing since the summer, i guess it was , falls in the ballpark. what ballpark is that? let me just say to the extent we can work in a bipartisan way, we are happy to do so. and as the leader said, this is a big bill, second only to the cares at, changing it from a corporate, trickle down bill to a people bubble up bill, because they still got their $150 billion for the wealthiest people in the america, but as we go forward on all of this, to avoid what they tried to do with rightsbility, the civil act, americans with disabilities act, fair labor practices act, osha, you name it. they were trying to prevent people from having any safety in the courts in many categories that had nothing to do with the coronavirus. oh, and i asked one of the republ

plump jack management group is operating within the federal guidelines created for covid-19 sba loan recipients. these funds are critical keeping the staff employed and continuing operations. any implication we have done anything outside of the guidelines or we have filed for forgiveness on the loan is irresponsible. >> if somebody ended up with close to a million dollars and had 14 employees, somehow the math just doesn't work. >> reporter: steve is an accountant and financial consultant that helped more than 200 businesses in san francisco apply for ppp loans. >> to be honest, the entire process was a mess unless you were able to either figure it out yourself or get professional help. the little guy, mom and pops were completely passed over. >> reporter: we made a third attempt to reach the governor again today but have yet to hear back. for a full look at our team's analysis, we posted interactive graphs on our website. for the i-team, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> let's bring in for the discussion now contributor and chronicle insider phil ma teaep. we have a lot of questions.

i personally think i loans out of the sba are more effective. one of the problems with the main street facility was that a lot of those small companies are doing well, had access to banks, and the companies that did not fit the program -- again, it was not a judgment on my part. it was merely following what the law prescribes. knowsinema: secretary, i cortez masto asked to see the reasoning for your decision to end. i would like to see that as well. we have known about some concerns around the main street lending facility for months. in her last time together, i limited the fact i believe treasury and fed jointly -- stringently and many businesses and arizona were unable to take advantage. i would like to read rate that i believe the program should be continued and expanded for the facility and the term sheets should be changed so can help or businesses. chairman powell, i've seen your take on this and i know you and secretary mnuchin don't agree on the extension of the main street lending facility. do you think households and businesses will ri

paycheck away from >>the director of rising rhythm in the city's excelsior district plans to apply for an sbaoan as the pandemic has pushed her dance company to the brink i reached out to make community to help me pay my rent. >>you know imagine how that feels you know as an adult as a as a business owner someone who's trying to do that for the community not being able to anyone having the community, help me pay my rent. you know. >>it's a little hard that dancer choreographer says that this stimulus money is a move in the right direction. but says more support is needed to help arts and cultural ronprofits repair the staggering damage done by this pandemic maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>all right time for look at the forecast dry right now would did get more rain now check in with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow to fill us in hearts. storm system kind of skim through the bay area today we saw some leftover remnants of the showers moving on through right now not a bad side outside around most of our skies. wsil some partly cloudy skies out there was some of that moisture on the ground and w

organizations, the director of rising rhythm in the city's excelsior district plans to apply for an sba loan as the pandemic has pushed her dance company to the brink i reached out to make community to help me pay my rent. >>you know imagine how that feels you know as an adult as a as a business owner someone who's trying to do that for the community not being able to anyone having the community help me pay my rent. you know. it's a little hard that dancer choreographer says that this stimulus money is a move in the right direction. >>but says more support is needed to help arts and cultural nonprofits repair the staggering damage done by this pandemic maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 6 we're going to talk live with political science lecturer. donna crane on things like when people might get their relief checks and the ongoing friction between the president and some republicans what that could mean for the party. take a live look at the golden gate bridge looks fairly nice out there after a rainy christmas weekend and apparently more rain ahead, you k

. >> new data released by the sba and analyzed by abc 7 news indicates plump jack businesses including wineries, bars, and restaurants eight of which are partially owned by governor newsom received nearly $3 million in ppp loans. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. we want to remind those of you joining us in 2018 newsom placed the ownership interest of the plump jack group into a blind trust. this means he would have no knowledge or role in the company's business decisions made during his time in office. >> we heard from many of you who are small business owners that struggle to get access to the ppp money. >> yeah, abc 7 news i-team reporter recei eer stephanie sia gives us a closer look at who had the resources to put forth the best loan of case and

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>>dear plans to apply for an sba loans as the pandemic has brought her dance studio to the brink i reached to make community to help me pay my rent. you know imagine how that feels you know as an adult as a as a business owner someone who's trying to do that for the community not being able to anyone having the community help me pay my rent. you know. it's a little hard you. >>dancer choreographer believes that this funding talked into the stimulus package is a step in the right direction. but she says not profits like have really been devastated by this pandemic and she believes that more work needs to help them save reporting from san francisco, i'm morning kelly from 40 morning, thank you for that. coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 5 we'll be speaking with a morgan stanley financial adviser on the much needed stimulus checks. >>on the way that's now on the way to millions of americans and what americans should be spending the money on. still ahead researchers in london looking into a new coronavirus treatment that would help people right after exposure how it would work and how soon r

are they galvanized by some of the 2020 trends we're seeing here why this sbas in particular? >> i think there are a lot of tail winds if you really think about what's happened with the pandemic, it's taken all of these tech friend and just accelerated them. if you look more health care and interactions that are -- and rightfully people don't want to sit in a doctor's office a lot of this can be done with a camera that's on every single person's smartphone and you don't need to go to the doctor in order to get a prescription i think there's a lot of great innovation happening there the pandemic has helped from a regulatory perspective, as states have become more interested in helping companies, you know, provide virtual and i think these are all good trend accelerated by the pandemic. >> i'm also wondering if this is a moment for a lot of these percolating technologies to really go mainstream, partner with larger providers and that sort of thing. let's talk space because spacex is one of your biggest companies. >> we've been involved with the company since 2008 it's kind of am

and is there ppp or is the sba out there again for us because we are a substantial business.ng is up in the air. i feel so bad for all of these small businesses. a lot of them -- a lot of my friends have just given up and walked away. >> it is a tough situation, isn't it? because covid hospitalizations, cases and deaths across california are at record levels and surging. so clearly something needs to be done or health care professionals there are going to be completely overwhelmed. so what do you think the state's governor and other leaders should be doing to deal with this pandemic? what other options do you see apart from these stay-at-home orders? >> well, believe me, i'm very -- i'm in the health business so, yes, i feel for all of these health care workers. you know, i think the mandate on, you know, masks at all times, it's a hard thing to navigate. at our facility, it is -- you come in with a mask or you don't work out. we've really stuck to that because i do believe the science that's been out there from the beginning, from march. now as far as the states, they're try

other major appointments to come, cia director, secretary of commerce, secretary of labor, and sba administrator. now, as biden was leaving his speech here in wilmington, he was asked whether he supports the $2,000 in direct payments for covid-19 relief, and he said, yes, that he does. as for tuesday, he is going to be giving a speech about covid-19 as experts are worried that cases are going to spike across the country after the holidays. mj lee, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >>> joining me now with a perspective is judy norman, lecturer at university of college london. it was great to get you on the show. let's start with a multibillion dollar highly bipartisan bill. the house of representatives made themselves heard. now it goes to the senate. here the republicans must be forced to choose between the loyalty of the president, and the legislation that sets the defense policy for the country. how do you see it playing out? >> well, isa, this is a bill that has passed annually for the last 60 years. it's a very important bill for raising the salary for service members, for funding overseas operatio

the maximum single amount distributed under the sba program given to about 5,000 companies nationwideunt given -- $1. >> this gives us more detail on exactly how much each company got. >> reporter: mark goldwine is senior president. >> we weren't trying to pick winners and losers based on what are best for the economy. >> reporter: the recipients fell into construction companies, medical practices, and restaurants. restaurant chains such as black angus steakhouses, lazy dog restaurants, rubio's restaurants and kings seafood here in california all got the $10 million maximum ppp loan. >> it shouldn't be a surprise that restaurants were a big recipient. there are tons that are independently owned and they're the most affected. >> reporter: the san francisco opera association also got a loan, california's academy of sciences and the san francisco symphony as well as the city's ballet association and golden gate university and the museum of modern art. >> we can argue if it's right, whether we should have been having such a universal reach, but this was the goal of the program as it was s

one is the sba runs a program called score, which i've spoken about before, which is a free mentorshiprogram for small businesses. they have outlets all across the country. of course now you're going to have to call, you are not going to be able to walk into an office and wait for someone to get back to you. so i would recommend that. i would also recommend if you don't have a relationship with a banker, think about getting one of these loans through a paypal or a square or cabbage. they made a lot of loans last night around, you fill it out online, it is not that hard. i know it's not what business owners want to be doing, but you will be surprised when you look at the application, it's not as bad as you think. >> kim, you always have great specific useful advice for our viewers. many of whom are small business owners, many of whom work for small businesses and many of whom as we discussed last week want to go out and support small businesses, which i've taken that guidance. i have decided that i don't need everything shipped to me tomorrow, i will go, i will find t i will take longer

other major appointments still to come, cia director, secretary of commerce, secretary of labor, and sba administrator. now, as biden was leading that speech earlier today, he was asked whether he supports $2,000 in direct payments for covid-19 relief. he did say yes, he does support those payments. he also is going to be giving a speech in wilmington tomorrow on covid-19, this of course as there are real concerns about spikes in covid-19 cases across the country after the holidays. jarring to see biden predicting before the christmas holidays he thinks the darkest days may be ahead of us when it comes to the virus, jim? >> mj, thank you very much for that. bring back kaitlan collins, phil mattingly, along with david gergen. david, president trump threw a wrench into critical pieces of legislation, now some republicans are on the record voting against bigger stimulus checks. and i suppose some of the republicans will be on the record voting against a defense bill that phil mentioned earlier typically passes every year without controversy or much controversy at all. what do you make of th

i'm happy to hear about keisha lance bottoms potentially for the sba but we have to hear about theseions and soon. >> you make a great point. but there's also an interesting moment i wanted to ask you about when jake asked joe biden about the inauguration. the issues you're talking about are much bigger than this, but it is interesting how joe biden answered this question because he was asked about the fact that president trump hasn't yet said if he'll attend. listen. >> do you think it's important that he's there? you're laughing. >> i think it would -- important only in one sense. not in a personal sense. important in a sense that we are able to demonstrate at the end of this chaos that he's created that there is peaceful transfer of power with the competing parties standing there, shaking hands and moving on. >> do you think it's important for donald trump to be there? >>, you know, it's -- can any of us get to this question without laughing? >> why are you laughing about it? >> because i was watching kamala's face and she's trying to hold it together and then joe biden is just --

i was able to get an sba loan, but it granted me half of what was possible.oyment is helpful but it is not enough to survive on and it is going to be running out in a couple of weeks. joe biden will help but what about until then. life will be a little bit back to normal in six months or so. what do people who are talking about a couple of hundred dollars a month do? >> i want to encourage not to think of yourself as an artist but instead think of yourself as a problem solver. what problems can you solve right now. when you were playing in venues, you were drawing in crowds for the business owner. you were solving the problem of atmosphere for the people who were there. what problems can you solve now? i want to give you a story of somebody in your field who i think did it well. meg o'hara used to do landscape paintings for ski resorts. it was going well until ski resorts had to close in the beginning of the pandemic and she lost all of her business. she thought, i met all of these skiers at these resorts, they would like services at home. she contacted them

organizations, the director of rising rhythm in the city's excelsior district plans to apply for an sba loan as the pandemic has pushed her dance company to the brink i reached out to make community to help me pay my rent. >>you know imagine how that feels you know as an adult as a as a business owner someone who's trying to do that for the community not being able to anyone having the community help me pay my rent. you know. it's a little hard that dancer choreographer says that this stimulus money is a move in the right direction. >>but says more support is needed to help arts and cultural nonprofits repair the staggering damage done by this pandemic maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>8.11 and today a free pop up covid testing site opens in palo alto it starts at 10:00am and it's in the parking lot of the mitchell park library on middlefield road open until 4 o'clock. and this is going to be the case every tuesday it's the self administered type of test and you don't need insurance but you do need to sign up for an appointment. so do that if you're interested in getting a covid test. drugma

according to the sba churches that can prove an economic need due to a direct impact from covid-19 can qualify for ppp loans. >> there are loans related to keep, you know, the economy going to be able to help it recover and help churches be able to keep employees on payroll. >> reporter: to churches not abiding by the rules? >> that's outside my scope to comment on that. >> reporter: abc 7 reached out to cavalry chapel four times over the past four days for comment and further clarification on how the more than $340,000 loan was spent. we specifically asked how many employees were retained but we were told over the phone our finance staff is unavailable until january 5th. >> when there is that lost revenue whether it came from the families that attended the church services or any of the type of revenues they had, there is a need to be able to keep employees on payroll. >> the pastor had that need for his employees at cavalry united methodist church in san jose. he received close to a $28,000 ppp loan to retain four people but it wasn't enough. >> so we had to default for three steps so

but the sba, the small business administration, the inspector general there said look, you know, thisnewsom's in particular, the overall program there was plenty of opportunity the inspector said for fraud and abuse because so much money went out so quickly, safeguards around it and requirements of businesses to file detailed information was really so restricted. the intent was to get money out quickly. therefore lots ever money went out. some of it went to the wrong places. connell: more broadly on newsom and his handling of the pandemic, early on there was praise specially from health experts in california, the way it was handling thing. they closed down early the numbers were not so high compared to other states. the numbers as we said have certainly started to go up. but the restrictions have come back. now there is a point we're at real pandemic fatigue not only in california but around the country and businesses many are on the verge. many shut down. some won't be able to open again. what the frustration is, that people will tell you that they don't, nobody's really found the ri

you mentioned there's four other slots to fill that includes cia director, commerce, labor and sba.to be filled in the 29 days before we get to his inauguration. then there's the question of getting through the confirmation votes and the hearings which will take its own time as well. we're expecting this to come to a head in early january. >> all right. sounds like joe biden has his work cut out for him. thank you very much, jessica. >>> someone else having a quiet christmas at home, america's favorite infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci. up next, what he's doing this year that he hasn't done in nearly 40 years. bundle auto and home, and save up to 25% with allstate. bundling just feels good this time of year. saving is easy when you're in good hands. call a local agent, or 1-800-allstate for a quote today. call a local agent, or 1-800-allstate how much you want for her? this child is not for sale. you can't have her! johanna! she ain't worth dying for. i'm taking her home. turning to our health lead, the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci turns 80 to

the maximum single amount distributed under the sba program given to about 5,000 companies nationwide. the smallest amount given, $1. >> what this tells us is a little more detail on exactly how much each company got. >> reporter: mark goldwine is senior vice president of policy at the committee for a responsible federal budget or cfrb, based in washington, d.c. >> we weren't trying to pick winners and losers based on which industries are best for the economy or most important for the recovery. >> reporter: the for the most part, the recipients fell into a few specific categories, construction companies, medical practices and restaurants. restaurant chains such as black angus steakhouses, lazy dog restaurants, rubio's restaurants and king's seafood here in california all got the $10 million maximum ppp loan. >> it shouldn't be a surprise to us that restaurants were a big recipient. for two reasons. first of all, there are tons and tons of restaurants that are independently owned. but secondly, they've been the most affected. >> reporter: local art institutions and universities also go

idle loans out of the sba are effective. a lot of small companies doing well have access to banks, they don't fit the program, it was merely following what the law prescribes. >> senator cortez masto asked to see the legal reasoning, i would like to see that as well. the main street lending facilities, and jointly set these terms too stringently. i would like to reiterate, and the term sheet should be changed to help more businesses in need. i've seen your take on this and i know un secretary mnuchin don't agree on extension of the lending facilities. do you think they will risk borrowing costs because of the end of the main street lending facility? >> it is more complicated than that. soul authority over the cares act, and that they designed together. the secretary made that, they accept the reading of the law. our point, other central banker would tell you it is premature, he did indicate in the letter that we establish facilities or institute new facilities provided legal requirements are met. i hope that is responsive to

sba mention the tweets are complementary in his leaving. >> ben: i think that factored in and i think more important than election results were fraud in that type of thing. i think the president really does believe that bill barr should have stepped forward and said something about it. one thing we know and we said about barr when named in the first place he is an institutionalist. he values these things which are important in terms of norms and expectations of his role. that puts him at odds with the president. it would be nice to see the situation not be something that would bubble up right before the end of the trump administration. but i do think barr was someone essential to the president and honestly gave him a fair shot at winning this election in a lot of ways that would not have been the case had he not been in that role prior. >> bret: mara, looking back a little bit further december 3rd, the president has asked about the attorney general's comments about not seeing widespread voter fraud. take a listen. >> mr. president, can i ask you to respond to the comments by your atto

. >> reporter: cantu says that's part of the sba's rules changing so frequently. he found it hard to keep up. >> so whether the ppp will be forgivable or not will be the final thing. we'll see. i'm not sure if it will be or not. we have an accountant and he obviously helped us through the application. it was definitely a scary process. >> reporter: teresa passion agrees but like some other family-owned small businesses, she didn't have access to financial help. >> it was very intimidating, the application process. anything you fill out wrong and you sign on the dotted line, you know, you're liable for. >> reporter: laurie aaronson is a financial consult staant. >> clearly, those who had established banking relationships with banks that chose to participate at least in the early stages, those that had access to financial advisors, accountants, attorneys to make sense of the application received the loans. >> reporter: from your perspective, what needs to change to make access? >> i think they level the playing fields a lot in the late stage of the ppp. >> reporter:

organizations, the director of rising rhythm in the city's excelsior district plans to apply for an sba loan as the pandemic has pushed her dance company to the brink i reached out to make community to help me pay my rent. >>you know imagine how that feels you know as an adult as a as a business owner someone who's trying to do that for the community not being able to anyone having the community, help me pay my rent. you know. it's a little hard that dancer choreographer says that this stimulus money is a move in the right direction. >>but says more support is needed to help arts and cultural nonprofits repair the staggering damage done by this pandemic maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>happening today, a free pop up covid testing site is opening in palo alto at 10 o'clock this morning into the parking lot of the mitchell park library that's on middlefield road and it's open from 10 to 4 on tuesdays this test are self administer is administered you don't need insurance. but you are asked making appointments you got to go online and set that up every tuesday starting today. drugmaker astrazen

we had to create a program with sba from scratch. we had to do payroll support loans. we prioritized the aviation industry over national security. again given the number of jobs that were in the aviation industry so have we have more resources a lot of the people in treasury couldn'te come in. so yes, i feel badly that it took us this long as it did. but we executed a lot of programs in record time and obviously as it related to the national security, once we got to national security we prioritized over thethernes. >> the gao specifically notes you approved the loan while your ternal program guidance was still in draft form subject to change and your incremental approach to finalizing the rules may have weakened the consistency which the treasury refused the appcations so did you use the same alication review pcess and criteria for these other loanshat you applied? >> i would say we are happy to responin writing to the issue and we will copy you on that. >> thank you mr. secretary. >> thank you, commissioner. representative hill. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to r

i'm especially pleased that this bill will provide money for bars and restaurants and $15 billion in sba grants for theater operators and small venue owners through the save our stages act. these venues are so important to my state and many states across the country they are the lifeblood of our communities. they were first to close and will be the last to open. the bill gives them a fighting chance. and of course today's agreement will give a major boost to our battle against the disease itself. there will be more than $30 billion to support the procurement and distribution of the coronavirus vaccine ensuring it is free and rapidly distributed to everyone. today's agreement includes this and more. support for child care, food assistance, agricultural relief, the postal service, and funding to help families gain access to broadband. so the american people have a great deal to celebrate in this legislation but of course the agreement we reached is far from perfect. it leaves out state and local assistance, direct state and local assistance. despite desperate pleas from governors, mayors,

sba data indicates french laundry received two loans. the first for more than 2$2.2 million to retain 163 employees. the second loan was for more than $194,000 to retain five that is more than six times what the average full-service bay area restaurant retaining five employees received. french laundry is one of at least seven bay area restaurants with two or three michelin stars that also received ppp loans. california says one of them received a $214,000 loan to retain 14 people, mainly management. >> still trying to figure out how to spend it correctly, which is cloudy. whether the ppp will be forgivable or not will be the final thing we'll see. i'm not sure if it will be or not. >> the abc7 i-team reached out to french laundry for comment and to confirm how many employees the company was able to keep on payroll for each loan. for the full story go to our website and click i-team. >>> five weeks from today president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris will take office. this morning harris spoke exclusively with robin

organizations, the director of rising rhythm in the city's excelsior district plans to apply for an sba loan as the pandemic has pushed her dance company to the brink i reached out to make community to help me pay my rent. >>you know imagine how that feels you know as an adult as a as a business owner someone who's trying to do that for the community not being able to anyone having the community help me pay my rent. you know. it's a little hard that dancer choreographer says that this stimulus money is a move in the right direction. >>but says more support is needed to help arts and cultural nonprofits repair the staggering damage done by this pandemic maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>california recorded more than 33,000 new cases of coronavirus on sunday. the total number of people in hospital is now close to 20,000 for the bay area region roughly 9% of icu beds are available there are no icu beds available in the san joaquin valley and southern california regions. officials will announce tomorrow if those regions need to extend their stay at home orders. >>tonight people struggling with h

sba data indicates french laundry received two loans.st for more than $2.2 million to retain 163 employees. the second loan was for more than $194,000 to retain five employees. that is more than six times what the average full-service bay area restaurant retaining five employees received. french laundry is one of at least seven bay area restaurants with two or three michelin stars that also received ppp loans. california says one of them received a $214,000 loan to retain 14 people, mainly management. >> still trying to figure out how to spend it correctly, which has been and continues to be cloudy. whether the ppp will be forgivable or not will be the final thing we'll see. i'm not sure if it will be or not. >> the abc7 i-team reached out to french laundry for comment and to confirm how many employees the company was able to keep on payroll for each loan. we have yet to hear back. for the full story go to our website and click i-team. >>> five weeks from today president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris will take of

i am optimistic that the sba will yet authorize vaccines -- fda will authorize vaccines within the nexteveral weeks and distribution will begin. once the vaccines are authorized, it will be a critical new tool to bring to the pandemic. that thissay agency stand stronger behind the efforts of mitigation, wearing a mask, watching social distancing and washing our hands and being smart about crowds. mr. president, i personally want to thank you for your leadership as the head of the white house coronavirus task force. your leadership really has brought, as you said before, not just in all of government response, but all of the nation responses pandemic and it's been remarkable. it's been a personal honor for me to have you here at cdc. i now would like to turn the floor over to you, sir. cdc dir. redfield: it's been a personal honor for me to have you here at cdc. i will now would like to turn the floor over to you, sir. vp pence: well, thank you very much, dr. redfield and dr. wolfe and dr. messonnier, and then all the members of the cdc team. it's my honor to be here with you. first and

and $15 billion in sba grants for theater operators and small venue owners through the save our stages act. these venues are so important to my state and many states across the country. they're the lifeblood of our communities. they were first to close and will be the last to open. the bill gives them a fighting chance. and of course, today's agreement will give a major boost to our battle against the disease itself. there will be more than $30 billion to support the procurement and distribution of the coronavirus vaccine, ensuring its free and rapidly distributed to everyone. today's agreement includes this and all more, support for child care, food assistance, agricultural relief, the postal service, and funding to help families gain access to broadband. so, the american people have a great deal to celebrate in this legislation. but of course, the agreement we've reached is far from perfect. it leaves out state and local assistance, direct state and local assistance. despite desperate pleas from governors, mayors, economists across the spectrum, republicans stubbornly refuse to provi

business person, and you just barely get by, and you really fear that you're not going to get that sbaoan and you weren't able to get the ppp loans which we hoped to get extended, when congress finally acts to extend the ppe loan, that's why we created this california rebuilding fund, the first loss program and first loss named leverages additional private sector money but we are trying to get $125 million of low interest loans out to those of you that may fall through the cracks. these are loans up to 100,000 dollars. not insignificant. covid-19.ca.gov website to learn more about how to take advantage of that and i will close on the business front. to remind everybody that we are just getting started in terms of the business relief and business support. we are looking across sectors particularly those sectors being disproportionately impacted by the stay at home order and by subsequent tiered guidelines, and impacts based upon our four tiered status which is well define in the state. we recognize over the last number of months the limitation and capacity of limitations in terms of doi

money, you probably wouldn't qualify for the ppp as well because i think both are going through the sbaure that we'll get both, but certainly those venues that wouldn't qualify for this -- for the s.o.s. money would qualify probably for another round of ppp >> yeah. i'm also curious because you guys have had a success in getting this direct relief in the bill what do you think about the restaurant industry, which is not seeing its similar kind of measure move forward they obviously will be able to tap ppp, but you think if anybody's an obvious candidate for targeted relief they would be one of them what was your experience like? >> yeah, i mean, we were surprised. we thought that we would be all part of this bill. and certainly we've been helping each other, all relying on each other, right we all feed the economies. i think the restaurants have been incredibly helpful to us to be advocating at least in red bank how important it is that the count basie's open again, to thrive with businesses in our community. and we'll continue to be helpful to the restaurants i mean, we're looking into

centers have all the information and access to get more information, so you can get that support from the sba, and as you may recall, we were the first state to get these loans. california was the first to get these disaster loans, and you can see we have already drawn down. 549,000 have received some. $34 billion has been received. over 800,000 businesses have taken advantage. if you have not, please learn more about it. go to covid19.ca.gov. another program that is so essential, so fundamental is the ppp program. $68 billion, almost $69 billion, has been drawn down. thousands of businesses have taken advantage of it. the leveraging of those federal programs, we have been able to draw down in the state of california over $100 billion since the beginning of this pandemic. i recognize it is not even close to enough. i recognize this as a small business owner in the restaurant and hotel businesses. i started in retail out of college, a part-time employee. my passion for entrepreneurialism and also my empathy for the stress and travails of small businesses and what you are facing in the next few