The City of Solana Beach invites eligible small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to apply for a Small Business Financial Assistance Grant. Grants will range from $2,000 to $4,000, depending on the amount of eligible applications received. Eligible businesses include those that meet the following criteria:

  • Have 20 or fewer employees;
  • Have a valid 2019 City of Solana Beach Business Certificate;
  • Were ordered to close or substantially reduce services per applicable health orders; and
  • Have a "brick-and-mortar" storefront or a customer-serving premise located in the City of Solana Beach.
 
Eligible businesses include restaurants, retail, and salons among others. Businesses whose operations were not directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are ineligible. For example, office-based businesses for which teleworking was/is a practical alternative are not eligible. The application should be submitted online using the following link: Small Business Grant Application or click on the button below. 

Applications will be accepted until 4:30 PM, Friday, July 17, 2020. Since the selection process will NOT be conducted on a first-come-first-served basis, applications submitted early will not benefit over those received later during the application window. Rather, applications will be ranked on various preference criteria such as whether or not the business was able to receive other financial assistance to date. Funds may be used to support general operations or to cover expenditures intended to help the business comply with public health orders.

The City has a total of $200,000 available for this program. The program is funded by an allocation of Federal CARES Act funding, through the County of San Diego, to provide some recovery of costs and loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All applications submitted will be maintained on file and reviewed again should additional funding for this program be made available. 

Please contact Rimga Viskanta, Senior Management Analyst, via email rviskanta@cosb.org if you need additional information. The grant application should be submitted online via the link below. However, if submitting online is not possible, please contact Rimga Viskanta at the email address above to make alternate plans.