Billing Code 8026-09
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration # 20953 and # 20954; CALIFORNIA Disaster Number CA-20030]
Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of CALIFORNIA
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of CALIFORNIA (FEMA – 4856-DR),
dated January 8, 2025.
Incident: Wildfires and Straight-line Winds.
DATES: Issued on January 8, 2025.
Incident Period: January 7, 2025and continuing.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: March 10, 2025.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: October 8, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to apply for a disaster assistance loan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small Business
Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6734.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President's major disaster declaration on
January 8, 2025, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal https://lending.sba.gov or
other locally announced locations. Please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at
disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by phone at 1-800-659-2955 for further assistance.
The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:
Primary Counties (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans):
Los Angeles
Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):
CALIFORNIA
Kern, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura
The Interest Rates are:
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere 5.125
Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere 2.563
Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere 8.000
Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere 4.000
Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere 3.625
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere 3.625
For Economic Injury:
Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere 4.000
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere 3.625
The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 209535 and for economic injury is 209540.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
Signed – Rafaela Monchek
Rafaela Monchek
Deputy Associate Administrator
Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience