Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, talks with Haley Solar, left, owner of Haley Solar women’s apparel store in Eagle Rock, Friday, Aug 4, 2023. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, and Congressman Jimmy Gomez, U.S. Representative talk with Haley Solar, owner of Haley Solar women’s apparel store in Eagle Rock, Friday, Aug 4, 2023. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, and Congressman Jimmy Gomez, U.S. Representative look at merchandise at Haley Solar women’s apparel store in Eagle Rock, Friday, Aug 4, 2023. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, looks at merchandise at Haley Solar women’s apparel store in Eagle Rock, Friday, Aug 4, 2023. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, shakes hands with Haley Solar, right, owner of Haley Solar women’s apparel store in Eagle Rock, Friday, Aug 4, 2023. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, talks with Haley Solar, left, owner of Haley Solar women’s apparel store in Eagle Rock, Friday, Aug 4, 2023. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, second from right, Congressman Jimmy Gomez, U.S. Representative, left, and Sarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor, right, talk with Haley Solar, owner of Haley Solar women’s apparel store in Eagle Rock, Friday, Aug 4, 2023. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, second from left, Sarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor, second from right, and Congressman Jimmy Gomez, U.S. Representative, right, talk with Haley Solar, left, owner of Haley Solar women’s apparel store in Eagle Rock, Friday, Aug 4, 2023. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman made a whirlwind series of appearances on Friday, Aug. 4, highlighting opportunities available to small businesses from the federal government.
Traveling around the city with Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, Guzman met with local entrepreneurs, declaring a “historic small business boom, with 12.2 million new small business applications nationwide since the President (Joe Biden) took office, including 1.2 million in California alone,” according to a media statement.
Starting the day was roundtable discussion in downtown L.A. about “uplifiting Latino entrepreneurs,” followed by visits to several businesses.
Stops on the tour included a restaurant in Koreatown, a martial arts academy in the Mid-Wilshire area and a clothing store and bike shop in Eagle Rock.
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