Orange County Politicians Pushing for $2.6 Billion in Small Business, Nonprofit, Aid

A pedestrian walks past a closed Artisan House restaurant in Los Angeles, Calif., on May 7, 2020. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

IRVINE, Cali.—Local politicians are among those lobbying for the distribution of $2.6 billion in grants to pandemic-affected small businesses and nonprofit organizations through the Keep California Working Act.

The bill would establish the Keep California Working Grant Program and see the state earmark 10 percent of its projected surplus to California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate.