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There is no need to leave home and make a trip to the Post Office. Most tasks can be done from the convenience and safety of your home with or without a computer.
Need stamps? Go to the Postal Store on www.usps.com and select different stamp denominations and designs to suit your needs and preference. USPS will deliver them right to your home.
No computer? No problem! Ask your local Post Office or carrier to bring you a Stamps by Mail order form, fill it out, write a check, and leave it for your carrier to pick up. Again, USPS will deliver your stamps conveniently to your home.
Do you need to send a package? You can order free Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express boxes, or other package supplies on our retail site at www.usps.com and get them delivered right to your address.
And with Click-N-Ship on www.usps.com shipping is even easier, simply print a mailing label with the appropriate postage right from your computer.
Need that package picked-up? Go to www.usps.com and schedule a free carrier pick-up. In your request, let your local Post Office know where they can find the package or packages and the carrier will retrieve them when he or she delivers your mail.
Want to know what’s coming in the mail? The USPS has the answer with a free service. Sign up for Informed Delivery and you will be emailed grayscale photos daily of each letter-sized piece of mail intended for delivery to your mailbox. If you’re expecting a stimulus check or anything important, that is your cue to put a wiggle in it and make haste to your mailbox to get it.
Consumers who live in an apartment complex or a community with cluster mailboxes will find Informed Delivery particularly helpful now when we are practicing social distancing. By seeing the images of your mail, consumers can determine the urgency to go out and retrieve it.
Once you sign up, it typically takes about three business days to start receiving those notification emails. Not every address is eligible for Informed Delivery. You can quickly find out if yours is by typing in your address here.
The most effective social distancing is to skip the trip to the Post Office as much as you can.
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On EPIMS, applicants can apply for a lake and streambed alteration agreement or written verification that one is not needed, calculate fees, track progress and communicate with staff.
CDFW is incorporating best practices to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19.
In order to minimize disruption to those seeking a state license from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, CDFW is encouraging commercial cannabis cultivators to submit paperwork through its EPIMS portal. Submitting hard copy paperwork could result in a delay of a proposed project.
To start, click here: https://epims.wildlife.ca.gov/index.do .
EPIMS questions? Email
Those seeking more information about current regulatory requirements can view presentations from a recent online permitting workshop at www.wildlife.ca.gov/cannabispermitting .
To learn more about CDFW’s role in cannabis cultivation, please visit wildlife.ca.gov/cannabis or email
Additional details on regulatory compliance can be found at https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/18/state-regulators-focus-on-compliance-with-commercial-cannabis-cultivation/ .
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- Written by: Lake County News Reports
Beginning on Friday, California small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis can apply for a loan from the federal government for up to $10 million.
Importantly, the program is first-come, first-serve and the governor encourages all eligible California small businesses to contact their lender to learn more.
On Thursday, the governor also announced that the state is allocating $50 million to the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank for loan guarantees to small businesses to help eliminate barriers to capital for individuals who do not qualify for federal funds, including low wealth and undocumented immigrant communities.
The state is also allowing small businesses to defer payment of sales and use taxes of up to $50,000, for up to 12 months.
Additionally, the governor joined Bitwise Industries and the Kapor Center to launch www.OnwardCa.org , a new platform connecting displaced California workers with more than 70,000 job opportunities in critical industries.
Earlier this week, Gov. Newsom signed an executive order to help small businesses, granting a 90-day extension for small businesses to pay sales taxes.
Gov. Newsom also on Thursday announced $17.8 million in new state initiatives to support California workers impacted by COVID-19.
The allocation will come from Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds with $7.8 million going to the Los Angeles region and $10 million made available statewide.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is having cascading effects for millions of California families and small businesses,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom. “Through no fault of their own, more than a million Californians have lost a job and countless more are seeing their businesses fail. California will emerge from this crisis stronger than before, and until then, the state will work overtime with the federal government and private sector to get families the help they need.”
For more information, go to www.covid-19.ca.gov .
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After hearing that some businesses that had purchased this insurance were getting denied, Thompson and the other signers wrote the below letter to help the businesses get these claims filled so they can remain solvent throughout closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The letter was signed by Representatives Ken Calvert (CA-42), Anna Eshoo (CA-18), Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Grace F. Napolitano (CA-32), Mike Thompson (CA-05), Adam B. Schiff (CA-28), Jim Costa (CA-16), Doris Matsui (CA-06), Jerry McNerney (CA-09), Jackie, Speier (CA-14), Tom McClintock (CA-04), Judy Chu (CA-27), Ami Bera (CA-07), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Tony Cardenas (CA-29), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36), Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Ted W. Lieu (CA-33), Norma J. Torres (CA-35), Nanette Diaz Barragan (CA-44), J. Luis Correa (CA-46), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Gilbert R. Cisneros, JR. (CA-39), TJ Cox (CA-21), Josh Harder (CA-10), Mike Levin (CA-49), Katie Porter (CA-45) and a copy is attached.
March 31, 2020
Commissioner Ricardo Lara
Insurance Commissioner
300 Capitol Mall, 17th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear Commissioner Lara:
We urge you to exercise all authority to ensure the insurance companies comply with their business interruption policies. During this crisis, we must do everything possible to mitigate the devastating impact on small businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As you know, many businesses have in good faith purchased and paid for business interruption insurance to cover the loss of business income sustained due to a necessary suspension of the business operations. However some insurers are choosing to deny these business interruption claims and not uphold their responsibility to help cover these insured losses. Without immediate action to address the denial of business interruption insurance claims, many businesses like our local restaurants, hotels, bars, small tourist shops and countless other businesses that are staples of our local communities will simply never resume service. California in particular has been battered year after year by earthquakes and fires and small businesses have not fully recovered from those previous disasters.
The coronavirus poses significant challenges to many small businesses and we are urging you to exercise all authority to have insurance companies comply with their business interruption insurance to cover losses caused by a California statewide business shutdown ordered to prevent the spread of coronavirus. During this crisis, we must do what it takes to work together to help our small businesses survive and recover. We appreciate your strong support to help California small business owners remain solvent during the coronavirus pandemic and keep employees on payroll until things stabilize.
Thank you for your leadership attention to this urgent matter. We look forward to working with you until this crisis is resolved.