CAMEO Blog

Our latest blog posts on micro-business.

Reflecting on CAMEO’s Commitment to the National CDFI Academy One Year Later September 15, 2023
CAMEO formally launched its National CDFI Academy during the CGI Annual Convening in New York in September 2022.
2023 Bay Area Member Meeting Recap September 13, 2023
On Friday, September 8, 2023, we held our Bay Area Member Meeting at the Google Community Space in downtown San Francisco. It was great to see so many of our ...
CalSavers Update – August 2023 August 23, 2023
Twenty percent of California workers need access to a retirement plan. Workers without a retirement plan will cost California $63 billion between 2021 -2040 if nothing is done to offer ...
Small Business Investments Hold Steady in California’s Budget July 6, 2023
By Addison Peterson, CAMEO’s Policy Specialist. The California FY 2023-24 budget was finally finalized – several weeks late. This year included steep cuts overall, but small business programs saw a stable ...
Federal Trade Commission’s Efforts to Keep Small Businesses Safe and Solvent June 28, 2023
Last week, Public Private Strategies Institute (co-sponsored by CAMEO and other small business partners) hosted Lina Kahn, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to discuss how the agency is ...
The First CAMEO Summit: A Sign of Great Things to Come June 15, 2023
The 2023 CAMEO Summit (our very first one!) was a resounding success – all thanks to our attendees, sponsors, volunteers, and of course, staff. We are incredibly grateful to everyone ...
Community Economic Resilience Fund Awards $19.6 million to CAMEO Members May 25, 2023
Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced $39 million in state funding through the Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF). The Fund, a cross-agency project administered by the Governor’s Office of Planning ...
Governor’s Budget – May Revise May 17, 2023
Last Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom released a revised version of his 2023-24 state budget. While there are some proposed increases to several small business programs, the proposed cuts to other ...
SBA Issues Final Rules for Business Lending Programs April 20, 2023
SBA released a final regulation to streamline and modernize 7(a) and 504 loan program regulations regarding partial changes of ownership, lending criteria, hazard insurance requirements, reconsiderations and affiliation standards. In releasing the ...
CAMEO Member CDFIs Receive Millions in Grants through Equitable Recovery Program April 12, 2023
On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris and the Treasury Department announced that the CDFI Fund has awarded over $1.73 billion in grants to 603 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) through ...