LA County urges business owners to file claims now for damages sustained during recent protests, looting
Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday, June 2020 - A jewelry business on Seventh St. was struck by vandals during days of demonstrations downtown over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management on Monday urged business owners who sustained losses during recent protests and looting to register claims online.
"Disaster recovery is a multi-layered process, but all efforts always start with clearly capturing the extent of damages and losses suffered in our county," said OEM Director Kevin McGowan.
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"We've developed a short online survey tool that both gathers that information and helps us create a registry of business owners so that we can directly communicate with them as future disaster aid resources become available."
The online survey is available at bit.ly/SBApdpda and asks owners to identify the business and provide a short description of damages suffered and photos to document those damages.
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Business owners who do not have online access, have limited computer proficiency, or speak languages other than English can call the county's Disaster Help Center at 833-238-4450 and speak with a multilingual business counselor on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m.
More information about disaster recovery resources and support is available at lacountyhelpcenter.org/for-business-owners.