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Business Resources \| California Sources	California Office of Small Business California Trade & Commerce Agency 801 K Street, Suite 1700, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 324.1295 Office of Small Business (916) 322.5790 Small Business Help Line (916) 327.4357 or (800) 303.6600 Office of Business Development (916) 322.3520 Office of Permit Assistance (800) 353.2672 Small Business Loan Guarantee Program (916) 324.1295 Business Finance Office (916) 324.1295 California Office of Export Finance 562.499.6014 Office of Small & Minority Business . (916) 322.5060 Division of Procurement (916) 445.2500 Rural Economic Development Infrastructure Program (916) 322.1493 .
Business Resources \| California Women's Sources	Office of Small and Minority Business (916) 322.5060 Minority Women-Owned Business Certification (916) 654.4576 Women's Business Assistance Center (626) 401-1190 WEST Company, Ukiah Office 367 North State Street, Suite 201 Center Ukiah, CA 95482 (707) 468.3553 http://www.westcompany.org Women's Enterprise Development Corporation 235 East Broadway, Suite 506 Long Beach, CA 90802 562.983.3747 WEST Company, Fort Bragg Office 306 East Redwood Avenue, Suite 2 Fort Bragg, CA 95437 (707) 964.7571 http://www.westcompany.org Women's Initiative for Self Employment 450 Mission Street, Suite 402 San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 247.9473 Spanish site, 1398 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 826.5090 Oakland site, 1611 Telegraph Ave, Suite 702 Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 451.3415 Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center 275 Fifth Street San Francisco, CA 94103-4120 (415) 541.8580 SBA Women's Business Ownership Reps. Glendale 818.552.3334 Fresno 559.487.5791 San Francisco (415) 744.8491 San Diego 619.557.7250 Sacramento (916) 498.6439 Santa Ana 714.550.7420x3107 Women's Technology Cluster (Incubator) (415) 247.7760
Business Resources \| Chambers of Commerce	The National Black Chamber of Commerce 1350 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 825, Washington, DC 20036202 (202) 466.6888 info@nationalbcc.org or visit their web site http://www.nationalbcc.org/ The National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) is the largest trade association in the U.S. that specializes in issues of economics and entrepreneurship in the African - American community. California Black Chamber of Commerce 9851 Horn Road, Suite 160, Sacramento, CA 95827 (916) 354.2400 California Chamber of Commerce 1215 K Street, 14th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814 P.O. Box 1736, Sacramento, CA 95812 (916) 444.6670 You can visit their web site http://www.commerce.ca.gov San Francisco Black Chamber of Commerce 150 Post Street, Suite 440, San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 298.8818 Oakland 5 East Bay Counties Black Chamber of Commerce (510) 444.5741 Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce http://www.oaacc.org \| info@oaacc.org
Business Resources \| Federal, State and Local	The Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/resource/guide/chapter7.cfm Starting a Small Business http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/resource/guide/chapter9.cfm Introduction, Getting Started, Types of Business Organizations, Business Plan Outline, Concluding Statement U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development 451 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20410 Call (202) 708.1112/TTY: (202) 708.1455 or http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/resource/guide.cfm
Oakland Metropolitan \| Business Assistance	Business Assistance Financial Incentives Business Loans Commerical District Incentives Forty Plus Of Northern California International Trade
Oakland Metropolitan \| Business Development	Business Incubators National Center For Employee Ownership Recycling Market Development Sustainable Development Workforce Development
Oakland Metropolitan \| Economic Development	Alameda County -- Economic Development Alliance for Business EDAB enhances the competitive economic position of the County by focusing on business investment and retention, regulatory coordination, networking, science and technology. Association of Bay Area Governments Regional planning agencyworking in areas such as land use, housing, environmental quality, and economic development. Brownfields Programs East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation National Community Building Network
Oakland Metropolitan \| General Business Resources	Eastmont Computing Center East Meets West Foundation Merritt Community Capital Corporation Smarteryellowpages.Com Women's Initiative For Self Employment Worldviews Unity Council: A Latino Community Development
Organizations	Bay Area Economic Forum The Forum fosters an outstanding environment in the region for a competitive economy to thrive and enhances the overall quality of life in the nine-county Bay Area. Black Wall Street Merchants Association Black Wall Street District Oakland. Northern California's premiere African American spiritual, arts and commerce district. East Bay Venture Forum EBVF facilitates access to economic, educational and human capital to promote and enhance the success of emerging growth companies in the East Bay. Manufacturing Excellence Manufacturing specialists provide affordable consulting services. Oakland Convention Visitors Bureau The OCVB markets Oakland as a convention and leisure travel destination. Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce The Chamber is a membership organization that promotes commerce and industry. Oakland Association Of Realtors California Assoc.For Microenterprise Opportunity Oakland Private Industry Council People's Community Partnership Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 Associated Roofing Contractors
Office of HUD Utilization	Introduction to http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/resource/guide/chapter1.cfm General Information About HUD Contracting http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/resource/guide/chapter2.cfm Small Business Programs http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/resource/guide/chapter3.cfm Information About HUD Contracting http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/resource/guide/chapter4.cfm Contracting Opportunities Generated by HUD Grantees http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/resource/guide/chapter5.cfm Minority Bank Deposit Program http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/resource/guide/chapter6.cfm HUD Acquisition Regulation (HUDAR) http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpo/hudar.cfm HUD Contracting Home Page http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpo/index.cfm HUD Contracting Opportunities http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpo/contract.cfm HUD's FY 2001 Procurement Forecast http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpo/4cast.cfm .
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization	Federal Agency Offices Of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/resource/guide/appendix.cfm FedBizOpps http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ PRO-NET (from SBA) http://www.pro-net.sba.gov/ VetBiz - Center for Veterans Enterprise http://www.vetbiz.gov/
Business Resources \| Women's Business Resources	Office of Women's Business Ownership Call (202) 205.6673 or http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness The Office of Women's Business Ownership has over 80 centers nationwide and advocates for the interests of women business owners. They also provide all women business owners (current and potential) access to varying services including access to capital, technical, financial and management information, and more. Women's Business Centers Program This program provides long-term training, counseling, networking, and mentoring to all types of women entrepreneurs and women interested in going into business.The Online Women's Business Center is available at http:/www.onlinewbc.org Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training The Network matches successful entrepreneurial women, as mentors, with women business owners, as protégés, to pilot them through the process of achieving success in business. Offices of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) http://www.sba.gov/gc/osdbu OSDBUs are responsible for ensuring that an equitable share of their agencies contracts and subcontracts are awarded to small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, and women-owned businesses. National Women's Business Council 409 Third Street, SW, Suite 210 Washington, DC 20416 Call (202) 205.3850 or http://www.womenconnect.com/nwbc