I'm pleased to report that due to increased interest and popular demand, the Small Business Development Center, in partnership with the County of Orange, will be hosting another informational webinar this Friday, June 19 at 2:00 PM. Businesses and nonprofits can register for the final webinar here. For more information, please click on the image below 

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Furthermore, the application opening date has also been extended and will now begin Monday June 22 at 8:00 AM and run through June 28 at 5:00 PM. For more information about the Small Business Grant Relief Program, please click here or on the image below.

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I'm pleased to join Saddleback Church in hosting a South County Drive-Thru Grocery Distribution to support individuals and families who have fallen on hard times as a result of COVID-19. The event will take place Saturday, June 20 from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM in the parking lot of Laguna Hills Mall, entering from Avenida De La Carlotta, ¼ mile east of El Toro Road. The mall is located at 24155 Laguna Hills Mall, Laguna Hills, CA 92653.

Saddleback Church will supply fresh produce, dairy products, bread/desserts, protein, and canned goods. It is open to drive-thru or walk-in traffic. Visitors are asked to bring a wagon, cart or stroller. Our partnership with Saddleback Church will reach well over 2,000 people in urgent need of physical and emotional support.

It breaks my heart to see so many people struggling to put food on the table due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. I am deeply grateful to Saddleback Church for their outstanding efforts to feed those in need during this very difficult time, as well as Laguna Hills Mall for providing their wonderful venue for our South County Drive-Thru Grocery Distribution!

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With the City of Laguna Beach officially canceling many summer events to comply with the State-mandated stay-at-home orders and social distancing due to COVID-19, the Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association (LBSCA) will be live streaming the 2020 Laguna Beach Virtual Fête de la Musique on Saturday, June 20 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, beginning with a streaming Retrospective of Fête History.

For the past several years, my office has been a proud sponsor of the annual Fête de la Musique in Laguna Beach. As such, I invite you to tune-in this Saturday and enjoy the 2020 Virtual Fête. For more information, please click here or on the image below.

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For those of you who may have missed any of my previous  Fifth District Dispatch newsletters, featuring up-to-date COVID-19 facts and other information pertinent to South County, click here. 

Thank you to all of our residents for your outstanding efforts in helping to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Orange County, as we're all in this together!