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Volume 85, Number 3 March 2021
Pastor April Belt
New Friends Homeless Center
17114 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA 91316
Our March Member Milestones

21 Years
Pacific Premier Bank

20 Years
West Valley Medical Partners, LLC


17 Years
American Rent All


Hilton Woodland Hills/
Los Angeles


Westmark School


12 Years
Valley Village


West Valley L.A.P.D. B.O.O.S.T.E.R.S. Foundation

7 Years
Encino Terrace Senior Living

1 Year

Amtron International


Tarzana Health and Rehabilitation Center



Member since 1956
 
National Ready Mixed Concrete Co.
Dave Ollis
(818)728-5200
Member since 1990

Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
Bernard Klein
(818)881-0800
Members since 2000

Pacific Premier Bank
Leon P. Woods
(818)501-2265


Paley Commercial Real Estate, Inc.
Richard L. Paley
(818)343-3000


Member since 2003

Hank's Tire Service, Inc.
Steve Goldberg
(818)340-4200
Member since 2009

PathPoint
Debra Ingram
(818)773-9570


Member since 2012

State Farm
Zaven Paronian
(818)510-0052


Members since 2013

UEI College
Ricardo Grizzelle
(818)380-5923


West Valley Counseling Center
Sharon Burnett PHD
(818)758-9450

Member since 2017

Silk, A Medical Spa
Kimberly Beheshti
(818)981-8888


Members since 2018
 
Fat Sal's Deli
Stephanie Mogil
(855)682-4373


Kiwanis Entertainment Industry Group
Carson Schreiber
(818)606-5252


Lusy's Mediterranean Cafe
Lusy Gradzhyan
(818)849-5653


Member since 2019

NORMS Restaurants, LLC
Nate Bertke
(562)804-4485


Member since 2020

Ellie May Inc.
Elizabeth May
(424)234-3868

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Upcoming Events

The Encino Chamber of Commerce will be holding our events virtually.
Please check our calendar of events and your emails for details.

Wednesday, March 3rd
Disaster Preparedness
12 to 1pm
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Thursday, March 4th
Health & Wellness
12 to 1pm
Sunday, March 14th
2:00am
Daylight Savings Begins


Tuesday, March 16th
Lunchtime via ZOOM
11:45am to 1:00pm
Saturday, March 20th
#encinostrong Installation
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Greetings!

Please join us in celebration.

Formal invitations will be going out soon, with a link to purchase sponsorships and tickets and Tribute Book ads..

A Message from our President, 
Gail Pekelis
Rehab Specialists
This January and February 2021 have been busy working strategically  to revitalize our Chamber Board in order to assist our Encino Chamber Business Community & Organizations to emerge from Covid 19  with strength and success.
Chamber members have received and continue to have access to all of the most recent available Small Business loan and grant information:
Starting at 6amT, Wednesday, Feb. 24, the U.S. Small Business Administration is launching a 14-day exclusive PPP loan application period for businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 20 employees.
This is part of the SBA’s efforts to promote equitable relief for Mom-and Pop businesses during COVID-19. Link to press release – https://Https://www.sba.gov/article/feb/22/SBA-prioritizes-small-businesses-paycheck-protection-program

Majority Leader Hertzberg, Legislative Leaders Introduce New $9.6 Billion Immediate Action Stimulus Agreement

Unprecedented collaboration to bring relief to Valley residents experiencing pandemic hardship SACRAMENTO – This week, the Legislature joined with the Governor to announce a $9.6 Billion Immediate Action Stimulus Agreement that will deliver much-needed funding for those experiencing pandemic hardship throughout the State. To help ensure California regains economic stability, this stimulus package of immediate actions includes:
  • $2 billion in grants for small businesses and nonprofits
  • Fee relief for 59,000 restaurants/bars suffering the economic impacts of COVID-19 closures
  • Fee relief for 600,000 barber & cosmetology businesses
  • $600 stimulus checks for 5.7 million Californians
  • Almost $6 million in CalFresh support for university and community college students struggling with food insecurity  $100 million in financial aid for low-income community college students
  • $400 million for child care providers
  • $35 million for food banks/diapers
SBA Prioritizes Smallest of Small Businesses in the Paycheck Protection Program

FYI, starting at 6AM PT Wednesday February 24, the U.S. Small Business Administration is launching a 14-day, exclusive PPP loan application period for businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 20 employees. This is part of the SBA's efforts to promote equitable relief for Mom-and-Pop businesses during COVID-19. Link to press release - https://www.sba.gov/article/2021/feb/22/sba-prioritizes-smallest-small-businesses-paycheck-protection-program
 
The program includes:
·    Establish a 14-day, exclusive PPP loan application period for businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 20 employees
·    Allow sole proprietors, independent contractors, and self-employed individuals to receive more financial support by revising the PPP’s funding formula for these categories of applicants
·    Eliminate an exclusionary restriction on PPP access for small business owners with prior non-fraud felony convictions, consistent with a bipartisan congressional proposal
·    Eliminate PPP access restrictions on small business owners who have struggled to make federal student loan payments by eliminating federal student loan debt delinquency and default as disqualifiers to participating in the PPP; and
·    Ensure access for non-citizen small business owners who are lawful U.S. residents by clarifying that they may use Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) to apply for the PPP.
Feel Good News
Giving back to the community
Restaurant Style Dinner Seating Helps Homeless Regain Sense of Normalcy
BY JD CARRERE | ENCINO

Far too many homeless people go to sleep without enough to eat every night in Los Angeles.
However, in Encino one woman is taking hundreds of those people four times a week and serving them
four course meals.
While a group of volunteers in the kitchen plate the main course of homemade meat loaf with a side of
polenta and steamed carrots, another group is serving salads to a room full of homeless guest.
What makes New Friends Homeless Center different is the “restaurant” style of serving homeless
people, led by Pastor April Belt.
Do you have a "Feel Good" news item? Someone giving back to the community?

and we'll include it in the Envoy.
Consumer and Business Affairs to Enforce “Hero Pay” Ordinance in Unincorporated Los Angeles County Temporary 120-day ordinance goes into effect on February 26 LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed an urgency and temporary ordinance that requires larger grocery retail and drug retail stores located in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County to pay their employees no less than $5-per-hour hazard pay in addition to the employee’s base wage.
Los Angeles County will offer COVID-19 Vaccines for workers in the following sectors on March 1.
  • Food and Agriculture
  • Education and Childcare
  • Emergency Services and First Responders
With very limited vaccine supply and uncertainty on timing for increased production, a realistic and carefully developed plan for expanding vaccination availability to these additional sectors is being executed. We appreciate your patience as we roll out this next phase.  
Registration is required for a vaccine appointment. Please prepare to show proof of identification, and proof of employment in a qualifying sector within Los Angeles County. Registration and a list of eligible identification is available at vaccinatelacounty.com. Vaccinations are free and providing immigration status is not required.
February Lunchtime via ZOOM

Thank you to Vahid Khorsand and Leila Lee, both from the Mayor's Office, for speaking at our February Lunchtime via ZOOM and for sharing important information.

And thank you to all that attended.
It was so nice "seeing" all of our Lunchtime via ZOOM attendees.

Our next Lunchtime via Zoom is March 16th. Hope to see you then.
February 25th Education Committee
The Education Committee resumed meeting this week and what a great meeting it was! Several new Principals joined us, along with representatives from L.A.U.S.D. Board members Scott Schmerelson and Nick Melvoin’s offices. We also had a few of our businesses and non-profits like Kiwanis with us. Not only was it great to see and hear from some of our beloved Principals of schools that we have been working with for several years but, to hear from new Principals and from a few schools that are new to our group as well was wonderful too.
We discussed L.A.U.S.D.’s March 4th reopening for some in-person services and outdoor sports conditioning. As well as what is being done, and the precautions being taken in preparation for the reopening of schools including information about teachers and school staff vaccinations.
Disaster Preparedness
February was Earthquake Awareness month! Get ready with the tips and property fixes that will keep you safe. We are in this together, and together, we will build safe and resilient communities.
·        Prepare for an earthquake by practicing DROP, COVER and HOLD ON drills at home and at work. 
o   Learn how to identify evacuation routes, prepare disaster supply kits and other preparedness tips, so you'll be ready!
·        If you're in a vehicle during an earthquake, pull over to a safe area away from trees, buildings, overpasses & utility wires.
o   Set the parking brake and stay in your car until shaking ends. 
·        Make improvements to better prepare your home or commercial property today!
Health & Wellness Corner
Beginning March 1st, eligibility for vaccinations in LA County opens up for education and childcare workers who work or live in LA County. All eligible workers will be able to sign up for appointments starting next week at various community vaccine sites including pharmacies, health clinics, and City of LA vaccination sites listed on VaccinateLACounty.com.

In addition to getting vaccinated at the many pharmacies and clinics across the County, child care workers will have a dedicated vaccination site opened for them at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles along with specific days allotted for early childcare and education personnel at LA County large capacity vaccination sites on Saturdays where they can receive the vaccine.

Personnel at independent/private schools will also be able to be vaccinated at County vaccination sites.
Also eligible for vaccinations beginning Monday, are workers in the food and agricultural sector and emergency service workers and first responders.
Learn more about the different vaccination tiers and find out when it’s your turn to receive your free COVID-19 vaccination, by visiting VaccinateLACounty.com.
Tech Tips
What should I do if I suspect a Phishing Attack?
Jamshid Javidi, CEO Computers
Answer: As of late, this has been a question we have received on an almost weekly basis. Phishing attacks are becoming incredibly sophisticated and harder to detect. More and more hackers nowadays are doing surveillance work before sending a phishing email, creating much confusion on the user’s end when it is received. They may monitor your emails for a while and gain access to private information such as your work title and position at the company. They may also know who your boss or coworkers are and your work relationship.
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Encino Chamber of Commerce 
4933 Balboa Blvd.
Encino, California 91316
(818) 789-4711
 
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