# Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of California
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the state of California dated February 6, 2026.
*Incident:* 2025 Late December Storms.
**DATES:**
Issued on February 6, 2026.
*Incident Period:* December 16, 2025 through December 26, 2025.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* November 6, 2026.
**ADDRESSES:**
*Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov* to apply for a disaster assistance loan.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Sharon Henderson, Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6734.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Notice is hereby given as a result of the Administrator's EIDL declaration, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal *https://lending.sba.gov* or in person at other locally announced locations. For further assistance please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at *[email protected]* or by phone at 1-800-659-2955. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1to access telecommunications relay services.
The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:
*Primary Counties:* Mono, Santa Barbara.
*Contiguous Counties:*
California: Alpine, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Tuolumne, Ventura.
Nevada: Douglas, Esmeralda, Lyon, Mineral.
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
The number assigned to this disaster for economic injury is 214350.
The states which received an EIDL declaration are California, Nevada.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)
James Stallings,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.