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What Is The California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA)?

The California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) supports economic growth by providing resources and support to the state’s 4.1 million small businesses, including non-profits and startups. Our mission is to help all California small business-owners find and navigate resources, programs and regulations so they can start, manage, grow, become more resilient, and thrive. By ensuring equitable access to capital, markets and networks, we aim to help Democratize Access to Capital, Diversify the Innovation Economy and Drive Economic Mobility through Entrepreneurship.

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Our Network Provides Consulting and Training to Support Small Businesses from Bright Idea to Successful Exit

Seven Years of Real Results for California:

Small Businesses Helped

Training Events Completed

New Businesses Started

Jobs Created

Jobs Retained

New Contracts Landed

$2.9B

Lending Capital Approved

$3.6B

Equity Raised

$2.9B

Lending Capital Approved

$3.6B

Equity Raised

Collective Data from 2018-2025

SCALE Network in Action: Success Stories

Learn how these business-owners in a community near you took advantage of our small business support services to overcome their business challenges and grow their opportunities.

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G.L Bruno Named Veteran Business of the Year

In just three years under the leadership of veterans Leo Duran and Michael C. Bogna, G.L. Bruno Construction has solidified its reputation…

Antonia Vega Gonzalez, Dulce Organic Farms

Dulce Organic Farms

Antonia Vega Gonzalez, and her husband, Jose Juan Pulido Garcia, spent more than two decades as farm laborers in California’s strawberry fields, developing experience in every aspect of production while nurturing an entrepreneurial vision…

Redding Veterinary Clinic

Redding Veterinary Clinic

Dr. Evelyn Townsell and her business partner, and vet tech, Jonathan Fleming, shared love for animals, combined with Evelyn’s experience working at a veterinary hospital…

Pink Cloud

Pink Cloud

When Jason Varughese founded Pink Cloud, he envisioned creating a platform to help others navigate sobriety as he had done himself. Little did he know that his journey of resilience and innovation would prepare him for one of the biggest…

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Championing Childcare for All with Pattycake Babysitting Services

Brenda Patty is the founder and owner of Pattycake Babysitting Services, a company established in March 2015. Her decision to enter the babysitting services business…

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Café Metzli

Lupita Sanchez was born and raised in Mexico and has a passion for specialty coffee. She started her social impact Mexican coffee import and distribution business in 2021 in Los Angeles. She reached out to CalOSBA looking for small business guidance…

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