In better times, droves of young winter-run Chinook salmon would travel 300 miles downstream from the Sacramento River, beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and into the Pacific.

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Governments often don’t do enough to include small businesses in their recovery plans either, contends Kristen Fanarakis, associate director, small business policy and innovation at the ...

Research shows 40% of small businesses do not reopen after a natural disaster and another 25% shutter within a year of the catastrophe.

After a rocky start to 2025, President Trump’s approval is rising among small business owners, and so is Main Street’s economic confidence.

To meet this moment, City Hall must align the often-siloed programs and policies that touch small businesses—across agencies like Small Business Services, Transportation, Sanitation, and Planning.

Small-business owners seeking loans may face new hurdles as the Small Business Administration reverts to pre-pandemic lending standards.

Recent policy shifts have only made life harder for business owners nearing retirement. Trade instability, whipsawing tariff announcements and disrupted supply chains have eroded already thin margins.

“Small businesses are cautiously navigating a complex economic landscape,” said Tom Sullivan, Senior Vice President of Small Business Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Retiring is never easy – but for small business owners, today’s economic climate is making it even harder to step away.