14000-14003
CORPORATIONS CODE
SECTION 14000-14003
14000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "California Small Business Financial Development Corporation Law." 14001. The Legislature finds that: (a) Unemployment in California is a matter of statewide concern requiring concerted public and private action to develop employment opportunities for the disadvantaged, youth, and unemployed persons. (b) It is necessary to direct additional capital, general management assistance, business education, and other resources to encourage the development of small business opportunities, particularly for minority, women, and disabled persons, to alleviate unemployment. (c) Many traditional and safety net health care providers of Medi-Cal services are in need of financial assistance to ensure their continued participation in Medi-Cal managed care networks and to preserve geographic access to quality care for individuals in underserved communities. 14002. It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this part to promote the economic development of small businesses by making available capital, general management assistance, and other resources, including loan services, personnel, and business education to small business entrepreneurs, including women and minority owned businesses, for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and social welfare of the citizens of California, to eliminate unemployment of the economically disadvantaged of the state, and to stimulate economic development, employment, minority group, women, and disabled persons entrepreneurship. It is the further intent of the Legislature to provide a flexible means to mobilize and commit all available and potential resources in the various regions of the state to fulfill these objectives. It is the further intent of the Legislature that corporations operating pursuant to this law, shall to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate with other job and business development efforts within their region directed toward implementing the purpose of this part. It is the further intent of the Legislature to provide expanded resources allowing participation by small and emerging contractors in state public works contracts. Increased access to surety bonding resources will assist in supporting participation by those firms in public works contracts, and by stimulating increased participation by small firms, the state will benefit from increased competition and lower bid costs. 14003. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, this invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.