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  • Nubia Sanchez, owner of Capitol City Squeeze. 14th Street, Sacramento<br />
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My business is located in downtown Sacramento in between State offices. I lost 75% of my business traffic due to the ‘Stay at Home’ order. Since state workers are now working from home, I have lost most of my customer base. I am currently not able to pay myself and running my business on borrowed money. My ultimate goal during these unpredictable times is to keep my employees on payroll and my business doors open. The easiest way would be to just close my doors and not open, but I just can't, I can't find it in myself to do that.
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  • Bryan “Abs” Washington, owner of All City Riders. K Street, Sacramento.<br />
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We designed our 900 square foot space to be hot and make people sweat.  And now this business model is no longer compatible with life.  As much as I hate that I had to close my business, I may have helped save some people from themselves because I know that if I opened the doors they're going to come. I felt it was incumbent upon us to make sure that we did the right thing. But we have adjusted. We have gone from being this 908 K Street establishment where 20 to 30 people come in to see us to now being exposed to the world. I believe that we are powered by the people, cities, and communities are powered by people, and all of these businesses are powered by people.
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  • Bryan “Abs” Washington, owner of All City Riders. K Street, Sacramento.<br />
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We designed our 900 square foot space to be hot and make people sweat.  And now this business model is no longer compatible with life.  As much as I hate that I had to close my business, I may have helped save some people from themselves because I know that if I opened the doors they're going to come. I felt it was incumbent upon us to make sure that we did the right thing. But we have adjusted. We have gone from being this 908 K Street establishment where 20 to 30 people come in to see us to now being exposed to the world. I believe that we are powered by the people, cities, and communities are powered by people, and all of these businesses are powered by people.
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  • Bryan “Abs” Washington, owner of All City Riders. K Street, Sacramento.<br />
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We designed our 900 square foot space to be hot and make people sweat.  And now this business model is no longer compatible with life.  As much as I hate that I had to close my business, I may have helped save some people from themselves because I know that if I opened the doors they're going to come. I felt it was incumbent upon us to make sure that we did the right thing. But we have adjusted. We have gone from being this 908 K Street establishment where 20 to 30 people come in to see us to now being exposed to the world. I believe that we are powered by the people, cities, and communities are powered by people, and all of these businesses are powered by people.
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  • Guadalupe Venegas, owner of Los Tres Potrillos Western Wear. Northgate Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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I've been in business for 23 years. it’s really slow right now; no weddings, no quinceañera, and no soccer. Business went down 80%. I am behind on my rent and I know the landlord wants their money.  When this pandemic started, I closed for five weeks. I was just staying home and I ran out of money. One Sunday, my wife asked me, "Hey, can I get some money to go buy groceries?" And I had to tell her I didn't have it. And she asked me again, "What do you mean you don't have it? I said, "You didn't hear what I said, I don't have it!" I kind of got angry but inside I was feeling bad. I was feeling so sad that I had to tell my wife that.
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  • Cong Nguyen, owner of King Cong Brewery. Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento<br />
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I laid off most of my employees and had slimmed down to a management team. I have a lot of pressure to maintain the business, especially during closures and ordinance changes that are unfair to our industry. We have done everything you can think of to keep our business open. Being an Asian-American and educated has allowed me to maneuver through this pandemic and survive. However, everything had to fall in the right place to even get to this point.
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  • Guadalupe Venegas, owner of Los Tres Potrillos Western Wear. Northgate Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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I've been in business for 23 years. it’s really slow right now; no weddings, no quinceañera, and no soccer. Business went down 80%. I am behind on my rent and I know the landlord wants their money.  When this pandemic started, I closed for five weeks. I was just staying home and I ran out of money. One Sunday, my wife asked me, "Hey, can I get some money to go buy groceries?" And I had to tell her I didn't have it. And she asked me again, "What do you mean you don't have it? I said, "You didn't hear what I said, I don't have it!" I kind of got angry but inside I was feeling bad. I was feeling so sad that I had to tell my wife that.
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  • Guadalupe Venegas, owner of Los Tres Potrillos Western Wear. Northgate Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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I've been in business for 23 years. it’s really slow right now; no weddings, no quinceañera, and no soccer. Business went down 80%. I am behind on my rent and I know the landlord wants their money.  When this pandemic started, I closed for five weeks. I was just staying home and I ran out of money. One Sunday, my wife asked me, "Hey, can I get some money to go buy groceries?" And I had to tell her I didn't have it. And she asked me again, "What do you mean you don't have it? I said, "You didn't hear what I said, I don't have it!" I kind of got angry but inside I was feeling bad. I was feeling so sad that I had to tell my wife that.
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  • Guadalupe Venegas, owner of Los Tres Potrillos Western Wear. Northgate Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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I've been in business for 23 years. it’s really slow right now; no weddings, no quinceañera, and no soccer. Business went down 80%. I am behind on my rent and I know the landlord wants their money.  When this pandemic started, I closed for five weeks. I was just staying home and I ran out of money. One Sunday, my wife asked me, "Hey, can I get some money to go buy groceries?" And I had to tell her I didn't have it. And she asked me again, "What do you mean you don't have it? I said, "You didn't hear what I said, I don't have it!" I kind of got angry but inside I was feeling bad. I was feeling so sad that I had to tell my wife that.
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  • Susan Ebe, owner of Shortcuts for Kids. Freeport Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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Before the pandemic started, I was always fully booked every week. Then my salon shut down in March for about 2 ½ months. When I reopened I lost about 25-50% percent of my clientele. I have many concerns during this pandemic. Rent for my salon, making a living to feed my family, permanent closure of my business if we don’t get the extra help that we need from the government, and also my mental state of mind about this whole thing. The up and down, being super busy, not so busy, open and reclosing, scheduling and canceling.
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  • Susan Ebe, owner of Shortcuts for Kids. Freeport Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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Before the pandemic started, I was always fully booked every week. Then my salon shut down in March for about 2 ½ months. When I reopened I lost about 25-50% percent of my clientele. I have many concerns during this pandemic. Rent for my salon, making a living to feed my family, permanent closure of my business if we don’t get the extra help that we need from the government, and also my mental state of mind about this whole thing. The up and down, being super busy, not so busy, open and reclosing, scheduling and canceling.
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  • Clarence Hamed Muhammad, owner of Muhammads Meats & Desserts Vegetables. Florin Road, South Sacramento.<br />
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Our main target market right now is being essential, and providing to the black community healthy foods, meats, desserts, or whatever else it is that we can get that we're going to take internally outside of the spirituality. Before the pandemic, I was at a real growth spurt. We were shut down for a little while by the owner of the building so that really had set me back. This building is 100% black-owned and we’re family here when it comes down to that. I had a few other businesses in here that backed me and supported me. One of my mottos that I tell everybody in the building is that no business in here should go hungry with Muhammad's being here. Anything within my means, if I can keep my people fed, I'm going to keep my people fed.
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  • Zion Tadesse, owner of Queen Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant. Broadway, Sacramento<br />
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I realized what I love to do is working in a restaurant, helping people, and serving people. I have pride in my food and before the pandemic my restaurant was thriving. The community comes here for the food and for the connection. Here I am now still surviving COVID for nearly a year. How do I survive? How do I navigate? Especially when you are a black-owned restaurant, we didn't know what to do. There's no good support foundation in our community to stand on. I am a part of a task force for the small Black Business Association to help people like me get access and information on how to apply for PPP and SBA loans and how to get financial literacy. We must unite together so we can rise up together. That's my fight. So not only I'm fighting for just me, my restaurant, I'm fighting for other small businesses.
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  • Zion Tadesse, owner of Queen Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant. Broadway, Sacramento<br />
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I realized what I love to do is working in a restaurant, helping people, and serving people. I have pride in my food and before the pandemic my restaurant was thriving. The community comes here for the food and for the connection. Here I am now still surviving COVID for nearly a year. How do I survive? How do I navigate? Especially when you are a black-owned restaurant, we didn't know what to do. There's no good support foundation in our community to stand on. I am a part of a task force for the small Black Business Association to help people like me get access and information on how to apply for PPP and SBA loans and how to get financial literacy. We must unite together so we can rise up together. That's my fight. So not only I'm fighting for just me, my restaurant, I'm fighting for other small businesses.
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  • Clarence Hamed Muhammad, owner of Muhammads Meats & Desserts Vegetables. Florin Road, South Sacramento.<br />
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Our main target market right now is being essential, and providing to the black community healthy foods, meats, desserts, or whatever else it is that we can get that we're going to take internally outside of the spirituality. Before the pandemic, I was at a real growth spurt. We were shut down for a little while by the owner of the building so that really had set me back. This building is 100% black-owned and we’re family here when it comes down to that. I had a few other businesses in here that backed me and supported me. One of my mottos that I tell everybody in the building is that no business in here should go hungry with Muhammad's being here. Anything within my means, if I can keep my people fed, I'm going to keep my people fed.
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  • Sam Ouch, Mora Som, and Asia Nonog, SEA Bowl South East Asian Restaurant. Elk Grove, Sacramento.<br />
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Cooking has always been a passion in my family passed down from my mother’s Cambodian recipes, passed down from generation to generation, as it brings good food, good times, and value to the unity to our family in both good and tough times. What inspired me to start our restaurants was the passing of my younger brother who’s life was taken unexpectedly. We sold food in the community to raise funds to pay for his funeral expense. We did so well and we found a huge support from our community, I felt this was something I could do with pride and continue this level of generosity. The pandemic crippled our business reducing our revenue by nearly 80 percent. We lost nearly 60 percent of our workforce which was extremely heartbreaking.
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  • WillieMay McKinney, owner of B & B Beauty Hair Salon. Oak Park, Sacramento<br />
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My clients have been with me the whole time I’ve been in business. I’ve done hair for them, their kids, and their grandkids. I closed down completely in March, and then they let us open back up in June. I do everybody one at a time. I work a week, then I quarantine for a week. So it's 14 days before I see them again. So if anything is happening with them I already know. That's the protection that I put on myself. This salon was supposed to make a really good retirement for me but this pandemic has changed all that. My life has changed. My finances are not the same. I can't travel and I can’t see my family. But I'm still here. We're all losing money, but if you're not here to make the money, you're going to lose money too.
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  • WillieMay McKinney, owner of B & B Beauty Hair Salon. Oak Park, Sacramento<br />
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My clients have been with me the whole time I’ve been in business. I’ve done hair for them, their kids, and their grandkids. I closed down completely in March, and then they let us open back up in June. I do everybody one at a time. I work a week, then I quarantine for a week. So it's 14 days before I see them again. So if anything is happening with them I already know. That's the protection that I put on myself. This salon was supposed to make a really good retirement for me but this pandemic has changed all that. My life has changed. My finances are not the same. I can't travel and I can’t see my family. But I'm still here. We're all losing money, but if you're not here to make the money, you're going to lose money too.
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  • Hang Huynh, co-owner of Florin Cleaners. Florin Road, South Sacramento.<br />
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Once COVID hit and everyone was staying home and a lot of people aren't going out to nice places. Nobody was getting their suits hems, nobody was getting their dresses cleaned. The pandemic has put us in the negative that it has put a huge toll on us. Even though we're slow on business, we still want to be an active part of the community. People are still dropping off clothes, not to be cleaned, clothes to be donated. We've collected over 500 pounds of clothes in three to four months, and we've been donating them to the shelters that are still open.
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  • Hang Huynh, co-owner of Florin Cleaners. Florin Road, South Sacramento.<br />
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Once COVID hit and everyone was staying home and a lot of people aren't going out to nice places. Nobody was getting their suits hems, nobody was getting their dresses cleaned. The pandemic has put us in the negative that it has put a huge toll on us. Even though we're slow on business, we still want to be an active part of the community. People are still dropping off clothes, not to be cleaned, clothes to be donated. We've collected over 500 pounds of clothes in three to four months, and we've been donating them to the shelters that are still open.
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  • Robert Valenzuela, owner of Uptown Fitness Center. Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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The pandemic knocked me. I exhausted every penny of my savings to keep the place going. I'm in limbo. Not knowing if they're going to shut us down so I'm just uncertain and unsure every day. I've been struggling and not sure if I'm going to be able to keep my doors open. I try to give out my gift, which is through training, weight loss, powerlifting, bodybuilding, general weight training, or cardio. I am just grateful to be part of having a business that I love and I believe in that helps people. I can see people's lives being affected through good health and just the way they feel, and it's a definite blessing.
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  • Robert Valenzuela, owner of Uptown Fitness Center. Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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The pandemic knocked me. I exhausted every penny of my savings to keep the place going. I'm in limbo. Not knowing if they're going to shut us down so I'm just uncertain and unsure every day. I've been struggling and not sure if I'm going to be able to keep my doors open. I try to give out my gift, which is through training, weight loss, powerlifting, bodybuilding, general weight training, or cardio. I am just grateful to be part of having a business that I love and I believe in that helps people. I can see people's lives being affected through good health and just the way they feel, and it's a definite blessing.
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  • Robert Valenzuela, owner of Uptown Fitness Center. Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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The pandemic knocked me. I exhausted every penny of my savings to keep the place going. I'm in limbo. Not knowing if they're going to shut us down so I'm just uncertain and unsure every day. I've been struggling and not sure if I'm going to be able to keep my doors open. I try to give out my gift, which is through training, weight loss, powerlifting, bodybuilding, general weight training, or cardio. I am just grateful to be part of having a business that I love and I believe in that helps people. I can see people's lives being affected through good health and just the way they feel, and it's a definite blessing.
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  • WillieMay McKinney, owner of B & B Beauty Hair Salon. Oak Park, Sacramento<br />
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My clients have been with me the whole time I’ve been in business. I’ve done hair for them, their kids, and their grandkids. I closed down completely in March, and then they let us open back up in June. I do everybody one at a time. I work a week, then I quarantine for a week. So it's 14 days before I see them again. So if anything is happening with them I already know. That's the protection that I put on myself. This salon was supposed to make a really good retirement for me but this pandemic has changed all that. My life has changed. My finances are not the same. I can't travel and I can’t see my family. But I'm still here. We're all losing money, but if you're not here to make the money, you're going to lose money too.
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  • Sandy Vongthongkham, owner of Skin, Love & Lashes Beauty Center. <br />
Broadway, Sacramento.<br />
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Compared to last year, my business is 80% less. But, I realize how much I value my clients, how much I value people. When you work in the beauty industry, it's different, it's almost like a therapy session. I'm sharing my life, they're sharing their life with me. I have clients now that I no longer will be seeing because they're afraid of the pandemic, because it's affected their jobs financially, and they can't come get a service now. And I missed that part, where our lives are being shared amongst each other.
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  • Remy & Jennifer Tokunaga, owners of The Creative Space. U Street, Sacramento.<br />
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We opened in March of 2020 during the very exact weekend that COVID had hit, and we were asked to go into lockdown. Essentially, our space is a community space for local creatives, bakers, and makers to host creative classes, workshops, and pop-up markets. A lot of these new businesses that came in were born out of COVID because they were at home, they needed something to do, they lost their jobs. And they're thinking, how do I make money? I can't rely on corporations right now to hire me. Our core is helping other small businesses. Our heart aches for them as much as it is aching for ourselves.
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  • Remy & Jennifer Tokunaga, owners of The Creative Space. U Street, Sacramento.<br />
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We opened in March of 2020 during the very exact weekend that COVID had hit, and we were asked to go into lockdown. Essentially, our space is a community space for local creatives, bakers, and makers to host creative classes, workshops, and pop-up markets. A lot of these new businesses that came in were born out of COVID because they were at home, they needed something to do, they lost their jobs. And they're thinking, how do I make money? I can't rely on corporations right now to hire me. Our core is helping other small businesses. Our heart aches for them as much as it is aching for ourselves.
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  • Heather Singleteary, owner of Balance Dance Project. 14th Avenue, Sacramento.<br />
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Doors have been closed so it hasn't been easy to pay the rent. We've lost more than 50% of our students. We can't have recitals. We can't go out and perform. For a lot of these kids, this is craziness, they're struggling mentally. They can't see their friends, they can't be in school, they're on electronics so much more. And so dance is a way for them to get back engaging with people outside safely and it's a way to get them moving and staying healthy. Their life would not be the same without dance. It’s changing them, making them feel comfortable and confident. This studio is a place where they can just be themselves, express themselves and be creative, and I got to keep it going for them.
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  • Sandra Tinoco, owner of Taqueria Linda. Richards Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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I started working in Los Angeles at King Taco. I met my husband there, I was the cashier and he was the cook. We saved money because it was my dream to get my own place. All the tables were always packed during lunchtime. But last year was very bad. I was thinking of closing. Before I had eight workers and now I just have three. I had to lay off my workers, most of them are single mothers with children and they are dependent on the job. I was really sad and crying. I can't imagine how they feel. My son is attending Cal Poly University, he is studying to be an aerospace engineer. I'm very happy and proud. I need to pay for his school, and my rent and utilities are expensive. It’s very stressful and sometimes I don't know if I can make it.
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  • Sandra Tinoco, owner of Taqueria Linda. Richards Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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I started working in Los Angeles at King Taco. I met my husband there, I was the cashier and he was the cook. We saved money because it was my dream to get my own place. All the tables were always packed during lunchtime. But last year was very bad. I was thinking of closing. Before I had eight workers and now I just have three. I had to lay off my workers, most of them are single mothers with children and they are dependent on the job. I was really sad and crying. I can't imagine how they feel. My son is attending Cal Poly University, he is studying to be an aerospace engineer. I'm very happy and proud. I need to pay for his school, and my rent and utilities are expensive. It’s very stressful and sometimes I don't know if I can make it.
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  • Georgia “Mother Rose” West, Manager of Underground Books. Oak Park, Sacramento.<br />
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As African Americans, we got to make sure that our voices are heard. We wanted to bring art and culture to the Oak Park community. We wanted an African American bookstore where we could share our history, share our voices, encourage and educate people, and then have a community spot where people can meet, and book signings and authors coming in. Once that order came down and the pandemic hit, we're thinking, oh my goodness, what are we gonna do? And of course, we had to close. We started thinking we've got to make some changes if we want to survive.
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  • Franceska Gamez, artist & co-owner of 1810 Gallery. 14th Street, Sacramento.<br />
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I am a muralist. I'm also a sculptor and installation artist. I also co-own the 1810 Gallery. We do our best to uplift, underrepresented, marginalized, and emerging artists. Murals are like my main bread and butter. I had seven or eight gigs canceled. Internally I was defeated. When the lockdown hit I was terrified. Physically and mentally I wasn't prepared.  Between the work cancellations, the fear of my family and for the world, it was really hard for me to get into things creatively. I don't ever want to live in a state of denial for happiness sake. I also don't want to get caught in the depressed state of living in the unknown. I still am trying to be super positive and hopeful that this too shall pass. You can't manifest it if you can't even visualize it.
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  • Heather Singleteary, owner of Balance Dance Project. 14th Avenue, Sacramento.<br />
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Doors have been closed so it hasn't been easy to pay the rent. We've lost more than 50% of our students. We can't have recitals. We can't go out and perform. For a lot of these kids, this is craziness, they're struggling mentally. They can't see their friends, they can't be in school, they're on electronics so much more. And so dance is a way for them to get back engaging with people outside safely and it's a way to get them moving and staying healthy. Their life would not be the same without dance. It’s changing them, making them feel comfortable and confident. This studio is a place where they can just be themselves, express themselves and be creative, and I got to keep it going for them.
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  • Heather Singleteary, owner of Balance Dance Project. 14th Avenue, Sacramento.<br />
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Doors have been closed so it hasn't been easy to pay the rent. We've lost more than 50% of our students. We can't have recitals. We can't go out and perform. For a lot of these kids, this is craziness, they're struggling mentally. They can't see their friends, they can't be in school, they're on electronics so much more. And so dance is a way for them to get back engaging with people outside safely and it's a way to get them moving and staying healthy. Their life would not be the same without dance. It’s changing them, making them feel comfortable and confident. This studio is a place where they can just be themselves, express themselves and be creative, and I got to keep it going for them.
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  • Heather Singleteary, owner of Balance Dance Project. 14th Avenue, Sacramento.<br />
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Doors have been closed so it hasn't been easy to pay the rent. We've lost more than 50% of our students. We can't have recitals. We can't go out and perform. For a lot of these kids, this is craziness, they're struggling mentally. They can't see their friends, they can't be in school, they're on electronics so much more. And so dance is a way for them to get back engaging with people outside safely and it's a way to get them moving and staying healthy. Their life would not be the same without dance. It’s changing them, making them feel comfortable and confident. This studio is a place where they can just be themselves, express themselves and be creative, and I got to keep it going for them.
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  • Greg Rodriguez, owner of Victory Ink Tattoo. Jefferson Blvd., West Sacramento.<br />
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We opened in 2011. We were the first tattoo shop in West Sacramento. Most of our clients are loyal but 50-60% of our income is from walk-in traffic. I've been taking money out of my savings account to pay my rent because everything got to get paid. If you don't pay it now, you will have to pay for it in the end. I would like to open. I don’t want to keep hiding behind the shadows and not trying to live because we're all trying to survive. We don't work, we don't survive. Our main income is people, that's how we make our living.
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  • Weeja Payenda, owner of Sophie’s Boutique. Stockton Blvd., South Sacramento.<br />
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Our busiest time of the year was usually prom season, which is about January to May. Also June, July, and August which is wedding season. We took a huge hit with the schools being closed and actually shutting down party life. I'm kind of speechless as to how I can describe the situation and how to move forward. I've been charging rent on my credit cards, dipping into savings accounts, borrowing money from my sister, mother, and brother. It's bad, but we got to pick up and get going, what can I do? I look at what I have. In hindsight, at least we have one another. There are people out there that don't even have that and it made you be so thankful for what you have versus what you don't have.
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  • Weeja Payenda, owner of Sophie’s Boutique. Stockton Blvd., South Sacramento.<br />
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Our busiest time of the year was usually prom season, which is about January to May. Also June, July, and August which is wedding season. We took a huge hit with the schools being closed and actually shutting down party life. I'm kind of speechless as to how I can describe the situation and how to move forward. I've been charging rent on my credit cards, dipping into savings accounts, borrowing money from my sister, mother, and brother. It's bad, but we got to pick up and get going, what can I do? I look at what I have. In hindsight, at least we have one another. There are people out there that don't even have that and it made you be so thankful for what you have versus what you don't have.
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  • Weeja Payenda, owner of Sophie’s Boutique. Stockton Blvd., South Sacramento.<br />
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Our busiest time of the year was usually prom season, which is about January to May. Also June, July, and August which is wedding season. We took a huge hit with the schools being closed and actually shutting down party life. I'm kind of speechless as to how I can describe the situation and how to move forward. I've been charging rent on my credit cards, dipping into savings accounts, borrowing money from my sister, mother, and brother. It's bad, but we got to pick up and get going, what can I do? I look at what I have. In hindsight, at least we have one another. There are people out there that don't even have that and it made you be so thankful for what you have versus what you don't have.
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  • Weeja Payenda, owner of Sophie’s Boutique. Stockton Blvd., South Sacramento.<br />
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Our busiest time of the year was usually prom season, which is about January to May. Also June, July, and August which is wedding season. We took a huge hit with the schools being closed and actually shutting down party life. I'm kind of speechless as to how I can describe the situation and how to move forward. I've been charging rent on my credit cards, dipping into savings accounts, borrowing money from my sister, mother, and brother. It's bad, but we got to pick up and get going, what can I do? I look at what I have. In hindsight, at least we have one another. There are people out there that don't even have that and it made you be so thankful for what you have versus what you don't have.
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  • Alfred Melbourne, Founder of 3 Sisters Farms. Broderick, West Sacramento.<br />
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Having spent 18 years of my own life incarcerated, I founded Three Sisters Gardens in 2018 to inspire and empower the youth in our community. I fell back on my Hunkpapa Lakota native heritage and I thought what better way to get these youth to see themselves as leaders and important by teaching them how to grow organic vegetables to give back to the community. We give up to 40-60% of our vegetables to elders, women, and children. During the pandemic, I sent all of our youth home and they weren't happy with it. But we had to make sure that we were taking care of them and doing the right thing. Working with a skeleton crew, we grew 55% less than we could have.
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  • Alfred Melbourne, Founder of 3 Sisters Farms. Broderick, West Sacramento.<br />
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Having spent 18 years of my own life incarcerated, I founded Three Sisters Gardens in 2018 to inspire and empower the youth in our community. I fell back on my Hunkpapa Lakota native heritage and I thought what better way to get these youth to see themselves as leaders and important by teaching them how to grow organic vegetables to give back to the community. We give up to 40-60% of our vegetables to elders, women, and children. During the pandemic, I sent all of our youth home and they weren't happy with it. But we had to make sure that we were taking care of them and doing the right thing. Working with a skeleton crew, we grew 55% less than we could have.
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  • Alfred Melbourne, Founder of 3 Sisters Farms. Broderick, West Sacramento.<br />
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Having spent 18 years of my own life incarcerated, I founded Three Sisters Gardens in 2018 to inspire and empower the youth in our community. I fell back on my Hunkpapa Lakota native heritage and I thought what better way to get these youth to see themselves as leaders and important by teaching them how to grow organic vegetables to give back to the community. We give up to 40-60% of our vegetables to elders, women, and children. During the pandemic, I sent all of our youth home and they weren't happy with it. But we had to make sure that we were taking care of them and doing the right thing. Working with a skeleton crew, we grew 55% less than we could have.
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  • Eric Lal, owner of DJ Regal Weddings. Pocket Road, Sacramento.<br />
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Right now I can't say I'm afloat.  We're barely getting by, from 60 weddings annually to three weddings. It's a miracle that we're still here. Often people think that we just play music, that is something we do, but we do a lot more than that, we provide memories. And ultimately, I miss doing something that I love. I hope that we can come together with an understanding of moving forward, but safely. I think everybody wants to be safe. I think we can do that and we can do it efficiently. We just have to come together and come up with a solution because we can't be hunkered down if there's no food on the table.
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  • Eric Lal, owner of DJ Regal Weddings. Pocket Road, Sacramento.<br />
<br />
Right now I can't say I'm afloat.  We're barely getting by, from 60 weddings annually to three weddings. It's a miracle that we're still here. Often people think that we just play music, that is something we do, but we do a lot more than that, we provide memories. And ultimately, I miss doing something that I love. I hope that we can come together with an understanding of moving forward, but safely. I think everybody wants to be safe. I think we can do that and we can do it efficiently. We just have to come together and come up with a solution because we can't be hunkered down if there's no food on the table.
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  • Sandra Tinoco, owner of Taqueria Linda. Richards Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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I started working in Los Angeles at King Taco. I met my husband there, I was the cashier and he was the cook. We saved money because it was my dream to get my own place. All the tables were always packed during lunchtime. But last year was very bad. I was thinking of closing. Before I had eight workers and now I just have three. I had to lay off my workers, most of them are single mothers with children and they are dependent on the job. I was really sad and crying. I can't imagine how they feel. My son is attending Cal Poly University, he is studying to be an aerospace engineer. I'm very happy and proud. I need to pay for his school, and my rent and utilities are expensive. It’s very stressful and sometimes I don't know if I can make it.
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  • David Owens, owner of Center Ring Boxing Club.Franklin Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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We were Northern California’s number one team. We had champions, I was making champions. I just miss boxing, I miss the competition. I'm barely open. Before, we had like 50 to 40 Kids.  For me to keep this going, I'll do anything I can. However, I can create some revenue to keep this going, I'll do it. I'll try anything.  If this closes down, all the kids that I have here have nowhere to go. So, I can't close down.
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  • Franceska Gamez, artist & co-owner of 1810 Gallery. 14th Street, Sacramento.<br />
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I am a muralist. I'm also a sculptor and installation artist. I also co-own the 1810 Gallery. We do our best to uplift, underrepresented, marginalized, and emerging artists. Murals are like my main bread and butter. I had seven or eight gigs canceled. Internally I was defeated. When the lockdown hit I was terrified. Physically and mentally I wasn't prepared.  Between the work cancellations, the fear of my family and for the world, it was really hard for me to get into things creatively. I don't ever want to live in a state of denial for happiness sake. I also don't want to get caught in the depressed state of living in the unknown. I still am trying to be super positive and hopeful that this too shall pass. You can't manifest it if you can't even visualize it.
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  • Franceska Gamez, artist & co-owner of 1810 Gallery. 14th Street, Sacramento.<br />
<br />
I am a muralist. I'm also a sculptor and installation artist. I also co-own the 1810 Gallery. We do our best to uplift, underrepresented, marginalized, and emerging artists. Murals are like my main bread and butter. I had seven or eight gigs canceled. Internally I was defeated. When the lockdown hit I was terrified. Physically and mentally I wasn't prepared.  Between the work cancellations, the fear of my family and for the world, it was really hard for me to get into things creatively. I don't ever want to live in a state of denial for happiness sake. I also don't want to get caught in the depressed state of living in the unknown. I still am trying to be super positive and hopeful that this too shall pass. You can't manifest it if you can't even visualize it.
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  • Franceska Gamez, artist & co-owner of 1810 Gallery. 14th Street, Sacramento.<br />
<br />
I am a muralist. I'm also a sculptor and installation artist. I also co-own the 1810 Gallery. We do our best to uplift, underrepresented, marginalized, and emerging artists. Murals are like my main bread and butter. I had seven or eight gigs canceled. Internally I was defeated. When the lockdown hit I was terrified. Physically and mentally I wasn't prepared.  Between the work cancellations, the fear of my family and for the world, it was really hard for me to get into things creatively. I don't ever want to live in a state of denial for happiness sake. I also don't want to get caught in the depressed state of living in the unknown. I still am trying to be super positive and hopeful that this too shall pass. You can't manifest it if you can't even visualize it.
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  • Heather Singleteary, owner of Balance Dance Project. 14th Avenue, Sacramento.<br />
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Doors have been closed so it hasn't been easy to pay the rent. We've lost more than 50% of our students. We can't have recitals. We can't go out and perform. For a lot of these kids, this is craziness, they're struggling mentally. They can't see their friends, they can't be in school, they're on electronics so much more. And so dance is a way for them to get back engaging with people outside safely and it's a way to get them moving and staying healthy. Their life would not be the same without dance. It’s changing them, making them feel comfortable and confident. This studio is a place where they can just be themselves, express themselves and be creative, and I got to keep it going for them.
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  • Heather Singleteary, owner of Balance Dance Project. 14th Avenue, Sacramento.<br />
<br />
Doors have been closed so it hasn't been easy to pay the rent. We've lost more than 50% of our students. We can't have recitals. We can't go out and perform. For a lot of these kids, this is craziness, they're struggling mentally. They can't see their friends, they can't be in school, they're on electronics so much more. And so dance is a way for them to get back engaging with people outside safely and it's a way to get them moving and staying healthy. Their life would not be the same without dance. It’s changing them, making them feel comfortable and confident. This studio is a place where they can just be themselves, express themselves and be creative, and I got to keep it going for them.
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  • Heather Singleteary, owner of Balance Dance Project. 14th Avenue, Sacramento.<br />
<br />
Doors have been closed so it hasn't been easy to pay the rent. We've lost more than 50% of our students. We can't have recitals. We can't go out and perform. For a lot of these kids, this is craziness, they're struggling mentally. They can't see their friends, they can't be in school, they're on electronics so much more. And so dance is a way for them to get back engaging with people outside safely and it's a way to get them moving and staying healthy. Their life would not be the same without dance. It’s changing them, making them feel comfortable and confident. This studio is a place where they can just be themselves, express themselves and be creative, and I got to keep it going for them.
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  • Greg Rodriguez, owner of Victory Ink Tattoo. Jefferson Blvd., West Sacramento.<br />
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We opened in 2011. We were the first tattoo shop in West Sacramento. Most of our clients are loyal but 50-60% of our income is from walk-in traffic. I've been taking money out of my savings account to pay my rent because everything got to get paid. If you don't pay it now, you will have to pay for it in the end. I would like to open. I don’t want to keep hiding behind the shadows and not trying to live because we're all trying to survive. We don't work, we don't survive. Our main income is people, that's how we make our living.
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  • Greg Rodriguez, owner of Victory Ink Tattoo. Jefferson Blvd., West Sacramento.<br />
<br />
We opened in 2011. We were the first tattoo shop in West Sacramento. Most of our clients are loyal but 50-60% of our income is from walk-in traffic. I've been taking money out of my savings account to pay my rent because everything got to get paid. If you don't pay it now, you will have to pay for it in the end. I would like to open. I don’t want to keep hiding behind the shadows and not trying to live because we're all trying to survive. We don't work, we don't survive. Our main income is people, that's how we make our living.
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  • Gerry Simpson, owner of GOS Artwear. Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
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I was having a crowd of people in here, we would have poetry readings, people would come in and display their art. The pandemic shut everything down. One of my biggest dreams is that people will be more willing to come back out again. I am working toward that day I can re-open. I have stuff that's new that I can show you. I have enough time to come up with something different, to come up with something creative. And I got enough time to even do things that don't work because I can go back and fix them. My inspiration is just looking at the people, people are desperate for something to do. I'm desperate for people to come out. That's why I have to keep on working.
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  • Weeja Payenda, owner of Sophie’s Boutique. Stockton Blvd., South Sacramento.<br />
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Our busiest time of the year was usually prom season, which is about January to May. Also June, July, and August which is wedding season. We took a huge hit with the schools being closed and actually shutting down party life. I'm kind of speechless as to how I can describe the situation and how to move forward. I've been charging rent on my credit cards, dipping into savings accounts, borrowing money from my sister, mother, and brother. It's bad, but we got to pick up and get going, what can I do? I look at what I have. In hindsight, at least we have one another. There are people out there that don't even have that and it made you be so thankful for what you have versus what you don't have.
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  • Weeja Payenda, owner of Sophie’s Boutique. Stockton Blvd., South Sacramento.<br />
<br />
Our busiest time of the year was usually prom season, which is about January to May. Also June, July, and August which is wedding season. We took a huge hit with the schools being closed and actually shutting down party life. I'm kind of speechless as to how I can describe the situation and how to move forward. I've been charging rent on my credit cards, dipping into savings accounts, borrowing money from my sister, mother, and brother. It's bad, but we got to pick up and get going, what can I do? I look at what I have. In hindsight, at least we have one another. There are people out there that don't even have that and it made you be so thankful for what you have versus what you don't have.
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  • Alfred Melbourne, Founder of 3 Sisters Farms. Broderick, West Sacramento.<br />
<br />
Having spent 18 years of my own life incarcerated, I founded Three Sisters Gardens in 2018 to inspire and empower the youth in our community. I fell back on my Hunkpapa Lakota native heritage and I thought what better way to get these youth to see themselves as leaders and important by teaching them how to grow organic vegetables to give back to the community. We give up to 40-60% of our vegetables to elders, women, and children. During the pandemic, I sent all of our youth home and they weren't happy with it. But we had to make sure that we were taking care of them and doing the right thing. Working with a skeleton crew, we grew 55% less than we could have.
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  • Alfred Melbourne, Founder of 3 Sisters Farms. Broderick, West Sacramento.<br />
<br />
Having spent 18 years of my own life incarcerated, I founded Three Sisters Gardens in 2018 to inspire and empower the youth in our community. I fell back on my Hunkpapa Lakota native heritage and I thought what better way to get these youth to see themselves as leaders and important by teaching them how to grow organic vegetables to give back to the community. We give up to 40-60% of our vegetables to elders, women, and children. During the pandemic, I sent all of our youth home and they weren't happy with it. But we had to make sure that we were taking care of them and doing the right thing. Working with a skeleton crew, we grew 55% less than we could have.
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  • Alfred Melbourne, Founder of 3 Sisters Farms. Broderick, West Sacramento.<br />
<br />
Having spent 18 years of my own life incarcerated, I founded Three Sisters Gardens in 2018 to inspire and empower the youth in our community. I fell back on my Hunkpapa Lakota native heritage and I thought what better way to get these youth to see themselves as leaders and important by teaching them how to grow organic vegetables to give back to the community. We give up to 40-60% of our vegetables to elders, women, and children. During the pandemic, I sent all of our youth home and they weren't happy with it. But we had to make sure that we were taking care of them and doing the right thing. Working with a skeleton crew, we grew 55% less than we could have.
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  • Sandra Tinoco, owner of Taqueria Linda. Richards Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
<br />
I started working in Los Angeles at King Taco. I met my husband there, I was the cashier and he was the cook. We saved money because it was my dream to get my own place. All the tables were always packed during lunchtime. But last year was very bad. I was thinking of closing. Before I had eight workers and now I just have three. I had to lay off my workers, most of them are single mothers with children and they are dependent on the job. I was really sad and crying. I can't imagine how they feel. My son is attending Cal Poly University, he is studying to be an aerospace engineer. I'm very happy and proud. I need to pay for his school, and my rent and utilities are expensive. It’s very stressful and sometimes I don't know if I can make it.
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  • Georgia “Mother Rose” West, Manager of Underground Books. Oak Park, Sacramento.<br />
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As African Americans, we got to make sure that our voices are heard. We wanted to bring art and culture to the Oak Park community. We wanted an African American bookstore where we could share our history, share our voices, encourage and educate people, and then have a community spot where people can meet, and book signings and authors coming in. Once that order came down and the pandemic hit, we're thinking, oh my goodness, what are we gonna do? And of course, we had to close. We started thinking we've got to make some changes if we want to survive.
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  • David Owens, owner of Center Ring Boxing Club.Franklin Blvd., Sacramento.<br />
<br />
We were Northern California’s number one team. We had champions, I was making champions. I just miss boxing, I miss the competition. I'm barely open. Before, we had like 50 to 40 Kids.  For me to keep this going, I'll do anything I can. However, I can create some revenue to keep this going, I'll do it. I'll try anything.  If this closes down, all the kids that I have here have nowhere to go. So, I can't close down.
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  • Franceska Gamez, artist & co-owner of 1810 Gallery. 14th Street, Sacramento.<br />
<br />
I am a muralist. I'm also a sculptor and installation artist. I also co-own the 1810 Gallery. We do our best to uplift, underrepresented, marginalized, and emerging artists. Murals are like my main bread and butter. I had seven or eight gigs canceled. Internally I was defeated. When the lockdown hit I was terrified. Physically and mentally I wasn't prepared.  Between the work cancellations, the fear of my family and for the world, it was really hard for me to get into things creatively. I don't ever want to live in a state of denial for happiness sake. I also don't want to get caught in the depressed state of living in the unknown. I still am trying to be super positive and hopeful that this too shall pass. You can't manifest it if you can't even visualize it.
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  • Nevada's recent passage of legislation creating a public option for health insurance makes it the second state after Washington to establish a government-run healthcare program that could compete against the private insurance industry. Democratic lawmakers in the state who support the move say it will drive down consumers' premiums and out-of-pocket costs through competition and limits it imposes on how much doctors and hospitals can charge. Republicans and industry groups counter that a public option would instead drive health providers out of business and make it harder for people to access care. Nevada's path offers a preview of the arguments to come at the national level, where President Biden and some congressional Democrats are looking to create a federally run health insurance program.<br />
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/future-of-u-s-healthcare-is-playing-out-in-nevada-11624095000
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  • Mikaela Sanford poses for a portrait at her work station in Folsom, Calif. on August 18, 2022. Mikaela Sanford worked for Rick Singer for six years, submitting college applications on behalf of clients and taking online courses for teens on around a dozen occasions. She pleaded guilty for her role in the Varsity Blues admissions scandal and has been sentenced.  <br />
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/insider-in-college-admissions-scandal-recalls-moody-boss-demanding-parents-11660996800?mod=business_minor_pos4
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  • Indonesia Sees Foreign Investment Surge. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html
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  • Seeing Tourism as Crucial, Indonesia Tries to Step Up Its Game. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/business/global/30iht-tourism30.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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  • Nevada's recent passage of legislation creating a public option for health insurance makes it the second state after Washington to establish a government-run healthcare program that could compete against the private insurance industry. Democratic lawmakers in the state who support the move say it will drive down consumers' premiums and out-of-pocket costs through competition and limits it imposes on how much doctors and hospitals can charge. Republicans and industry groups counter that a public option would instead drive health providers out of business and make it harder for people to access care. Nevada's path offers a preview of the arguments to come at the national level, where President Biden and some congressional Democrats are looking to create a federally run health insurance program.<br />
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/future-of-u-s-healthcare-is-playing-out-in-nevada-11624095000
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  • Nevada's recent passage of legislation creating a public option for health insurance makes it the second state after Washington to establish a government-run healthcare program that could compete against the private insurance industry. Democratic lawmakers in the state who support the move say it will drive down consumers' premiums and out-of-pocket costs through competition and limits it imposes on how much doctors and hospitals can charge. Republicans and industry groups counter that a public option would instead drive health providers out of business and make it harder for people to access care. Nevada's path offers a preview of the arguments to come at the national level, where President Biden and some congressional Democrats are looking to create a federally run health insurance program.<br />
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/future-of-u-s-healthcare-is-playing-out-in-nevada-11624095000
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  • Nevada's recent passage of legislation creating a public option for health insurance makes it the second state after Washington to establish a government-run healthcare program that could compete against the private insurance industry. Democratic lawmakers in the state who support the move say it will drive down consumers' premiums and out-of-pocket costs through competition and limits it imposes on how much doctors and hospitals can charge. Republicans and industry groups counter that a public option would instead drive health providers out of business and make it harder for people to access care. Nevada's path offers a preview of the arguments to come at the national level, where President Biden and some congressional Democrats are looking to create a federally run health insurance program.<br />
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/future-of-u-s-healthcare-is-playing-out-in-nevada-11624095000
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