Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)

State of California Worked to Attract Chinese Foreign Direct Investment

August 15, 2023 2:55 amAugust 15, 2023 2:56 am

Questions continue to surface regarding the mysterious, unlicensed COVID-19 bio-lab which has been ordered to cease operations within Reedley, California. The origins of the business dealings between the City/County of Fresno and the Chinese owned Universal Meditech/Prestige Biotech are under...

Was Illegal Chinese COVID Lab in Reedley A CCP Biowarfare Lab?

August 8, 2023 2:55 amAugust 9, 2023 8:31 am

A COVID lab run by a shady Chinese company was operating in Reedley, CA in the Central San Joaquin Valley, the Globe first reported July 28, 2023. We wanted to know why. The lab, which was supposed to be an...

Reedley Chinese COVID Lab Received Tax Credit of $360,000 From Gov. Newsom’s ‘GO-Biz’

August 2, 2023 4:56 pmAugust 6, 2023 8:15 am

At the epicenter of current controversy, an illegal California lab run by a Chinese biotech firm, Prestige Biotech, was recently discovered in a warehouse in Reedley, California. The lab contained mice which were genetically engineered to spread COVID-19. According to...

Newsom Signs AB 152 COVID-19 Relief: Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

September 30, 2022 6:23 amSeptember 30, 2022 6:28 am

On September 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 152, authored by the Assembly Committee on Budget. The bill adds and repeals Article 9.1 (commencing with Section 12100.96) of Chapter 1.6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2...

Calif. Economic Development Budget Trailer Bill Establishes ‘California Competes Grant Program’

July 13, 2021 2:30 pmJuly 13, 2021 2:43 pm

The Legislature passed and Governor Newsom signed on July 12 Senate Bill 151 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee) [Chapter 74], which is the economic development budget trailer bill. The bill amends Sections 12099.1, 12099.2, 12099.3, 12099.4, 10299.5, 12099.6, 12099.7, 12100.61,...

Senator Borgeas Wants to ‘Keep California Working’

January 5, 2021 3:46 pmJanuary 8, 2021 11:20 am

State Senator Andreas Borgeas asked a very important question in a recent California Globe interview: “How do we help small business now?” He asked the question, but already had the answer. Sen. Borgeas (R-Fresno) recently authored the Keep California Working Act,...

Personal Data Breach with Gov. Newsom’s $500 Million Grant Program?

January 4, 2021 2:08 amJanuary 4, 2021 2:51 pm

California Globe has learned that small business owners around the state are running into serious data breaches of their personal information while applying for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new $500 million small business grant program. California small businesses have suffered now...