A microbusiness must satisfy the following criteria to be eligible to receive a grant from the MBCRG program :

• Active businesses operating since at least December 31, 2019.
• The microbusiness is currently active and operating.
• The microbusiness was significantly impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
• The microbusiness had less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in revenues in the 2019 taxable year.
• The microbusiness currently has fewer than five full-time equivalent employees and had fewer than five full-time equivalent employees in the 2019 and 2020 taxable years.
• The microbusiness owner can provide acceptable form of government-issued photo ID (state, domestic, or foreign) and documentation that includes the owner’s name may include but is not limited to the following: a local business permit or license, a bank statement, a tax return, a trade account, a self-attestation/self-certification done under penalty of perjury.
• The microbusiness owner must be the majority-owner and manager of the qualified microbusiness and the owner’s primary means of income in the 2019 taxable year.
• The microbusiness owner did not receive a grant under the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program.
• The microbusiness is not a business excluded from participation in the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 12100.82 found HERE.

A qualified microbusiness owner must meet and self-certify, under penalty of perjury, all of the following criteria:

• The microbusiness owner is the majority-owner and manager of the qualified microbusiness.
• The microbusiness owner’s primary means of income in the 2019 taxable year was the qualified microbusiness.
• The microbusiness owner did not receive a grant under the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program.
• The microbusiness owner can demonstrate their eligibility as a “qualified microbusiness owner” by providing the fiscal agent with a government issued photo identification (state, domestic, or foreign), and documentation that includes the owner’s name and may include, but is not limited to, the following:
  • A local business permit or license
  • A bank statement
  • A tax return
  • Trade account