Speaker Rivas Event

The California dream is out of reach for too many. But last month in Watsonville, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas joined us to see how CDFIs are making it more affordable and accessible for working families in his district.

Speaker Rivas heard from:

️ 🏠 Housing Trust Silicon Valley about their financing for Tabasa Gardens, a new affordable housing development that’s giving families stability and opportunity

🌱 California FarmLink about the loans and advising that help farm workers, like Domitila Tapia of Mimi’s Organic Farms, become farm owners and operators in their own right

💼 El Pájaro Community Development Corporation about their microloans to women entrepreneurs launching businesses in their own communities

This is what happens when capital reaches the people and places that traditional lenders overlook. Through the California Investment and Innovation Program (Cal IIP), the State of California helps make it possible by supporting CDFIs to invest where it matters most.