COVID-19: City launches emergency loan program for small businesses

 The Manhattan Beach City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved an emergency loan program to help small businesses struggling to stay afloat through the pandemic. The program will allocate $250,000, drawn from the city’s general fund reserves, which will be disbursed in $10,000 loans to businesses that  employ 50 people or fewer. Highest priority will be given to independently owned businesses that have been closed due to COVID-19, and then to independent businesses tha