The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in California of the Nov. 25, 2025 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by drought beginning Oct. 1, 2024. The disaster declaration covers the California counties of Alpine, Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Tuolumne and Ventura as well as the Arizona counties of La Paz, Mohave and Yuma, and the Nevada counties of Clark, Douglas, Esmeralda, Lyon, Mineral and Nye.