{"id":157376,"date":"2026-01-31T01:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/157376\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T01:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:33:06","slug":"new-southeast-asian-business-study-set-to-guide-funding-and-policy-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/157376\/","title":{"rendered":"New Southeast Asian business study set to guide funding and policy changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Access Plus Capital launched the Southeast Asian Business Study, the first comprehensive initiative in California aimed at documenting and elevating the economic contributions of business owners. <\/p>\n<p>The study seeks to ensure these entrepreneurs are fully represented in data, funding, and policy decisions.<\/p>\n<p> Fresno County, which is home to one of California&#8217;s largest Southeast Asian populations. <\/p>\n<p>Many of the businesses remain undercounted in traditional data systems, limiting their access to capital and support. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Southeast Asian business owners are deeply rooted in Fresno County\u2019s economy, yet too often missing from the data that drives investment policy,&#8221; said Tate Hill, CEO of Access Plus Capital.<\/p>\n<p> Dao Lor, SCALE Fresno Steering Committee Chair, stated, &#8220;I am very happy that for the first time, we will finally have a study to analyze the need for the Southeast Asian business community.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/jakara-speaks-out-in-fresno-as-ca-dmv-commercial-driver-license-cancellations-loom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jakara speaks out in Fresno as CA DMV commercial driver license cancellations loom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This study was led through SCALE Fresno, a special program of Access Plus Capital, and made possible through the James Irvine Foundation\u2019s funding. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The study was initially announced during the Fresno Hmong New Year Celebration on December 26th of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Access Plus Capital launched the Southeast Asian Business Study, the first comprehensive initiative in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-157376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}