Small Businesses Eligible for Disaster Relief Loans March 18, 2020 General COVID-19 Small businesses in Alameda, Contra Costa, and numerous other California counties, are eligible to file for Economic Injury Disaster Loans due to COVID-19. Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are a form of working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of the disaster. Read more about the EIDL loans here.