The City of Oakland's Commercial Lending program is a multi-service business assistance partnership that provides personalized technical and financial assistance to small business owners to attract, retain and expand Oakland's economic base. The Commercial Lending division has recently partnered with the Cal State East Bay Small Business Development Center (SBDC). SBDC offers entrepreneurs and small business owners in Oakland various workshops, consulting services and business planning resources to support small business growth and sustainable economic development.  Commercial Lending also offers a variety of financing programs administered by the Oakland Business Development Corporation (OBDC located at 519 17^th Street, 7^th floor), to assist  the City’s Commercial Lending division with loan programs to promote investment of public and private sector dollars into Oakland businesses and creation of jobs for Oakland's low to moderate income residents.

The Commercial Lending office is located at 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 5th floor. For more information regarding Commercial Lending services, such as business training, technical assistance and other partner resource programs, call Cal State East Bay Small Business Development Center at 510-208-0414. For commercial financing and other lending resources, call the Oakland Business Development Corporation at 510-763-4297.