{"id":46601,"date":"2024-05-30T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/?p=46601"},"modified":"2024-07-12T03:56:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:56:26","slug":"legislature-protects-key-anti-hunger-and-anti-poverty-programs-in-state-budget-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/blog\/legislature-protects-key-anti-hunger-and-anti-poverty-programs-in-state-budget-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"La Legislatura protege programas clave contra el hambre y la pobreza en el acuerdo presupuestario estatal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, the Assembly and Senate released their Joint Legislative Budget Plan<\/a>, an important milestone in the state budget process, and an affirmation of California\u2019s commitment to nourishing communities across our whole state. Today, the Assembly Budget Committee and Senate Budget Subcommittees passed the plan out of their respective committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are grateful that the Legislature took this important step and remained firmly committed to creating a State budget that protects our progress towards our shared vision of a hunger-free California for all. We learned the hard lesson from the Great Recession that cutting and delaying funding for life-saving social safety net programs has devastating outcomes for not only individuals and families facing challenging economic times but also whole communities and the entire state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our most recent survey of CAFB member food banks last month, we learned that collectively the network is serving a staggering 6 million people per month \u2013 a 20% increase from 2023.<\/a> And, they are doing this with only 4% more food in their warehouses. While food banks have always been experts at doing more with less \u2013 especially when their communities need them most \u2013 it is imperative that our State Budget continue to invest in critical anti-poverty and anti-hunger programs like CalFresh, CalWORKS, school and summer meals, and food bank programs like CalFood and the State Emergency Food Bank Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We thank Pro Tem McGuire, Speaker Rivas, Budget Chairs Sen. Wiener and Asm. Gabriel, and Human Services Budget Sub-Chairs Sen. Menjivar and Asm. Jackson, for their bold vision and unwavering commitment \u2013 especially during a tough budget environment \u2013 to prioritizing the well-being of millions of Californians experiencing hunger and poverty today. We are particularly grateful for key priorities that will leverage the strength of hunger-fighting programs like CalFresh, CalWORKs, school meals, and SUN Bucks, among many others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n