{"id":51514,"date":"2025-06-30T10:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/?p=51514"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:02:30","slug":"2025-26-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/blog\/2025-26-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"El gobernador Newsom firma el presupuesto 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, Governor Newsom signed the Budget Act of 2025<\/a>. The California Association of Food Banks and our network of food banks are deeply grateful to the Legislature and the Governor for prioritizing inclusion of $60M for CalFood<\/a> \u2014 a critical anti-hunger program that enables food banks to purchase California grown foods to distribute to people experiencing hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while food banks are reporting serving record demand, over $100M in federally funded food has been permanently canceled<\/a>y Congress is proposing the biggest cuts to SNAP (CalFresh) in the program\u2019s history<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the second year in a row, food banks across the state are collectively serving 6 million Californians each month<\/a> \u2013 this is compared to the 4.5 million people that food banks were serving during the height of the pandemic in 2021. It is clear that food insecurity is still on the rise<\/a>, with the soaring cost of groceries and other basic needs. Between 2020 and 2024 alone, the cost of food in the U.S. increased by a shocking 23.6%.<\/a> This has resulted in a staggering 1 in 4 people today taking on debt to pay for food.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We thank Sen. Laird and Asm. Nguyen \u2014 our budget champions \u2014 for their extraordinary leadership in securing CalFood as a top priority in the Legislature throughout tough budget negotiations this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe advocacy work of Sen. Laird and Asm. Nguyen is commendable and has affected strong change across California\u2019s communities, businesses, agriculture entities and most importantly, those experiencing food insecurity. We thank them for their alliance and dedication to supporting our organization and its programs.\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>

\u2013Stacia Hill Levenfeld, CEO, California Association of Food Banks<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also commend Governor Newsom, Speaker Rivas, Pro Tem McGuire, Budget Chairs Senator Wiener and Assemblymember Gabriel, Human Services Budget Subcommittee Chairs Senator Weber-Pierson and Assemblymember Jackson for their commitment to prioritizing Californians experiencing hunger and poverty today. In particular, we celebrate the inclusion of investments for several key anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n