SB 881 (McNerney) – Extending Tax Credits & Assistance Vital to Food Banks
This bill will extend the ability for farmers,growers, and food producers to receive tax credits for donating surplus food to food banks and it will extend the option for California taxpayers to donate to foodbanks on their state tax returns.
Sponsor(s): California Association of Food Banks, Californians Against Waste
Position: Sponsor
Status: Introduced
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AB 1049 (Rodriguez) – California Food Assistance Program – Sponsor Deeming
This bill would remove sponsor deeming from the California Food Assistance Program as part of the Food4All campaign.
Sponsor(s): Nourish California, California Immigrant Policy Center
Position: Support
Status: Assembly Appropriations (Hearing 1/22)
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SB 560 (Smallwood- Cuevas) – Decriminalize Benefit Overpayments
This bill would authorize counties to process public benefits overpayments like CalFresh through their administrative penalty system. By updating the law so overpayment cases can be handled administratively, county workers will be empowered to ensure reporting paperwork is corrected and overpayments are repaid, without traumatizing and destabilizing vulnerable families.
Sponsor(s): Western Center on Law and Poverty, SEIU California
Position: Support
Status: Senate Appropriations (Hearing 1/22)
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