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Taken together, these changes would devastate California’s food system and economy, while forcing state and county governments to shoulder the fallout without additional support. It is a profound disinvestment in families, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and working parents.

On Friday, Governor Newsom signed the Budget Act of 2025. The California Association of Food Banks and our network of […]

The California Association of Food Banks brought together food bank leaders to discuss the state of food insecurity, the policy […]

Joint Statement Highlights Devastating Impacts to Hunger, Grocers, Local Governments, and California’s Food Economy California leaders representing all sectors of […]

Yesterday morning, Governor Newsom released his May Revise budget proposal for the 2025-26 State Budget, which projects a significant State […]

The CalFood Program Funded the Purchase of 80 Million Pounds of Food in 2024; Reduced Funding Would Severely Impact Food-Insecure […]

Yesterday, the House voted to advance the budget reconciliation process with instructions to make trillions in deep cuts to critical […]

On Friday, Governor Newsom released his proposed 2025-26 State budget. We are grateful that this initial proposal that will guide […]

Today, President Biden signed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government. However, the stopgap bill did not include an […]

Throughout this challenging budget year, we have been fortunate to work alongside our member food banks, anti-hunger partners, and advocates across California to uplift many of the priorities included in the final State budget.