State Policy

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

Across California’s college and university campuses, food banks play a critical role in helping students succeed. From UC and CSU […]

Today, the California Association of Food Banks (CAFB) honored two anti-hunger leaders in California at the annual Capitol Action Day event. The honorees include State Senator John Laird and State Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen as champions of CalFood program advocacy.

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 […]

The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank serves more than 400,000 individuals each month, with a mission to provide […]

In 2022, California began implementing its first-in-the-nation Short-Lived Climate Pollution Reduction Strategy, otherwise known as Senate Bill (SB) 1383, which […]

Since 1987, the Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) has been working to relieve hunger in Sonoma and its surrounding counties. […]

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

The expansion of CalFresh benefits to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients in 2019 marked the most significant increase in program […]