Advocacy

Sixty years ago on August 31, 1964, the Food Stamp Program became permanent when the Food Stamp Act was signed into […]

The California Association of Food Banks had the pleasure of partnering with students from the Goldman School of Public Policy […]

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.

Yesterday, the Assembly and Senate released their Joint Legislative Budget Plan, an important milestone in the state budget process, and an […]

Hello!  My name is Kelly Lowery. I am the Administrator of the Community Action Partnership of Kern Food Bank in […]

Hi– I am Angela Marie Dominguez, and I am so excited to be part of such a great group of […]

Hi! My name is Malia Cary, and I’m the Government & Public Affairs Manager at Second Harvest Food Bank of […]

Yesterday, Governor Newsom released his proposed 2024-25 state budget. At a time when hunger is on the rise and similar to devastating pre-pandemic levels, we are very grateful for proposals to protect progress made to strengthen anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs that are critical for millions of Californians. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, what started as a health crisis quickly became an economic and hunger catastrophe. With […]

We are especially grateful to Senator Skinner, who has made expanding access to school meals a pillar of her work […]