Bill Text: CA AB826 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Emergency food assistance: COVID-19.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2020-09-29 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB826 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB826-Amended.html
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| Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago (Coauthors: Assembly Members Carrillo, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, and Blanca Rubio) (Coauthor: Senator Archuleta) |
February 20, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would require the department to provide food assistance, as specified, to all persons in this state, regardless of legal status, who have had their income or physical health, or the income or physical health of a member of their household, negatively affected by COVID-19, upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature for that purpose. The bill would allow a person receiving funds to receive $300 per month, for 6 months, with a limit of 2 adults receiving funds per household, for a total of $600 per household per month. The bill would require the department to deliver these
food benefits through food vouchers or gift cards to retailers distributed through participating nonprofit organizations, as specified.
Digest Key
Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 15.5 (commencing with Section 18996.5) is added to Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:CHAPTER 15.5. Emergency Food Assistance For All
18996.5.
(a) (1) Upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature for this purpose, or upon a determination by the Governor that funds available to the Governor may be used for this purpose, the State Department of Social Services shall contract with a Feeding America partner state organization with the capacity to provide a food assistance benefit statewide, or another nonprofit entity that the department deems appropriate, which shall issue the benefits pursuant to this chapter. The contract shall include all of the contractor’s costs to administer the program, as well as the administrative expenses for subcontracting nonprofits as specified in subdivision (e) of this section, and shall require the department to advance all administrative expenses to the contractor.SEC. 2.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:(a)Upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature for this purpose, the State Department of Social Services shall provide food assistance to all persons in this state, regardless of legal status, who have had their income or physical health, or the income or physical health of a member of their household, negatively affected by COVID-19. To the extent possible, funding shall prioritize those persons excluded from other forms of food assistance.
(b)Funds provided for food assistance shall be used only for the purpose of purchasing food and shall be limited to the types of purchases allowed under the CalFresh program, including the purchase of hot, prepared foods.
(c)A
person receiving funds pursuant to this chapter shall receive three hundred dollars ($300) per month, for six months. A limit of two adults per household may receive assistance pursuant to this section, for a maximum of six hundred dollars ($600) per household per month.
(d)The department shall deliver the benefits provided pursuant to this chapter through food vouchers or gift cards to retailers distributed through participating nonprofit organizations, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1)Existing Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP) providers under contract with the department.
(2)Members of the California Association of Food Banks.
(3)Nonprofit organizations that have experience serving communities with persons described
in subdivision (a), including, but not limited to, nonprofit organizations under contract with the department for the Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants (DRAI) Project.
(4)Nonprofit organizations under contract with the department for CalFresh outreach programs, as described in Section 18904.2.
(e)“Retailer” means grocery stores and farmers’ markets serving communities with persons described in subdivision (a). The department shall, in consultation with the entities identified in subdivision (d), determine the retailers for each county. To the extent possible, funds shall maximize local employment and economic development, unless food deserts or other access limitations necessitate otherwise.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to facilitate the immediate delivery of food assistance during the COVID-19 public health emergency, it is necessary that this act go into effect immediately.
