Bill Text: CA AR61 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to America Break Bread Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-25-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-08-15 - Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 5820.). [AR61 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AR61-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: HR 61 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 15, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lackey
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen,
Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow,
Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta,
Brough, Brown, Burke, Campos,
Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu,
Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dodd,
Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines,
Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia,
Gatto, Gipson, Gomez,
Gonzalez, Gordon, Grove, Hadley,
Harper, Holden, Irwin,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Levine,
Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell,
Patterson, Quirk, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone,
Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wilk, Williams,
and Wood )
AUGUST 2, 2016
Relative to America Break Bread Day.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST
WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), food insecurity is a condition in which access to adequate
food is limited by a lack of money and other resources at times
during the year; and
WHEREAS, According to recent reports, one in every six people in
America, or over 48 million people, are hungry or experience food
insecurity; and
WHEREAS, Nineteen percent of American households with children
under 18 years of age were food insecure in 2014; and
WHEREAS, For households with incomes near or below the federal
poverty level, households with children headed by single women or
single men, or women living alone, the rates of food insecurity were
substantially higher than the national average; and
WHEREAS, The food insecurity rate was highest in rural areas,
moderate in large cities, and lowest in suburban and exurban areas
around large cities; and
WHEREAS, In a 2014 USDA survey, 61 percent of food-insecure
households reported that in the previous month they had participated
in one or more of the three largest federal food and nutrition
assistance programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children (WIC), and the National School Lunch Program
(NSLP); and
WHEREAS, Forty percent of food, or about $165 billion worth, is
thrown out in the United States every year, which could feed 25
million Americans; and
WHEREAS, In California, the food insecurity rate is at 16.7
percent, with the number of food-insecure individuals exceeding six
million; and
WHEREAS, 1Family 1Restaurant is a local program in the Antelope
Valley in cooperation with Grace Resources, the Boys and Girls Club
of Antelope Valley, South Antelope Valley Emergency Services (SAVES),
also known as Palmdale SAVES, and the Cities of Lancaster and
Palmdale; and
WHEREAS, 1Family 1Restaurant connects 74,000 hungry people in the
Antelope Valley to meals from local restaurants sponsored by
residents from the community; and
WHEREAS, By breaking bread together through shared restaurant
meals, we open our hearts and restore dignity and hope to families in
need; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly intends for this resolution to establish an annual event and
to encourage communities and businesses to sponsor hungry families
throughout the year by emulating the best practices of 1Family
1Restaurant; and be it further
Resolved, That the Assembly hereby proclaims August 28, 2016, as
America Break Bread Day in the State of California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
