Bill Text: CA SB1419 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Food deserts: grants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-06 - May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. [SB1419 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1419-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Food deserts: grants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-06 - May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. [SB1419 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1419-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1419
| Introduced by Senator Rubio |
February 16, 2024 |
An act relating to food deserts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1419, as introduced, Rubio.
Food deserts.
Existing law generally establishes various programs to decrease hunger and promote good nutrition throughout the state. Existing law specifically establishes the Office of Farm to Fork to work with various agencies, groups, and organizations, including the agricultural industry, to increase the amount of agricultural products available to underserved communities and schools in this state. The duties of the office include, among others, promoting greater retail sale of healthy food in underserved communities and working with stakeholders to identify urban and rural communities that lack access to healthy food, determine current barriers to food access, and share information to encourage best practices.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to decrease food deserts in underserved communities.
