A Review of Hunger Legislation in Sacramento

 

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California Food Policy Advocates

California Association of Food Banks

 

AB 1198 - Food Stamps for Recovery – Sandré Swanson (D-Oakland) Fully remove life-time ban on former drug felons who have gone through recovery.

 

SB 1322 - Food Stamp Employment and Training - Carol Liu (D-Los Angeles) Improve delivery of Food Stamp Employment and Training programs and options for Food Stamp Recipients.

 

AB 537 - EBT at Farmer’s Markets - Juan Arambula (D-Fresno) Establishes a method for farmers’ markets, flea markets and similar open air vendors to accept food stamps by January 2012.

 

AB 1914 - Public Social Services: Emergency Food Stamps - Mike Davis (D - Los Angles)  Requires the state to provide emergency food stamp benefits to those waiting for their unemployment benefits or an extension of unemployment benefits to become available.

 

AB 2084 - Child Day Care Facilities: Nutrition - Julia Brownley (D - Santa Monica)SUMMARY: Requires a licensed child day care facility to follow specified guidelines to the provision of beverages.

 

AB 2720 - Public Health: Food Justice - John A. Perez (D – Los Angles) Provides recommendations to the Legislature regarding actions that need to be taken to promote food justice in the state.

 

SB 1210 - Taxation: Sweetened Beverage Tax - Dean Florez (D – Central Valley) Taxes every sweetened beverage manufacturer, concentrate manufacturer, or other person who makes the first sale in this state of a sweetened beverage or concentrate of a rate of $0.01 per teaspoon of sugar placed into the sweetened beverage or equivalent amount of concentrate.

 

SB 1359 - Public Social Services: Food Stamps - Curren Price (D – Los Angles)  Moves to semiannual reporting for the Food Stamp program.  Forgoes fingerprint imaging and asset tests for Food Stamp applicants