Food Insecuity

Legislators want to spend $650 million a year to continue a pandemic program for free meals for all California public school students. They got their way in the budget deal with Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Senate Bill 464 will help provide food security to low-income families and help lift them out of poverty, regardless of immigration status.

Alonso and his wife have been unable to afford rent during the pandemic. They share a one-bedroom apartment with their four children.

In a state that has long struggled to get federal food assistance to those who qualify, one senator is hoping that the third time’s a charm for his bill to ease application hurdles for CalFresh.

A new entity that formed this year will be responsible for distributing millions of pounds of food to food banks throughout California.

California’s nonprofits need the state to institute policies for contract flexibility, relief programs and access to COVID-19 funding.

Hello! We’re publishing more of our work in Spanish to better serve our diverse state. Make sure to click here to read the article in English. Demand for food and social services has grown almost five-fold in some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest neighborhoods. Now, the sole full-service social services provider in Cupertino and other west valley cities […]

Given overwhelming demand for pandemic relief, undocumented Californians hope the governor will authorize a second round of emergency grocery money. But it’s still not clear yet where funding will come from.

The pandemic has left millions of Californians without jobs, food or money for next month's rent. Meanwhile, the state's many billionaires got richer.

The number of people receiving help from food banks has doubled across the seven-county Bay Area from pre-pandemic levels.