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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Food for Thought: Tackling Food Insecurity in California
Description: Join us for a panel discussion focused on addressing food insecurity in California, with an emphasis on CalFresh reform. CalFresh is the state-run food stamps program that assists low- or no-income individuals and households to purchase nutritious food, also known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Inefficiencies in the CalFresh system have become evident in the billions of dollars in unused federal benefits, as well as in comparison to other states that have achieved 100 percent SNAP participation among eligible individuals through strategic policy changes.Â
A new state law, AB 518 (Wicks and Jackson), mandates the development o...