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SB 1325: CalFood Program.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-03-25

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-04-23: From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (April 20).)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

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Existing law establishes the CalFood Program, administered by the State Department of Social Services, and requires the CalFood Program to provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food to food banks established pursuant to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program whose ongoing primary function is to facilitate the distribution of food to low-income households, as specified.

This bill would additionally require the CalFood Program to provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food to food banks that are members of the nonprofit organization Feeding America that are based in California or members of the California Association of Food Banks, as specified.

Existing law provides for financial and food assistance benefits to needy Californians, including, among other programs, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program and CalFresh, under which each county provides for financial and food assistance benefits to qualified individuals who meet specified eligibility criteria. Existing law, administered by the State Department of Social Services, provides for the establishment of a statewide electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system for the purpose of providing those financial and food assistance benefits. Existing law allows an interested collective group or association of produce sellers that is Food and Nutrition Service-authorized and in a flea market, farmers market, or certified farmers market to initiate and operate an EBT acceptance system in the market, as specified, and makes related findings and declarations. Under existing law, an individual seller may operate their own individual EBT acceptance activity as part of that sellers personal business customer transaction offering.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Standing Committee on Human Services27MIN
Apr 20, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Human Services

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