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Supervisors adopt food‑security ordinances, reauthorize task force and create food‑market grant fund
Summary
On unanimous votes the board created a new grant fund for food empowerment markets, ordered biennial food-security reporting by the Department of Public Health, and extended the food security task force sunset date from 2021 to 2026.
The Board unanimously adopted a three‑part package aimed at strengthening food security in San Francisco.
Item 40 created a special fund and authorized grants to nonprofit agencies to establish and operate so‑called Food Empowerment Markets while designating the Human Services Agency to administer the program. Item 41 directed the Department of Public Health to report biennially on food security and equity with input from other departments. Item 42 reauthorized and extended the Food Security Task Force sunset date from July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2026, requiring an eight‑vote suspension of a board rule and receiving the necessary support.
Supervisors highlighted the pandemic’s impact on food access and thanked community groups and city staff. Several supervisors, including Safaié and Melgar, noted plans for pilots and partnerships with community organizations such as local food hubs. The clerk read grant amounts and task force duties from the packet; supervisor amendments clarified eligible kitchen partnerships and the report’s data sources by requesting information from the San Francisco Unified School District and the Housing Authority.
All three measures passed by unanimous roll call. Supervisors said the package aims to reimagine food provision with dignity and targeted support to neighborhoods hardest hit by food insecurity.
