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Supervisor Preston urges state to restore Market Match funding, backs AB 2115 to expand methadone access
Summary
Supervisor Matt Preston introduced a resolution urging Governor Newsom and the California Legislature to preserve state funding for the Market Match nutrition incentive program and introduced a separate resolution supporting Assemblymember Matt Haney’s AB 2115 to expand methadone take-home access.
Supervisor Matt Preston told the Board of Supervisors on April 16 that San Francisco stands to lose a widely used nutrition incentive if proposed state budget cuts move forward and asked the Legislature and governor to restore funding for the Market Match program that augments CalFresh purchasing power.
Preston said Market Match, a 15-year-old program that provides dollar-for-dollar matching for CalFresh purchases of fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers markets,…
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