California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he is ordering the California National Guard and the volunteer organization California Volunteers to assist food banks in San José with logistical and humanitarian tasks and that the state is accelerating roughly $80,000,000 in funding for food banks.

Newsom said the move responds to concerns that a federal government shutdown will lead to a surge in families seeking emergency food assistance. The governor directed military and volunteer personnel to help “pack, bag and arrange boxes” at food banks, and clarified that those personnel will perform only humanitarian and logistical duties, not law-enforcement functions.

The announcement identifies San José as a site where the extra personnel will deploy to support local food distribution operations. The statement said the state will expedite delivery of about $80,000,000 in aid to food banks; the transcript did not specify the schedule for disbursement, which organizations will receive the funds, or whether the funding requires further administrative steps.

The governor’s directive names two groups to assist: the California National Guard and California Volunteers. Details about the scope of the Guard’s and volunteers’ deployments (number of personnel, shifts, exact start dates) were not specified in the announcement.

No formal vote or legislative action was recorded; the governor’s statement was presented as an executive direction and announcement of accelerated state funding. Additional operational details, including timelines for fund distribution and coordination with county or city officials in San José, were not provided in the transcript.