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Health commissioners review food-security assessment urging sustained funding and health–care partnerships
Summary
San Francisco Health Department staff and the Food Security Task Force presented a city assessment showing 27% of residents under 200% of poverty and strained food-safety networks; the task force urged sustainable funding, client-centered services, and stronger partnerships with health plans and providers.
San Francisco’s Department of Public Health commissioners on Oct. 2 heard a detailed assessment from the Food Security Task Force showing concentrated poverty and strained food-safety infrastructure citywide, and they were asked to endorse a set of policy and funding recommendations.
Paula Jones of the Population Health Division, co-vice chair of the task force, told commissioners the report estimates about 27% of San Franciscans live below 200% of the federal poverty level — roughly 220,000 people — and that many food programs and kitchens are operating at or beyond capacity. "We have wait lists in many programs from our pantry program to our programs for seniors and adults with disabilities," Jones said, describing limited physical…
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