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Supervisors, city agencies and community groups outline long-term food sovereignty goals and urge sustained funding after COVID-era emergency response
Summary
A multi-agency hearing on food insecurity highlighted large pandemic-era increases in need, community-led responses, and recommendations to reauthorize and resource the Food Security Task Force, expand centralized information/referral, sustain community hubs, and pursue food sovereignty with racial-equity focus.
The Budget & Appropriations Committee held an extended May 19 hearing on food insecurity and food sovereignty that brought testimony from the Food Security Task Force, the Office of Racial Equity, the Human Services Agency, San Francisco Unified School District and dozens of community groups.
Supervisor Matt Haney and Supervisor Ronan framed the hearing by noting dramatic pandemic-era increases in need. "One in four San Franciscans are at risk of hunger," Ronan said, summarizing Task Force findings and saying the board must reauthorize and resource the Task Force to pursue coordinated, equity-centered solutions.
Paula Jones of the…
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