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Rules Committee backs Food Empowerment Market pilot, new DPH report and reauthorization of Food Security Task Force
Summary
The committee recommended three ordinances to create a Food Empowerment Market grant fund, require a biannual DPH Food Security and Equity Report, and extend the Food Security Task Force’s sunset to July 1, 2026; HSA will administer a pilot anticipated to cost roughly $4–5 million per year for four markets.
The Rules Committee on Monday recommended to the full Board a three‑ordinance package intended to reshape how San Francisco distributes food assistance: a special fund and grants for nonprofit operators to run Food Empowerment Markets, a new biannual Department of Public Health Food Security and Equity Report, and a reauthorization and sunset extension for the Food Security Task Force.
Sponsor Supervisor Asha Safaei said the ordinances are interlocking steps to "reimagine how we distribute food and provide food‑related services to our most vulnerable residents." She…
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