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Committee advances bill to keep a state food‑security survey after USDA ended federal collection
Summary
AB 1618 would require the California Department of Social Services to maintain an annual household food‑security survey in years the U.S. Department of Agriculture does not, proponents said; the committee passed the bill as amended unanimously and sent it to Appropriations.
The Assembly Human Services Committee on Tuesday advanced AB 1618, which would direct the California Department of Social Services to continue the statewide household food‑security survey in years the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not collect the data.
Author Assemblymember Chris Rogers said the measure addresses a data gap after the USDA discontinued its annual household food‑security survey and argued that lacking data risks making hunger "invisible." "This bill proposes to pick up that…
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