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Liccardo urges committee to seek options to preserve Moffett Field-area commissary access
Summary
Mr. Liccardo told the appropriations subcommittee the region—urrently has one commissary operating in a NASA Ames-owned facility that may not be usable past 2029; he asked the committee to include report language encouraging interagency coordination to evaluate options to maintain access.
Mr. Liccardo told the subcommittee that the commissary serving the Bay Area military and veteran community operates in a facility owned by NASA Ames adjacent to Moffett Federal Airfield and that Defense Commissary Agency and NASA recently extended the lease to buy roughly two years of operating life.
He said the commissary is the only one within about a 75-mile radius and that the current building will likely need to close by 2029 because it "simply can't take it anymore," placing access for many military families and veterans at risk. Liccardo asked the committee to include report language encouraging coordination among federal agencies, the Defense Commissary Agency, and local stakeholders to evaluate alternatives and preserve access.
Committee members thanked him for raising the issue and asked no substantive follow-up questions on the record; the witness recommended coordination and a formal evaluation as near-term report language.
The subcommittee did not take formal action during Member ay; the testimony will be considered as members draft FY2027 report language and recommendations to agencies.
