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Board proclaims May observances, recognizes local farms, community groups and older‑adult services
Summary
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors used much of its agenda to present proclamations and recognitions — including CalFresh Awareness Month, Agriculture Week, Affordable Housing Month, Older Americans Month, EMS Week, Mental Health Awareness Month and AANHPI Heritage Month — and heard brief presentations from community organizations and program recipients.
The board spent a substantial portion of its open session presenting proclamations and recognizing community groups across multiple topics.
President Halbert read and presented a proclamation recognizing May 2026 as CalFresh Awareness Month and acknowledged county partners and community organizations that help more than 171,000 Alameda County residents access food benefits. Representatives from the Alameda County Social Services Agency and the Alameda County Community Food Bank described outreach and partnership efforts and recipients shared personal testimony about the program's impacts.
The board also recognized Agriculture Week (May 10–16), invited local Farm Bureau leaders, Future Farmers of America students and urban farms (Dig Deep Farms, Giltrack Farm Coalition and others) to describe community gardens, youth internships and food‑distribution programs. Supervisors praised the diversity of county agriculture from vineyards and ranches to school gardens.
Supervisors proclaimed May Affordable Housing Month, highlighting Measure A1 and Measure W funding, and invited East Bay housing advocates to summarize ongoing production and preservation work. The board presented Older Americans Month and Emergency Medical Services Week proclamations and heard from county aging and EMS staff about services and public health partnerships.
The board also honored mental‑health and Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage month, recognizing a range of community organizations that provide culturally specific services, suicide‑prevention work and immigrant‑serving programs. Several community leaders were invited to speak and accept proclamations; a number of organizations described workforce and volunteer efforts, youth programming and outreach to immigrant and refugee communities.
These recognitions were ceremonial; supervisors emphasized partnerships, the role of local nonprofits, and the county's continuing investments in housing, food access and health programs.
