California Service Corps, National Guard Mobilize to Support Food Banks in Wake of Federal Shutdown

State official remarks · October 24, 2025

State officials announced that Gov. Newsom has deployed the California National Guard and the California Service Corps to assist food banks across California amid a federal government shutdown that officials say risks cutting benefits for millions of residents. The deployment includes National Guard support at the Los Angeles Food Bank and a broader plan to move resources where needed as food prices rise heading into the Thanksgiving period. Officials framed the action as a state-level backstop while federal help is uncertain; exact scale, duration and funding sources were not specified in the remarks.

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