Existing law establishes the CalFood Program, administered by the State Department of Social Services, and requires the CalFood Program to provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food to food banks established pursuant to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program whose ongoing primary function is to facilitate the distribution of food to low-income households, as specified.
This bill would additionally require the CalFood Program to provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food to food banks that are members of the nonprofit organization Feeding America that are based in California or members of the California Association of Food Banks, as specified.

Statutes affected:
SB 1325: 10072.1 WIC
02/20/26 - Introduced: 10072.1 WIC
03/25/26 - Amended Senate: 18995 WIC, 18995 WIC, 10072.1 WIC
SB1325: 18995 WIC, 18995 WIC, 10072.1 WIC