On April 10, in a busy hearing of the Senate Human Services Committee, SB 900 (Wiener & Arambula), the California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project bill, passed with unanimous, bi-partisan support on consent. CFPA thanks Senator Wiener and Assemblymember Arambula for championing the issue of healthy food affordability as well as all of the bill’s supporters for lending their voices to this important opportunity.
SB 900 now moves on to be heard in the Senate Agriculture Committee on April 17th. If you or your organization didn’t get a chance to submit a letter of support to the Senate Human Services Committee, there is still time to show your support. Don’t wait, submit a letter of support for SB 900 today!
Download a customizable letter with instructions for submission. doc
Want to learn more about what SB 900 does and who it helps?
Read our Frequently Asked Questions document. PDF
Additional Support Needed for Budget Request!
CFPA and SPUR are supporting a budget request to fully fund the pilots set forth by SB 900. This would provide millions of dollars of new funding for California fruit and vegetable incentives in at least seven communities around the state, with support for community partners and participating retailers including grocery stores and farmers’ markets.
If your organization would like to support this related budget request to Double the Fresh in CalFresh, please click here to add your organization’s logo to a coalition letter as this request heads to State Budget Subcommittees this month. Thank you for supporting healthy, affordable food and California agriculture!
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Questions: Contact Tracey Patterson at 510.433.1122 ext 101, or tracey@cfpa.net
