6.3.2016 Earlier this week, AB 2054 (Thurmond) – Fight Hunger with Summer EBT for Children received bipartisan, unanimous support from the State Assembly
with a 80-0 floor vote. Amendments were taken to clarify that Summer EBT for Children is federally funded. Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) was added as a co-author. AB 2054 now heads to the Senate Human Service Committee, which is chaired by Senator Mike McGuire.
With your support, AB 2054 will continue to move forward.
There are three steps you can take to support the bill and help us fight child hunger.
1) Submit a letter of support — even if you already submitted one earlier this year! (The Senate does not count letters received while the bill was in the Assembly.) Download a customizable letter of support and instructions for submitting your letter. doc
2) Tweet in support of AB 2054. Sample tweets are below.
- World’s 7th largest economy & the US’s worst child poverty rate? Time for change #AB2054 will fight child hunger @ilike_mike @CAFoodPolicy
- Support #AB2054 – it’s time to fight hunger and poverty for California kids! @ilike_mike @CAFoodPolicy @TonyThurmond
- Leveraging federal funds to prevent childhood hunger in CA – support #AB2054 @ilike_mike @CAFoodPolicy @TonyThurmond
- All kids deserve healthy food to learn, grow, and achieve. Support #AB2054 & bring Summer EBT to CA! @ilike_mike @CAFoodPolicy
3) Learn more by visiting CFPA’s AB 2054 page and sign up to receive AB 2054 Legislative updates. link
Have questions? Please contact Tia Shimada at 510.433.1122 ext 109 or tia@cfpa.net.
