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2025 Freshy Awards: Vote Now! ¡Vota ahora!

August 25, 2025 • George Manalo-LeClair
[Voting closed on September 24, 2025. La votación se cerró el 24 de septiembre de 2025.] Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations for the 2025 Freshy Awards! The ballots are ready and Freshy Award voting is officially open 🎉 The Freshy Awards honor individuals or organizations who [...]
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We are Nourish California

October 1, 2025 • Courtney Shojinaga
At Nourish California, our policy advocacy campaigns are grounded in the voices, experiences, and expertise of those most impacted by poverty, hunger, and systemic oppression. We have evolved in our decades of work, now working alongside communities to design policy solutions to improve access to food. We have [...]
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Your Voice Can Help Protect Essential Programs -Send a comment!

August 5, 2025 • Angeles Nelson
New Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit” Could Limit Food Access. Here’s what’s happening, what’s not changing, and what you can do. What is PRWORA? Expand The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) is a federal law passed in 1996. It changed who could access public benefits like [...]
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Language Access: A Note from the CalFresh Forum Planning Team

July 31, 2025 • Kameron Mims-Jones
We want to be honest: this year, our outreach materials have only been made available in English and Spanish. Last year, we were able to offer more languages-and we know that language access matters. Language access can open doors-or unintentionally close them. We’re carrying that awareness with us [...]
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Governor’s Final State Budget Invests in Food Safety Net, Falls Short On Immigrant Health

July 17, 2025 • Betzabel Estudillo
On June 30, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature finalized the state budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. While the state budget provides funding and support for several food and nutrition programs, it makes cuts to other critical safety net programs. Nourish California is grateful for the [...]
Food4All youth advocates lead legislators and the Food4All coalition in a chant at the state capitol
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Food4All Is Still on the Table: Coalition’s reaction to the State’s new budget

July 7, 2025 • Jackie Mendelson
Updates from the New State Budget On June 27, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the 2025-26 state budget after negotiations with the Legislature. The budget reflects the impacts of our coalition’s advocacy: the proposed trigger-on from the May Revision was removed, and the state’s commitment to expand the California [...]
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Call Your Congressional Representative to Demand a Federal Budget that Protects CalFresh, Medi-Cal, and Other Vital Programs

June 26, 2025 • Betzabel Estudillo
**Mensage en español abajo** On May 21st, the House of Representatives passed their version of a Budget Reconciliation that includes devastating cuts to SNAP (CalFresh in CA), Medicaid (Medi-Cal in CA), and other vital programs. As proposed, this bill will increase food insecurity and impact how Californians feed [...]
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Families First: Reject Devastating Cuts to CalFresh, Medi-Cal, and the Child Tax Credit

June 18, 2025 • Courtney Shojinaga
By just one vote, the House of Representatives passed a Budget bill (H.R. 1) that puts vital programs at serious risk. The proposed changes would cut food programs, health care, and critical child tax credits, while offering tax breaks to wealthy individuals and corporations. House Republicans’ proposed cuts [...]
Advocates and legislators hold signs that say "Food4All."
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A Call for Bold Leadership: Food4All Coalition Testimonies to Governor Newsom

June 5, 2025 • Jackie Mendelson
On June 4th, representatives from the Food4All coalition met with members of Governor Newsom’s staff to make a clear call for bold leadership and to remove any provisions in the final state budget that could further delay our state’s commitment to expanding access to food assistance for Californians [...]
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Hot Off the Press! A Bold and Reimagined CalFresh Forum

June 4, 2025 • Kameron Mims-Jones
Day Hour Minute Second **Mensage en español abajo.** Get ready for a CalFresh Forum like no other! The CalFresh Forum is Nourish California’s annual opportunity for community members, advocates, administrators, and partners from across the state to come together. We celebrate impressive work, identify opportunities, and discuss strategies [...]
Advocates and legislators hold signs that say "Food4All."
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Tell the Gov: Reject the trigger-on and no delays to Food4All

May 27, 2025 • Jackie Mendelson
CALL-IN for Food4All!  Join our urgent call to action to protect Food4All! On May 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his May Revision of the 2025-26 state budget plan, adding a “trigger-on” to the state’s commitment to the Food4All expansion, which will expand access to food assistance for Californians [...]
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Fighting harmful cuts in the federal budget: Thank you for taking action!

May 22, 2025 • Jackie Mendelson
Esta traducción fue hecha usando un traductor en línea. Disculpas por cualquier error. ¡Gracias por participar en nuestro llamado a la acción y por hacer que su voz sea escuchada con su representante del Congreso! Desafortunadamente, anoche la Cámara aprobó con éxito su versión del proyecto de ley de [...]
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National Call-in Day of Action: Tell Your Representative to Stop a Harmful Federal Bill That Cuts SNAP & Medicaid

May 20, 2025 • Betzabel Estudillo
Día de Acción Nacional: Dile a tu Representante que detenga un proyecto de ley federal dañino que recorta SNAP y Medicaid El domingo por la noche, el Comité de Presupuesto de la Cámara adelantó un proyecto de ley de reconciliación que incluye recortes perjudiciales a SNAP (conocido como [...]
Advocates gathered for a rally at a food bank with Food4All signs
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Food4All Coalition Stands Against Safety Net Cuts

May 16, 2025 • George Manalo-LeClair
Food4All Coalition Stands Against Safety Net Cuts Updates from the May Revision On May 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his May Revision of the 2025-26 state budget plan, adding a “trigger-on” to the state’s commitment to the Food4All expansion*, which will expand access to food assistance for Californians [...]
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Honoring Nancy Amidei: A Legacy of Advocacy and Action

May 13, 2025 • George Manalo-LeClair
Nancy Amidei, a trailblazing advocate in the fight against hunger in the United States, passed away last month. While her work had a national reach, her impact was deeply felt here in California, where she mentored, trained, and supported countless advocates. She grew up in the gardener’s cottage [...]
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Food with Care: Honoring Our Roots, Embracing What’s Next

May 6, 2025 • Kameron Mims-Jones
Over the past several years, Food with Care has centered on lifting up the needs and voices of California’s childcare providers-especially those participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Alongside our co-leads at the CACFP Roundtable, and with the support of countless advocates, we’ve worked [...]
Advocates and legislators hold signs that say "Food4All."
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On May 6, take action on our statewide Food4All Call-In Day

May 1, 2025 • Jackie Mendelson
CALL-IN for Food4All!  Lea este blog post en español aquí As we get closer to Governor Newsom’s May Revision of the California State Budget, we need to call on our state’s leaders to honor and protect their commitment to the Food4All expansion- which will make food benefits available [...]
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CALL-IN DAY: CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable EBT Program

April 29, 2025 • Eli Zigas
As we get closer to Governor Newsom’s May Revision of the California State Budget, we need legislators to take a stand in protecting this program that makes it easier to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. On May 1, 2025, Nourish California and Fullwell are hosting a Call-In Day: [...]
Advocates gathered for a rally at a food bank with Food4All signs
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3 Actions to Support AB 1049 (C. Rodriguez) in Assembly Appropriations!

April 21, 2025 • Jackie Mendelson
We are thrilled that AB 1049 (C. Rodriguez) has successfully passed out of the Assembly Human Services Committee! This marks a significant step forward in our ongoing efforts to drive meaningful change and create a food safety net that everyone has equitable access to, regardless of immigration status. [...]
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Support AB 1049 (Rodriguez) as it heads to Assembly Human Services!

March 27, 2025 • Jackie Mendelson
In February 2025, the Food4All campaign introduced AB 1049 (Rodriguez) to remove a discriminatory rule called sponsor deeming from the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP) so that immigrant Californians seeking food benefits face fewer barriers in getting the support they need to meet their food needs. Now we [...]
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SB 1254 Waiver Approved : A Victory for Reentry & Food Access—What’s Next?

March 27, 2025 • Kameron Mims-Jones
Last year, SB 1254 was signed into law, marking a historic step toward ensuring that individuals leaving incarceration can access the food assistance they need to rebuild their lives. Thanks to the tireless advocacy of directly impacted leaders, community organizations, and partners across California, we are now seeing [...]
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Community-Centered Campaigns: 2025 Policy Priorities and More

February 21, 2025 • Betzabel Estudillo
Protecting our Progress, Advancing Equity in California The year began with immense hardship – the devastating LA fires uprooted entire communities and federal actions and rhetoric took direct aim at the very people centered in our advocacy campaigns. Yet, these past few weeks reaffirmed what we all know: [...]
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Thank you, Jared!

February 10, 2025 • George Manalo-LeClair
Nourish California’s Director of Policy, Jared Call, concluded his tenure with Nourish California on December 31, 2024. The Nourish California team wants to acknowledge and celebrate his nearly 10 years of service to our mission. Jared began his career with California Food Policy Advocates (as we were called [...]
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TAKE ACTION: Tell California’s Budget Leaders to Keep CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable Benefits

February 3, 2025 • Courtney Shojinaga
For the second time in a year, CalFresh participants have lost benefits that help make healthy food more affordable. As of January 2025, 67,000 CalFresh households were earning a total of $3.3 million in rebates each month when purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables through the CalFresh Fruit and [...]
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2024 Key Accomplishments

January 28, 2025 • Courtney Shojinaga
*traducción en español abajo* As we kick off 2025, we want to take a moment to appreciate the great strides we’ve made in food advocacy last year. We are deeply grateful for individuals like you, who stood up for equitable access to food in California and made these victories possible. Together we: Passed SB 1254, making CalFresh a [...]
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A Coalition Victory: Governor Newsom Signs SB 1254 Into Law

September 25, 2024 • Kameron Mims-Jones
A Coalition Victory: Governor Newsom Signs SB 1254 Into Law (listen to the post above)  I’m excited to share that Governor Newsom signed SB 1254 into law! This is a major step forward for California. Our campaign faced strong opposition, but we pushed through with determination and the [...]

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