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House Farm Bill Passes Narrowly: A Single Vote Could Have Prevented Harm

June 21, 2018 • Jared Call
Today, the House of Representatives voted 213 to 211 to pass HR 2, the Republican farm bill proposal that would, if enacted, make draconian cuts to SNAP/CalFresh.
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CFPA Board of Directors Welcomes Ali Taghavi

June 20, 2018 • George Manalo-LeClair
At its most recent meeting, the Board of Directors of the California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA) voted to add Ali Taghavi as a Director.
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AB 1871: Unanimous Vote by Senate Ed! What's Next?

June 18, 2018 • Tia Shimada
Last week, AB 1871 (Bonta) took another big step down the road to the Governor’s signature.
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Missed Opportunity: No Funding for Breakfast After the Bell

June 12, 2018 • Tracey Patterson
On Friday June 8, State Budget Conference Committee released their close-out budget plan for the Legislature and Governor Brown- and it did not include funding for Breakfast After the Bell grants.
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Advocates Disappointed that the Legislature Did Not #FundFoodwithCare

June 12, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
CFPA released the following statements regarding the proposed state budget released today
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Senate Farm Bill Would Protect SNAP/CalFresh

June 12, 2018 • Jared Call
The Senate Farm Bill released this week takes a reasonable and bipartisan approach to SNAP. In contrast to the harmful proposals in the House version,
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AB 1871: Onward to the Senate

June 6, 2018 • Tia Shimada
Should California feed students no matter where they go to school? The Assembly voted YES and AB 1871 (Bonta) takes the fight to the Senate!
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“Our Children are Sacred Too. But Our Policies Let Them Down.”

May 31, 2018 • Rucha Chitnis
Communities in the San Joaquin Valley rally for the health and wellbeing of their children while some policymakers threaten to cut access to food through the farm bill.
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Take Action on the House Farm Bill

May 31, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
Below you will find sample call scripts, tweets, and memes.
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Call, email, and tweet your support!

May 29, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
Sample calls, emails, tweets, and memes.
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Support Breakfast After the Bell TODAY!

May 25, 2018 • Tracey Patterson
On May 23 the Assembly Subcommittee on Education Finance approved $1 million in funding to extend Breakfast After the Bell Grants prioritized for high-poverty schools and chronic absenteeism- but we aren’t done yet!!
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Final push to #FundFoodwithCare!

May 25, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
We only have a small window of time to fight for funding in the state budget to feed young children
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AB 1871: Tell Your Assemblymember to Vote Yes!

May 25, 2018 • Tia Shimada
Today, AB 1871 (Bonta) passed out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Now the bill heads to the floor where all assemblymembers will
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SB 900 (Wiener & Arambula) Moves to the Senate Floor!

May 25, 2018 • Jared Call
Thanks to your support, we are one step closer to improved access to healthy, affordable food in California! SB 900 (Wiener & Arambula) passed out of Senate Appropriations
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2018-19 State Budget Conference: Breakfast Grants

May 25, 2018 • Tracey Patterson
Contact the 2018-19 Budget Conferees in Support of Breakfast After the Bell
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CFPA Op-Ed in Sacramento Bee

May 24, 2018 • Jared Call
May 14, 2018: “Farm bill will take food from needy California families.” PDF
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Webinar Materials – CEP & LCFF

May 23, 2018 • Elyse Homel Vitale
On May 22nd, CFPA co-hosted a webinar about Community Eligibility Provision and education funding.
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House Farm Bill Defeated, but Fight Isn’t Over

May 18, 2018 • Jared Call
Today, The House of Representatives voted 198 to 213 to defeat HR 2, the Republican Farm Bill proposal that would have made draconian cuts to SNAP/CalFresh.
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New Brief: Food & Fairness in Public Charter Schools

May 17, 2018 • Tia Shimada
Today, CFPA — in partnership with the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California and the Western Center on Law & Poverty — released a brief examining
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Become a spokesperson for the campaign

May 17, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
Help earn media attention for the campaign.
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California Shortchanges Its Youngest While Celebrating a $8 Billion Surplus

May 16, 2018 • Rucha Chitnis
Child and anti-hunger advocates are fighting to #FundFoodWithCare
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Governor Brown’s May Revise Continues to Neglect Food

May 14, 2018 • Tracey Patterson
Despite some positive advances, in his final May Revise Budget Governor Jerry Brown missed a significant opportunity to make tangible impacts on low-income Californians access to affordable, healthy food.
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Take Action! California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot

May 14, 2018 • Jared Call
State legislation to support affordable, healthy food and California agriculture is moving forward, but needs your support to clear the next hurdle!
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AB 1871: Don't Keep Us in Suspense!

May 10, 2018 • Tia Shimada
It’s a long road to the Governor’s desk and it’s your support that will get us there. The next step? Win the support of Assemblywoman Gonzales Fletcher,
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Tell CA Policymakers to #FundFoodwithCare

May 10, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
We need your help to echo the efforts of advocates who stormed the Capitol on May 10th.

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