Amended in Assembly August 15, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

House Resolution No. 61

Introduced by Assembly Member Lackey

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O’Donnell, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

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August 2, 2016

House Resolution No. 61—Relative to America Break Bread Day.

WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA), food insecurity is a condition in which access
to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources
at times during the year; and

WHEREAS, According to recent reports, one in every six people
in America, or over 48 million people, are hungry or experience
food insecurity; and

WHEREAS, Nineteen percent of American households with
children under 18 years of age were food insecure in 2014; and

WHEREAS, For households with incomes near or below the
federal poverty level, households with children headed by single
women or single men, or women living alone, the rates of food
insecurity were substantially higher than the national average; and

WHEREAS, The food insecurity rate was highest in rural areas,
moderate in large cities, and lowest in suburban and exurban areas
around large cities; and

WHEREAS, In a 2014 USDA survey, 61 percent of
food-insecure households reported that in the previous month they
had participated in one or more of the three largest federal food
and nutrition assistance programs: the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the National
School Lunch Program (NSLP); and

WHEREAS, Forty percent of food, or about $165 billion worth,
is thrown out in the United States every year, which could feed 25
million Americans; and

WHEREAS, In California, the food insecurity rate is at 16.7
percent, with the number of food-insecure individuals exceeding
six million; and

WHEREAS, 1Family 1Restaurant is a local program in the
Antelope Valley in cooperation with Grace Resources, the Boys
and Girls Club of Antelope Valley, South Antelope Valley
Emergency Services (SAVES), also known as Palmdale SAVES,
and the Cities of Lancaster and Palmdale; and

WHEREAS, 1Family 1Restaurant connects 74,000 hungry
people in the Antelope Valley to meals from local restaurants
sponsored by residents from the community; and

WHEREAS, By breaking bread together through shared
restaurant meals, we open our hearts and restore dignity and hope
to families in need; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly intends for this resolution to establish an annual event
and to encourage communities and businesses to sponsor hungry
families throughout the year by emulating the best practices of
1Family 1Restaurant; and be it further

Resolved, That the Assembly hereby proclaims August 28, 2016,
as America Break Bread Day in the State of California; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.