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          Date of Hearing:   August 11, 2016


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair


          HR  
                      61 (Lackey) - As Introduced  August 2, 2016


          SUBJECT:  America Break Bread Day


          SUMMARY:  Proclaims August 28, 2016, as America Break Bread Day  
          in California and encourages communities and businesses to  
          sponsor hungry families throughout the year by emulating the  
          best practices of 1Family 1Restaurant.  Specifically, this  
          resolution makes the following legislative findings: 


          1)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.



          2)Recent reports state that one in six people in America, or  
            over 48 million people, are hungry or experience food  
            insecurity.  Nineteen percent of American households with  
            children under 18 years of age were food insecure in 2014. In  
            California, the food insecurity rate is at 16.7 percent, with  
            the number of food-insecure individuals exceeding six million.



          3)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  








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            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).



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



          5)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.  This program connects 74,000 hungry  
            people in the Antelope Valley to meals from local restaurants  
            sponsored by residents from the community.



          6)By breaking bread together through shared restaurant meals, we  
            open our hearts and restore dignity and hope to families in  
            need.
          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:


          Support


          None on file


          Opposition
          None on file










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          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800