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                                       CONSENT


          Bill No:  AB 1577
          Author:   Eggman (D), et al.
          Amended:  6/13/16 in Senate
          Vote:     21  

           SENATE GOVERNANCE & FIN. COMMITTEE:  6-0, 6/22/16
           AYES:  Hertzberg, Nguyen, Beall, Hernandez, Moorlach, Pavley
           NO VOTE RECORDED:  Lara

          SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE:  Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  80-0, 6/1/16 - See last page for vote

           SUBJECT:   CalFood Program:  CalFood Account


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:  This bill changes the name of the Emergency Food  
          Assistance Program to the CalFood Program.


          ANALYSIS:  


          Existing law:


          1)Directs the California Department of Social Services to  
            administer the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP) which  
            provides United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)  
            commodities to a network of food banks for distribution to  
            eligible individuals and households within their service area.









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          2)Creates the Emergency Food for Families voluntary contribution  
            fund on California's personal income tax return, where  
            individuals can donate funds to supplement EFAP (AB 152,  
            Fuentes, Chapter 502, Statutes of 2011).


          This bill renames EFAP as the CalFood Program.


          Background


          As approved by the Assembly, AB 1577 revised and extended  
          California's Personal Income and Corporation Tax credit for  
          taxpayers donating food to food banks.  These provisions were  
          incorporated into the recently approved Budget Act in AB 1609  
          (Committee on Budget).  As such, the author amended AB 1577 to  
          delete its tax provisions, leaving only the renaming of EFAP.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:YesLocal:   No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified8/1/16)


          Alameda County Community Food Bank
          American Academy of Pediatrics, California
          California Association of Food Banks
          California Bean Shippers Association
          California Cattleman's Association
          California Citrus Mutual
          California Farm Bureau Federation
          California Fresh Fruit Association
          California Grocers Association
          California League of Food Processors
          California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
          California Taxpayers Association
          Californians Against Waste
          Community Action Agency of Butte County








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          Community Action Agency of San Bernardino County
          Community Action Partnership of Orange County
          Community Alliance with Family Farmers
          Community Food Bank
          FABBRI
          Feeding America, San Diego
          FIND Food Bank
          Food Access
          Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County
          Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
          Food Bank of Santa Cruz County
          Food for People, the Food Bank for Humboldt County
          Foodlink for Tulare County
          Grimmway Enterprise, Inc.
          HMC Farms
          Hunger Action of Los Angeles 
          Hunger Advocacy Network
          Imperial Valley Food Bank
          International Grape Management, LLC
          Jacobs & Cushman
          Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
          MAZON - A Jewish Response to Hunger
          McClarty Farms
          Mendocino Food and Nutrition Program
          Napa Valley Food Bank
          Natural Resources Defense Council
          POM Wonderful, LLC
          Prime Time
          Redwood Empire Food Bank
          Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services
          San Diego Food Bank
          San Diego Hunger Coalition
          SF-Marin Food Bank
          Sharp Healthcare
          St. Anthony's Foundation
          Sun World International, LLC
          The HMC Group Marketing, Inc.
          The Resource Connection Food Bank
          Vessey & Company
          Western Agricultural Processors Association
          Western Growers Association
          Western United Dairymen








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          Westside Food Bank
          Wonderful Citrus, LLC
          Wonderful Orchards, LLC
          Wonderful Pistachios and Almonds, LLC
          Yolo Food Bank


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified8/1/16)


          None received


          ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT:     According to the author, "AB 1577  
          renames the State Emergency Food Assistance Program (SEFAP) to  
          prevent confusion with the California Food Assistance Program  
          (CFAP), which sound identical when pronounced as acronyms.  This  
          change aligns SEFAP with the standard naming convention of our  
          California programs, such as CalWORKS and CalFresh. CalFood  
          follows this convention while reflecting the intent of the  
          program."




           ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  80-0, 6/1/16
           AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,  
            Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,  
            Calderon, 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, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper,  
            Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim,  
            Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis,  
            Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte,  
            O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,  
            Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting,  
            Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon



          Prepared by:  Colin Grinnell / GOV. & F. / (916) 651-4119








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