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THIRD READING
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
8/4/16 11:36:49
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