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          Date of Hearing:  April 27, 2016


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                               Lorena Gonzalez, Chair


          AB  
          2635 (Committee on Agriculture) - As Introduced February 19,  
          2016


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          Urgency:  No  State Mandated Local Program:  NoReimbursable:  No


          SUMMARY:


          This bill extends the end date for the California Healthy Food  
          Financing Initiative (CHFFI) from July 1, 2017 to July 1, 2023.   



          FISCAL EFFECT:









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          Negligible fiscal costs. The CHFFI has not yet received any  
          state funds, and this bill simply extends its repeal date so it  
          can be funded in the future if the legislature chooses to do so.  
           


          COMMENTS:


          1)Background. The CHFFI, created in 2012, is intended to be a  
            public-private partnership program that increases access to  
            healthy foods in underserved, urban, and rural communities and  
            inspire innovation in healthy food retailing. The program  
            would be a mirror of successful HFFI programs in Pennsylvania  
            and New York. Existing law also creates the CHFFI Fund within  
            the State Treasurer's Office, which is to be comprised of  
            federal, state, philanthropic, and private funds. However,  
            since its inception, the CHFFI has operated without funding.  
            While the program has released a report, developed a website,  
            and held a number of meetings, these were done despite no  
            appropriated funds. 


          2)Purpose. This bill is intended to give CHFFI time to achieve  
            its goals. Under existing law, it will cease operations on  
            July 1, 2017. 


          Analysis Prepared by:Luke Reidenbach / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081
















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