BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 2635 (Committee on Agriculture) - Public health: food access
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|Version: February 19, 2016 |Policy Vote: AGRI. 5 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: August 8, 2016 |Consultant: Robert Ingenito |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: AB 2635 would extend the operation and repeal dates for
provisions of the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative
(CHFFI) until July 1, 2023 and January 1, 2024, respectively.
Fiscal
Impact: The bill would result in a cost pressure for the
Legislature to fund the CHHFI. The amount is unknown, but likely
would be minimally in the hundreds of thousands of dollars
(General Fund or special fund).
Background: Current law establishes the CHFFI for the purpose of promoting
healthy food access and expanding that access to underserved
communities. The CHFFI Council is required to develop program
parameters and financing options to accomplish this goal. The
current sunset date of CHFFI is July 1, 2017.
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Proposed Law:
This bill would extend the operation and repeal dates for
provisions of CHHFI until July 1, 2023 and January 1, 2024,
respectively.
Related
Legislation:
AB 2413 (Pérez), Chapter 583, Statutes of 2014. Creates
the Office of Farm to Fork within the California Department
of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to, among other things,
promote food access and increase the amount of agricultural
products available to underserved communities and schools
within California.
AB 581 (Pérez), Chapter 505, Statutes of 2011. Creates
the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative for the
purpose of promoting healthy food access to underserved
communities.
Staff
Comments: As noted above, CHFFI is intended to be a
public-private partnership program that (1) increases access to
healthy foods in underserved, urban, and rural communities, and
(2) inspire innovation in healthy food retailing. The program
emulates successful similar programs in Pennsylvania and New
York. Existing law also creates the CHFFI Fund, which is to be
comprised of federal, state, philanthropic, and private funds.
However, since its inception, CHFFI has operated without
funding. While the program has released a report, developed a
website, and held meetings, this activity was done without
appropriated funds.
This bill would give CHFFI additional time to achieve its goals.
As noted above, under current law, it will cease operations on
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July 1, 2017.
The CHFFI has not yet received any state funds, and this bill
simply would extend its repeal date so it can be funded in the
future if the Legislature elects to do so.
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