BILL NUMBER: HR 61AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 15, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lackey ( Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chvez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood ) AUGUST 2, 2016 Relative to America Break Bread Day. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST WHEREAS, 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; and WHEREAS, According to recent reports, one in every six people in America, or over 48 million people, are hungry or experience food insecurity; and WHEREAS, Nineteen percent of American households with children under 18 years of age were food insecure in 2014; and WHEREAS, For households with incomes near or below the federal poverty level, households with children headed by single women or single men, or women living alone, the rates of food insecurity were substantially higher than the national average; and WHEREAS, The food insecurity rate was highest in rural areas, moderate in large cities, and lowest in suburban and exurban areas around large cities; and WHEREAS, 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 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); and WHEREAS, Forty percent of food, or about $165 billion worth, is thrown out in the United States every year, which could feed 25 million Americans; and WHEREAS, In California, the food insecurity rate is at 16.7 percent, with the number of food-insecure individuals exceeding six million; and WHEREAS, 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; and WHEREAS, 1Family 1Restaurant connects 74,000 hungry people in the Antelope Valley to meals from local restaurants sponsored by residents from the community; and WHEREAS, By breaking bread together through shared restaurant meals, we open our hearts and restore dignity and hope to families in need; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Assembly intends for this resolution to establish an annual event and to encourage communities and businesses to sponsor hungry families throughout the year by emulating the best practices of 1Family 1Restaurant; and be it further Resolved, That the Assembly hereby proclaims August 28, 2016, as America Break Bread Day in the State of California; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.