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225+ Organizations Support Funding for School Meals for All along with complementary investments in Kitchen Infrastructure and Training, Farm to School, and California Healthy School Food Pathway programs in the 2026-27 CA Budget

Read The Full Letter Here   March 16, 2026 Dear Senate President pro Tempore Limón, Assembly Speaker Rivas, Senate Budget Committee Chair Laird, Assembly Budget Committee Chair Gabriel, Senate Budget Subcommittee Chair Pérez, Assembly Budget…
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Assemblymember Dr. Darshana Patel Witnesses Success of School Meals for All Program at San Marcos Unified’s Mission Hills High School

November 18, 2025 Christine Lee, Public Information Officer San Marcos Unified School District SAN MARCOS, CA — November 18, 2025 — Assemblymember Dr. Darshana Patel (CA Assembly District 76), visited Mission Hills High School today to observe firsthand the positive impact of California’s Universal School Meals Program,…
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100+ Organizations Support Full Funding for School Meals for All for the 2025-26 CA Budget

Read The Full Letter Here   March 19, 2025 RE: SUPPORT – Full Funding for School Meals for All and Kitchen Infrastructure and Training in the 2025–26 California Budget Dear Senate President pro Tempore McGuire,…
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Why School Meals for All is Essential for San Francisco Students

Jennifer LeBarre, Interim Senior Executive Director, Operations, Supporting Student Nutrition Services & Transportation for the San Francisco Unified School District   By the time they graduate, San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) seniors will have spent over 13,000 hours in our schools learning, socializing and, thankfully, eating. Every day,…
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Parent of student urges state lawmakers not to cut free school lunch program

The program is crucial to the health of many kids and is vitally important to their families By U-T Readers Originally posted on the San Diego Union Tribune May 1, 2024 5:30 AM PT Re: “Much-needed free school…
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Opinion: Much-needed free school meals program must be preserved by state government

Michael Bates leads the lunch line at Cherokee Point Elementary School in City Heights. (Earnie Grafton/San Diego Union-Tribune) Originally posted by The San Diego Union Tribune By Robert Fellmeth April 15, 2024 6:38 PM PT Robert Fellmeth is the executive director of the Children’s Advocacy Institute and…
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