TAKE ACTION on SB 48, Healthy Food Retail Innovations Fund
We are partnering with the California Center for Public Health Advocacy and The American Heart Association to advocate for a state investment pool to establish or revitalize grocery stores, markets, and farmers’ markets in low income communities. Our report, Healthy Food, Healthy Communities: Improving Access and Opportunities Through Food Retailing, is the basis for California state legislation, SB 48, the Healthy Food Retail Innovations Fund, which establishes an innovations investment fund to provide limited, one-time support to assist in the development or improvement of healthy food retail options in underserved, low-income communities using a combination of public and private funds.
Why SB 48 Should Be Passed:
SB 48, the Healthy Food Retail Innovations Fund would:
Bill Author: California State Senator Alquist (D-13, San Jose)