Advocating to Build a Just and Resilient Food System
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In 2023 and early 2024, ROC and partners in the Food & Farming Resilience Coalition moved state legislators and Governor Newsom to place a $10 billion climate bond on the November 2024 ballot. Proposition 4 passed by a wide margin and includes $1 billion for investments in a healthy, just and resilient food system. The depth and breadth of the food system investments in Proposition 4 are the direct result of the coalition’s efforts and the tireless advocacy of the bond’s legislative champions, particularly Assemblymember Lori Wilson, Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire.
The $1 billion for sustainable agriculture will help to build local and healthy food systems infrastructure, new farmworker housing projects and weatherization of existing farmworker homes. It will also help fund projects to make communities safer and more resilient to wildfires, floods, droughts, and extreme heat supporting both rural and urban communities.
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