Posted on 09/29/2022 4:10:07 PM PDT by lowbridge
Public institutions in California will have to opt for American-made food products starting Jan. 1, 2024 under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Senate Bill 490 states that public institutions, including schools, need to budget for and purchase American-made foods unless they are more than 25% of the cost of imported ones.
“This Buy American policy will benefit the California agricultural industry and agricultural workers, as well as the students and teachers consuming these meals in our schools,” Newsom said in a signing statement for this bill.
While the agricultural industry supports the measure, some school districts argued their food budget will increase if they are required to comply with the Buy American Food Act.
Bill author state Sen. Anna Caballero, a Democrat currently representing the Salinas Valley and parts of the San Joaquin Valley, previously said the state had allocated $611.8 million to help school districts cover that extra cost.
However, Troy Flint, spokesperson for the California School Boards Association, said the association fought for the $611.8 million to cover the already increasing prices schools are facing to comply with the state’s Universal Meals Program, not Caballero’s bill.
“Because California is now serving meals to all students, school districts are hiring more staff for the nutrition program and converting part-time staff to full-time and incurring significant additional costs in terms of salaries and benefits,” Flint told The Bee earlier this month.
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Wow, Gavin just became a republican......
That’s a great idea. Too bad he won’t give CA farmers any water to grow American food.
At least it is American and not just Californian. But what strings attached? Is this another backdoor to require out-of-state folks to follow California’s laws?
Yeah, foreign food consumption should take place at home.
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what a racist.
Until California kicks out illegals, there will not be enough water for farmers. Too many people, too many with no right to be in the state or in the US. Remove them and there might be enough water for everyone. But also folks should realize that California is arid, lots of desert, even if reclaimed.
Sign a law prohibiting ‘nutritionists’ from the schools and I’ll be impressed.
He’s running.
What about the monster contract with China for vax masks
No Taco’s?
Are bananas “American made”?
We could have enough water, if they didn’t send it all to the ocean to protect the Delta Smelt.
Yup, and like your typical RAT he’s going to be all over the road map politically to be all things to all people. Newsom is as slimy as any politician can be.
That makes no sense.
personal or residential consume, at best, 11% of the water in California.
The rest of consumption is from agriculture and businesses.
Bananas can be grown in Florida, South Texas, South Califagia, Hawai’i, Guam, Puerto Rico.
Politicians making food policy for consumers is like giving a monkey a machine gun and a flame thrower.
“Because California is now serving meals to all students, school districts are hiring more staff for the nutrition program and converting part-time staff to full-time and incurring significant additional costs in terms of salaries and benefits,” Flint told The Bee earlier this month.
Since Covid, schools throughout N.California are serving at least breakfast and Lunch to everyone claiming to be a student.
More staff salaries and probably less food purchases as per the paragraph above.
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