Use e coverage can continues from des moines, iowa. Corn on a stick, pork on a stick, deepfried oreos, any kind of eyes scream or drink you would imagine. Its all available at the iowa state fair. We hope by now youre getting hungry for some of the food out there at the state fair, which continues for the next week or so. You can go to the iowa state fair website for more information. The admission fee is about nine dollars for an adult. We will be back live. Next from yesterday, california senator Kamala Harris. The state fair. On the soapbox. Im so excited to be here and thrilled and i just want to thank everyone here because this is one of the Great American traditions. And this is really about what we know about who we are and so i just want to thank you all. Good morning. Good morning. Its great to be with you. Lets just get started. Ive only got 20 minutes. I could go on for hours but ive got 20 minutes so here it is. Know this is an inflection moment in the history of our countr
She was saying there was approximately 40,000 new individuals for cal fresh, and so is this effort supposed to help with that . Is that part of this contract . Correct, this is seen as just one part of a larger effort. The county department of social services sent some money over to the department of aging saying, how about you help with targeting folks 60 and over. And do an allocation base throughout the state and come up with 66,000 which comes down to us, which is to be used to target older adults, 60 and over , solely recognizing that six a 6,000, and the grand scheme, is not the largest amount of money, but we hope to at least cover some staff time to support the much larger coordinated effort. One other question, what would you see as being successful at the end of the day if we were able to in role tenth out able to unroll 10,000 . They are asking us to meet a couple of targets with these funds, and their two categories. There is an outreach category, how many people do we send
It issues an e. B. T. Card is a lot like a debit card in that it can be used at farmers markets, grocery stores, and restaurants. Starting this summer, more than 1 million new californians are eligible for cal fresh. And any new recipients who apply and receive for cal fresh will receive no reduction to their s. S. I. Or s. S. P. Grants. So who will benefit . Again, s. S. I. And s. S. P. Recipients, and this slide just gives sort of a definition of what s. S. I. And s. S. P. Are. Okay. So california was the only state that did not allow s. S. I. Recipients to receive cal fresh, but Assembly Bill 1811 reversed this policy, so really awesome, positive news there. We want to thank all the hard work for food and nutrition advocates for making this happen. Yes, round of applause. Okay. So this slide just gives a brief overview of who is eligible or what the Eligibility Criteria is for cal fresh. Eventually, its any household or individual in San Francisco with low to no income whos within t
What im trying to describe are those committees that meet regularly, and they hear from staff from daas, and they hear from staff you know, its an m. T. A. Person who then takes it back. So im saying all this stuff gets integrated, but it takes a while to figure out where does that voice matter. But all of these source of design ideas, and i think really, were becoming knowledgeable about them, and red lights, what an idea. And stopping a little bit and giving the pedestrian time to get across before the car starts coming into the intersection, what a concept. Well, now, something thats pretty much accepted, and were starting to do that in San Francisco more. So im saying that yeah, yeah. Thank you. Any other comments or questions for diane . So were continuing to monitor about 43 bills. Again, i didnt even include the june update. I just went right to july. The legislatures been on recess, and theyre on recess until next monday, and then, next monday, theres a whole slew of hearings f
This is about we know about who we are. I want to thank you all and it is great to be with you. Only got 20 minutes. I think we all know this is a reflection moment. Thatis the moment in time is requiring us each as individuals and collectively to look in america and ask a question. That question being who are we . I think we all know part of the answer to that question is we are better than this. Is a moment in time that is requiring us to fight for the best of who we are and fight we will. This is not a new fight for us. We have always been in the business of fighting for who we our fighting for i ideals. I am a daughter of fighters. Mitchents felt when when they were in the civil rights. Movement. They were shouting about justice. They reminded folks of that time articulated in 1776 that we are all equal. Thats what inspired me to want to become a lawyer. We are born fighters. Mother, myalso by a meter and i if you ever our mother you would think she was 10 feet tall. She was the ki