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HI, I’M JOY!
A PASSIONATE BAKER WITH OVER 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

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Policy Platform

The current version of the policy platform of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council is derived from the Good Food for All Agenda (2026). These recommendations were identified through broad stakeholder engagement and feedback including focus groups, key stakeholder interviews, working group input and surveys. 

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Lafpc's Strategic Pillars

In 2023, the Los Angeles Food Policy Council adopted three strategic pillars to guide its work in advancing food equity:

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1. Food and Nutrition Security

Ensuring all Angelenos have access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food.

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2. Economic Development

Supporting food businesses, creating equitable job opportunities, and strengthening local food economies.

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3. Environmental Sustainability

Reducing food loss and food waste, promoting sustainable agriculture, and mitigating the environmental impacts of the food system.

Policy Pillars and
Recommendations:

The current version of the policy platform of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council is derived from the Good Food for All Agenda (2026). 

 

These policies can be split under three pillars to reflect LAFPC’s current priorities:

1. Food and Nutrition Security:

Policy recommendations under the food and nutrition pillar aim to promote availability, accessibility, affordability and promotion of nutritious foods across the food system and supply chain including within schools, health care, retail, charitable feeding, safety net and housing.

    1. Streamline CalFresh enrollment through integrated enrollment systems and multilingual outreach including but not limited to auto-enrollment with Medi-Cal, allowing families to apply once for CalFresh, school meals, and SunBucks  to automatic enrollment in CalFresh to increase program participation.

    1. Expand the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) through LA County-wide adoption.

    2. Support a state or local tax on sugar-sweetened beverages to improve public health and generate funding for nutrition programs for low-income communities.

    1. Ban unhealthy beverage and snack options from vending on public properties (parks, government buildings, hospitals).

    2. Create nutrition guidelines for food programs serving housing-insecure individuals, similar to the established standards used in senior meal programs, to ensure meals are balanced, appropriate, and health-supportive.

    3. Develop policy guidance for equitable grocery store placement, including zoning recommendations and best practices to support healthy food access.

2. Economic Development: 

Policy recommendations under the Economic Development pillar consider healthy food retail from a business, employment and healthy food access perspective and spans diverse businesses including street vending, brick and mortar and urban farming operations.Policies within this pillar support pathways for food entrepreneurs and business owners to enter and sustain the food business, foster thriving employment opportunities and fair labor standards with the food business sector, as well as building market opportunities for supply chain actors.

    1. Simplify access to funding and reduce bureaucracy by streamlining grant, loan, and subsidy processes so small organizations can realistically participate.

    2. Create city-backed anti-displacement supports for small food businesses, including legal tools and policy protections for street vendors.

    3. Expand equitable permitting and funding for street vendors and home-based food businesses, including multilingual technical assistance and pathways to compliance.

    1. Integrate labor and food equity strategies to ensure food jobs offer living wages, benefits, and union protections.

    2. Strengthen worker protections through procurement, expanding Good Food Purchasing  standards to require fair labor practices.

3. Environmental Sustainability

Policy recommendations under the environmental sustainability pillar focus on the intersection of our food system and environmental impacts.  Policies within this pillar emphasize opportunities to expand urban agriculture within Los Angeles by addressing common barriers related to land access, cost of water and restrictive zoning regulations while additionally diverting organic waste from landfills through food waste prevention measures such as recovery and composting.

    1. Require Zero Waste Plans for special event permits, including food recovery requirements.

    2. Standardize food donation pathways for businesses donating surplus food to shelters and food banks.

    3. Update waste hauler contracts to ensure food recovery funding reaches frontline organizations and communities.

    4. Develop standardized compensation models for food recovery organizations to support County-wide compliance under SB 1383.

    5. Create joint-use policies for school gardens, parks, and libraries to support urban farms, community gardens, and community compost hubs.

    6. Develop a real-time, citywide food inventory and redistribution database to efficiently direct households in need to surplus food, and donors to accepting organizations.

    1. Protect and expand urban agriculture land by updating zoning and streamlining land access processes.

    2. Require city plans and major developments to track urban agriculture outcomes, including acres preserved and community participation.

    3. Increase land and water access for urban farms and community gardens by expanding access to public and private parcels.

    4. Reform water and zoning policies to permit agricultural water rates and allow direct farm sales in non-agricultural zones.

    5. Leverage school-owned land for urban farm-to-school programs through low-cost leases and shared-use agreements.

    6. Provide financial and technical support for small-scale farmers to obtain insurance and business protections.

    7. Expand eligibility for food-related tax incentives and nutrition-support programs to include affordable housing developers, housing cooperatives, community land trusts, and nonprofit housing providers.

    8. Increase land access through Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones coupled with other related programs to ensure a mutli-pronged approach to supporting resources and needs of growers.

We reside, work, and cultivate food
on unceded Indigenous homelands.

We acknowledge and honor the descendants of the Tongva, Kizh, and Gabrieleño peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands). We pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

As part of a greater foodshed, we would also like to pay respect to and honor the Chumash, Tataviam, Serrano, Kitanemuk, ʔíviĨuqaletem, Acjachemen, Payómkawichum, and any other tribal group possibly not mentioned. As a Food Policy Council for Los Angeles we recognize this land acknowledgment is limited and engagement is an ongoing process of learning and accountability. To learn more about these First Nations, visit here.

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