$3B bond measure aims to combat food insecurity, protect farmworkers

by Jana Kadah, Bay City News March 17, 2021March 16, 2021

Farmworkers harvest celery in the Salinas Valley in this 2008 file image. Agriculture workers have been especially affected by COVID-19, according to state Assemblyman Robert Rivas, who has co-authored a proposed $3 billion bond measure aimed at improving worker safety while strengthening the state's food production capacity. (Photo by Dan Long/Flickr)

Two state assemblymembers on Tuesday announced a new $3 billion bond measure that aims to spur COVID-19 economic recovery while combating climate change and food insecurity.

Assemblymembers Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, and Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, announced Assembly Bill 125 — the Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access, Climate Resilient Farms and Worker Protection Bond Act.

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