RATES OF FOOD INSECURITY for low-income adults in the Bay Area have risen dramatically in the last two decades, according to data from a statewide health survey.

For the Bay Area’s nine counties, food insecurity for adults who earn less than 200% of the federal poverty level has increased from 26% in 2001 to 46% in 2024, according to the California Health Interview Survey.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.