Rules Committee recommends two community nutrition leaders for Food Security Task Force

The Rules Committee considered Item 2, appointing five members to the Food Security Task Force, and heard two applicants for available terms.

Hannah Grant, a registered dietitian and associate director of nutrition services at Meals on Wheels of San Francisco, said she sees how food security intersects with chronic disease and urged pairing data with personal stories to show long-term impact.

Laura Jones, program manager for Leah’s Pantry in San Francisco, described trauma-informed nutrition-security work and community-based programming for older adults and people with disabilities and noted pandemic-era benefit changes that have reduced supports.

A member of the public spoke in favor of the task force and urged a stricter volunteer screening process for food sites serving vulnerable populations. No other public commenters appeared on the matter.

The committee voted unanimously (Walton, Safaie, Ronan: ayes) to recommend Hannah Grant for seat 18 and Laura Jones for seat 19 and forwarded those recommendations to the Board as a committee report.