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HUNGER ACTION MONTH
SEPTEMBER 2025
WHEREAS, hunger and poverty are issues of vital concern in California, where more than one in five
Californians face food insecurity on a daily basis and do not know where their next meal will come from;
and,
WHEREAS, everyone needs nutritious food to thrive, and people are working hard to provide for
themselves and their families —yet over 359,000 individuals, including over 86,000 children, here in
Orange County are food insecure; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach is committed to working with the Orange County Hunger Alliance in
educating people about the role and importance of food banks and food care in addressing hunger and
raising awareness of the need to devote more resources and attention to hunger issues; and,
WHEREAS, in the first half of 2025, Orange County Food Bank and Second Harvest Food Bank
collectively recorded an average of 810,996 individual food distribution visits per month; and,
WHEREAS, in the first half of 2025, Orange County Food Bank and Second Harvest Food Bank have
collectively distributed 36,709,298 pounds of food through its partner network of food pantries, soup
kitchens, shelters, senior centers, schools, colleges, universities, houses of worship, and other community
organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Abound Food Care helps to facilitate the recovery of over 25 million pounds of excess edible
food in Orange county each year, reducing food waste and diverting that food to those who need it; and,
WHEREAS, the month of September has been designated "Hunger Action Month" in order to bring
attention to food insecurity in our communities and to enlist the public in the movement to end hunger by
taking action — including volunteering, donating, and advocating — to ensure every community, and
everybody in it, has the food they need to thrive; and,
WHEREAS, food banks and other organizations across the country, including the members of the Orange
County Hunger Alliance, will host events throughout the month of September to bring awareness and help
end food insecurity in our local community.
NOW, THERFORE, I, Lisa Landau, Mayor of the City of Seal Beach and Members of the City Council do
hereby recognize September 2025 as HUNGER ACTION MONTH in the City of Seal Beach, California,
and I call this observance to the attention of our citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby affix my signature and the seal of the City of Seal Beach on this eighth
day of September in the year two -thousand and twenty-five.
:•. 4LL�7a ndau, Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem: Nathan Steele
City Council Members:
Joe Kalmick
Ben Wong
Patty Senecal