Amid the ongoing federal government shutdown, about 30 National Guard troops arrived at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank as part of a statewide humanitarian mission deployment ordered by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
They helped sort fresh produce and boxed up meals — giving back just months after the National Guard was ordered by President Donald Trump to hold back crowds during this summer’s protests.
“This humanitarian mission by the National Guard feels right because it is right, and it mirrors the role they played during COVID when we deployed the National Guard and mirrors what they do in disasters all the time throughout California. And it’s a clear juxtaposition from how we see the federal government misusing and deploying our National Guard in the wrong way,” said Josh Fryday, California Chief Service Officer…