The Emergency Food Bank of Stockton serves 107 sites throughout San Joaquin County. But, amid the ongoing government shutdown, they’ve been coming up tens of thousands of pounds of food short.
More than ten percent of San Joaquin County is food insecure, food bank officials say, according to county numbers from 2024.
“It means they don’t know where their next meal’s coming from. That’s 83,690 individuals in our county,” said Leonard Hansen, Emergency Food Bank of Stockton’s CEO…