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Read. Follow. Verify.AB 1734 encourages UCLA to expand food insecurity data collection for low-income households
Record date · August 13, 2026
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What This Bill Would Do
AB 1734 encourages the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to expand its California Health Interview Survey to track among households earning up to 400% of the . The bill also requests that UCLA make this regional and county-level data publicly available through the reporting tool.
This measure aims to improve the granularity of public health data, potentially helping policymakers and local agencies better identify and address food access gaps for households earning up to 400% of the .
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
University of California, Los Angeles
The university is tasked with expanding its survey scope and reporting tools, contingent on resource availability.
Households with incomes at or below 400% of the federal poverty level
These households would be the subject of expanded data collection regarding food insecurity.
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Conditional Implementation
The bill explicitly ties the expansion of data collection to the availability of resources, a common legislative mechanism to avoid unfunded mandates.
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