Coronavirus Has Made Tackling Food Insecurity in the Bay Area Far More Difficult | Eater SF

"At its Santa Rosa headquarters, CEO David Goodman—a 25-year food bank veteran who arrived at work by 5:30 a.m. on March 20—describes COVID-19 as unlike past disasters, calling it “not a ripple effect — it’s a tsunami.” The organization serves 82,000 people across Sonoma, Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino, and Lake counties and provides about $43 million worth of food; Goodman warns that if another 82,000 people seek help the bank will either have to cut rations in half or generate new food and funds, and he urges city and county governments to lead in supporting expanded hunger relief." - Kathryn Campo Bowen