Supervisor Hahn Unveils $330k Program to Support Restaurants and Help Families

SAN PEDRO —  Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office has dedicated $330,000 to a program designed to support struggling restaurants and families in need.

“People are struggling,” said Supervisor Janice Hahn. “Through no fault of their own, people have lost jobs and wages, and small businesses have been shuttered. We designed this program to get food on families’ tables while at the same time supporting restaurants that are struggling right now.”

The funding is being distributed to ten non-profit organizations across the Fourth Supervisorial District. The non-profits will use the funding to purchase gift cards from small restaurants in their communities and distribute them to local families in need. 

Participating non-profits include:

The Volunteer Center South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach

Community Family Guidance Center in Cerritos

Boys & Girls Club of Whittier

Downey Unified School District’s True Lasting Connections Family Resource Center

Feed and be Fed in San Pedro

SBCC/ South Bay Center for Counseling

Rowland Heights Chinese Association

New Horizons Caregivers Group in Hacienda Heights

Latinos in Action in Long Beach

Asian Empowerment Association in Long Beach

YMCA of Greater Long Beach

 Of the $330,000, Hahn’s office has allocated $300,000 for restaurant gift cards. $30,000 will be donated to the non-profits for their work identifying families in need and distributing the gift cards.

Participating non-profits are still in the process of selecting restaurants to purchase gift cards from. Small restaurants that do not offer gift cards will be given specially designed vouchers.This program is being funded through discretionary funding allocated to Supervisor Hahn’s office.