As the CEO of Davis Street, nonprofit executive Rose Padilla Johnson coordinates assistance services that support more than 15,000 individuals and families residing in San Leandro and Alameda County. Under Rose Padilla Johnson’s leadership, Davis Street distributed more than 26,000 food parcels to San Leandro residents. In 2019, nearly 330,000 Alameda residents were categorized as at least marginally food insecure. Since the pandemic, the number of individuals in need has soared. By the end of 2021, food distribution from the Alameda County Community Food Bank increased by more than 60 percent. As hunger rates across Alameda County increase, food banks in Oakland, San Leandro, and other areas are facing higher food prices. As a result, organizations tackling food insecurity are having difficulty meeting the growing demand. This shortage is expected to impact people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Due to a history of discriminatory policies, Alameda residents of color are more likely to live in neighborhoods with low ownership rates and higher rates of food insecurity. Individuals living in neighborhoods redlined as “undesirable” in the 1930s are nearly three times more likely to experience food insecurity than individuals living in neighborhoods ranked at the top of the grading system.

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2. As the CEO of Davis Street, nonprofit executive Rose Padilla Johnson
coordinates assistance services that support more than 15,000
individuals and families residing in San Leandro and Alameda County.
Under Rose Padilla Johnson’s leadership, Davis Street distributed more
than 26,000 food parcels to San Leandro residents.

3. In 2019, nearly 330,000 Alameda residents were categorized as at least
marginally food insecure. Since the pandemic, the number of individuals
in need has soared. By the end of 2021, food distribution from the
Alameda County Community Food Bank increased by more than 60
percent.

4. As hunger rates across Alameda County increase, food banks in
Oakland, San Leandro, and other areas are facing higher food prices. As
a result, organizations tackling food insecurity are having difficulty
meeting the growing demand.

5. This shortage is expected to impact people from lower socioeconomic
backgrounds. Due to a history of discriminatory policies, Alameda
residents of color are more likely to live in neighborhoods with low
ownership rates and higher rates of food insecurity.

6. Individuals living in neighborhoods redlined as “undesirable” in the 1930s
are nearly three times more likely to experience food insecurity than
individuals living in neighborhoods ranked at the top of the grading
system.