More than a quarter of San Francisco residents short on food

Portside - Even while unemployment remains historically low, 11.5 percent of Bay Area residents — about 870,000 people — are food insecure, defined as having limited or uncertain access to adequate food, according to Feeding America, a nonprofit food bank network.

When you factor in the cost of housing, though, the situation is even worse. The city of San Francisco considers anyone with an income at or below twice the federal poverty level, or $50,200 for a household of four, to be at the highest risk of food insecurity. In San Francisco, 27 percent of residents fall within that income bracket.

That’s nearly a quarter-million people in the city’s 47 square miles.

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https://portside.org/2018-11-22/hidden-hunger-how-families-slip-through