Biennial Food Security and Equity Report

The 2023 San Francisco Biennial Food Security & Equity Report has been released by the Department of Public Health and is available to view and download. Please also find linked the Office of Economic and Workforce Development's Sub-Report and the full appendices, available in both online and print versions.

1. The 2023 San Francisco Biennial Food Security & Equity Report
2. The Office of Economic and Workforce Development Sub-Report
3. Appendices - Online Version
4. Appendices - Print Version

The Department of Public Health has developed a condensed data brief of the Biennial Food Security & Equity Report. The data brief highlights major data points and themes from the full report. 

1. 2023 San Francisco Biennial Food Security & Equity Report - Data Brief

The purpose of the Biennial Food Security and Equity Report (BFSER) is to develop a method for the Department of Public Health to collect and analyze data related to food security and health equity. This data is collected from City departments and agencies and community-based organizations.

The BFSER will use this data to identify populations in San Francisco that are food insecure and receiving City food-related services, whether the services address health, racial, geographic, age, or other inequities, and what barriers to food security exist.

Role of Food Security Task Force: The Food Security Task Force shall consult with DPH to review the Food Security Data Sets received from the Reporting Departments and develop recommendations for inclusion in the Biennial Report, and shall assist DPH in preparation and presentation of the Biennial Report to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor, as specified in subsection (h). The Food Security Task Force may assist DPH in collecting data from non-City entities for inclusion in the Biennial Report.

The BFSER is set to be published by December 1, 2023.

The ordinance for the BFSER was passed by the Board of Supervisors in 2021, and outlines the report requirements.

Click here to view the ordinance.

Please find here resources related to the BFSER, such as the:

• preliminary dataset
• food program framework
• data sets
• progress presentations

Click here for available resources.

The Food Security Task Force will be holding a series of special publlic meetings dedicated to reviewing data for the BFSER. There are currently two scheduled special meetings. Please click on the links below for more details.

1. Special Meeting #1 - September 21, 2023 - CANCELLED
2. Special Meeting #2 - October 10, 2023 - CANCELLED
3. Special Meeting #3 - October 25, 2023. Click here for more details. 
4. Special Meeting #4 - November 6, 2023. Click here for more details.