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Gavin Newsom: “We did something yesterday that's also first in the nation…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Gov. Gavin Newsom Holds Press Conference On 'Gains In Statewide K-12 Student Test Scores'

Published | Video Starts at 25:47

Yesterday we announced provide about a billion meals a year in our public school system. We were the first in the nation to provide two free meals a day. But We did something yesterday that's also first in the nation and that's to address the issue of ultra processed food foods. And as has been the case so often, Superintendent said, well, welcome to that conversation as well. We've already taken steps to move in that direction. So that's what leadership is about. (25:47–25:53)

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Asserts that California is the first state to address ultra-processed foods in schools.

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