Mayor Steinberg announces new emergency food program for CSUS students

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Starting today, hundreds of students at Sacramento State will be able to pick up hearty packaged meals on campus each week thanks to a partnership between the City of Sacramento, the school and chef Chris Jarosz, owner of the Broderick Roadhouse restaurants in Sacramento and West Sacramento.

Mayor Darrell Steinberg joined Sacramento State President Robert S. Nelsen and chef Chris Jarosz to hand out the first meals at 11 a.m. outside the Residence Halls closest to Riverview Hall

The meal delivery effort is funded by a $20,000 grant from the City Attorney’s Justice for Neighbors program. This program focuses on finding solutions for the City’s worst nuisance properties that endanger neighborhood health and safety. Penalties collected from the program will be used to pay for a total of 6,000 meals prepared by Jarosz and his Broderick Roadhouse team over the next four weeks at their restaurant in midtown and at the Washington Unified School District’s culinary kitchen in West Sacramento.