News | LAist | September 2023

1 Million LA County Households Are Food Insecure, USC Report Finds

A recent USC study finds that about 1 million households in Los Angeles County are having trouble accessing enough food — a 6% increase from last year.

“That’s actually the highest rate [of food insecurity] we’ve recorded since 2010,” said Kayla de la Haye, who directs the Institute for Food System Equity at USC and is the study’s lead author.