https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/08/bay-area-food-banks-serve-unprecedented-number-of-over-half-a-million/ > Bay Area residents have never sought more help getting food. > As millions of Californians lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people receiving help from food banks has doubled across the seven-county Bay Area from pre-pandemic levels. Local food banks now serve more than 1 million people per month — one in seven Bay Area residents.