Establishing a food policy council and food policy director

This law establishes a Food Policy Council to promote and monitor food access and the local food economy in the District to inform policy recommendations. The law specifies Council membership requirements and identifies 10 ex officio positions to be held by directors of local government departments related to food policy, including the director of the school district. The law also establishes a Food Policy Director in the Office of Planning to ‘promote equitable and sustainable food policies across the District that increase food access and build a local food economy,” and sets forth duties for that position.