Improving Food Systems through State Legislation: A Lunch Talk with CA Asm. Jesse Gabriel

Join the Food Law and Policy Clinic, the Health Law and Policy Clinic, HLS Dems and West Coast Club at Harvard Law for a special lunch-time discussion with California Assembly member Jesse Gabriel (HLS Class of ’08).

As a fourth-term member of the California State Assembly, he has authored over sixty bills on issues such as gun safety, environmental protection, housing, and combating hate crimes. He has also introduced and successfully passed a series of state bills on additives and ultra-processed foods, including: the California Food Safety Act (banning 4 additives); the California School Food Safety Act (banning synthetic dyes in school meals); the Real Food, Healthy Kids Act (including the first legal definition of ultra-processed foods); and a bill to create a voluntary non-UPF label. He will talk about his legislative efforts across these issue areas, his career path, and his thoughts about this political moment in California and nationally.

Date: November 10, 2026
Time: 12:20 – 1:15 p.m. ET
Venue: Griswold 110 Classroom