Newsweek (April 24) Gov. Newsom Announces a Plan for Restaurants to Deliver 3 Meals Daily to Seniors at No Charge Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom has put into immediate effect "Restaurants Deliver: Home Meals for Seniors", a program that will pay local restaurants to deliver three nutritious meals every day of the week to at-risk seniors during the coronavirus epidemic.
When announcing the program on Friday, Newsom said that 1.7 million of California's 5.7 million seniors live alone. He hopes the program will help ensure that high-risk seniors and other adults stay at home to avoid potentially contracting the virus.