Consumer Federation of America submitted the following letter in support of California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel’s Assembly Bill 1264 that would phase out “particularly harmful” ultra-processed foods from school meals in the state. The notes that the exodus of food policy expertise from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has left California as the nation’s de facto food regulator in-chief. California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has the expertise, resources, and democratically accountable leadership to discern which UPFs pose the greatest harms to kids in school, and California legislators should seize this opportunity to demonstrate the power of public policy to improve public health.