Tuesday morning, the distributed food in the Mountain View neighborhood for low-income seniors. The agency say 15,000 low-income seniors in San Diego are food insecure.

“Well the San Diego Food Bank is the San Diego region’s safety food net,” said Brigitte Wesselink, the VP of operations for the food bank. “And so knowing that we’re here, whether it’s a family or an individual facing ongoing food insecurity or if it’s a government shutdown or a flood, we are here to make sure that nobody goes hungry in San Diego.”

The food bank said the U.S. government shutdown has diminished the supply of food among people reliant on government paychecks or food assistance.

Wesselink added that the government shutdown is only one of the factors that make it hard for some people to get adequate nutritio

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