Sacramento County projects $6M–$24M CalFresh administrative funding shortfall. Final county burden hinges on California funding and governor’s Jan. 10 announcement. County enacted hiring freeze, ...

When a federal government shutdown caused a delay in November CalFresh benefit distribution, food insecurity rose sharply across Yolo County. In response, Yolo Food Bank, in partnership with Yolo ...

Matthew Parker with South Sacramento Christian Center checks one of the turkeys that was delivered by the Sacramento Food Bank for Thanksgiving meals. State lawmakers are looking for ways to ...

Every day more than 5 million Californians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known here as CalFresh, to keep food on the table. It is our state’s largest anti-hunger ...

Organizations serving UCLA students have expanded their emergency food assistance programs after the federal government shutdown delayed CalFresh benefits in early November. Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

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It’s only been a month since the federal government shutdown caused the 5.5 million Californians who use CalFresh — the state’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — to see their ...

(The Center Square) - CalFresh recipients can now get $60 more a month for fruit and vegetables as part of the relaunch of a pilot program, according to Assemblyman Alex Lee’s office. Lee, D-Milpitas, ...

Recently passed federal and state changes to medical and food programs will soon cost San Francisco more than $300 million a year, with the total then rising, according to a joint memo that The City’s ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...