California’s food stamps program, known as CalFresh, provides monthly food benefits to low-income households. Benefits are distributed each month to CalFresh accounts linked to CalFresh EBT cards.

“The well has run dry,” a notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture reads, warning the federal government will not be sending out November food assistance as the government shutdown continues.

The Trump administration is threatening to withhold SNAP funding from 21 states, including CA and NY, that refuse to provide ...

California’s food stamp policy is outdated. It is the only state that does not allow its 1.2 million recipients of federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to apply for the benefit. Many recipients ...

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A car waits for food items at Interfaith Community Services during the food distribution in Escondido on Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters) California is committing $80 million ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The GOP’s refusal to fund food stamps during the shutdown shows how little the party cares about the economically ...

The most recently published U.S. Agriculture Department data shows that as of 2023, the largest group of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients by race was white (35.4%), followed by ...

Forty-one million Americans, including 5.5 million Californians, are set to lose federally funded food benefits. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined 23 other Democratic attorneys general ...