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.
California’s food stamp policy is outdated.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 ...
CalFresh recertification in January 2026 is very important for many families in California who depend on food stamps to buy ...
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 ...
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 ...
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