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.

California’s food stamp policy is outdated.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 ...

Several states will begin restricting the types of food and drink that can be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition ...

“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.

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 ...

Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new limits starting Thursday on soda, candy ...

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 ...

Starting January 1, food-stamp recipients in five U.S. states will face restrictions on using the benefits to buy some sugary ...

Federal prosecutors have charged a longtime California welfare worker with carrying out a multi-year fraud scheme involving food assistance benefits and dead people. The U.S. Department of Justice ...

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

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 ...

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