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Demand for food stamps surges in California as virus takes economic toll

March 31, 2020April 3, 2020, Los Angeles Times

“The ability to buy food online with CalFresh has been pushed for years by Jessica Bartholow, legislative advocate for the Western Center on Law and Poverty.

“Now that we are in [the] COVID-19 [pandemic], there is an undeniable urgency to expedite the ability of the state to be able to do this,” Bartholow said.”