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OVERVIEW FOOD No one will be cut off from CalFresh food stamp benefits at this time. If you get CalFresh, you may get extra CalFresh benefits on your EBT card…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lawsuit says USDA’s SNAP emergency allotment denials violate the Families First Coronavirus Response Act SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is illegally…
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“Madeline Howard, senior attorney with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, works with housing issues and the impacts on tenants daily. Howard said even if Spallino’s landlord wanted her…
Read More“No one expected good news when Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the May Revision of the California budget. As the COVID-19 pandemic obliterates plans and economies, there was no expectation that…
Read More“The idea that people who were already struggling to get by before the crisis should not receive the additional help being granted to other SNAP recipients is cruel and absurd,”…
Read More“Summers and Hall seek an injunction requiring the USDA to provide extra emergency food stamp benefits to all eligible Californians beyond the maximum allotment. They are represented by Lindsay Nako of…
Read More“On May 19, Western Center on Law & Poverty released a statement in collaboration with Berkeley Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic in response to San Diego County eliminating old juvenile fees.…
Read More“The gains we had made have been cut from people when they were still recovering from the previous recession,” said Linda Nguy with Western Center on Law and Poverty. “To…
Read More“1:20 –Michael Herald of the Western Center for Law and Poverty explains the effect of Newsom’s proposed budget cuts — many which go deeper than the cuts after the 2008 recession —…
Read More“Sponsors of the bill included the Garment Worker Center, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, the California Labor Federation, and the Western Center on Law and Poverty.” Read more
Read More“Madeline Howard, senior attorney with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, works with housing issues and the impacts on tenants daily. Howard said even if Spallino’s landlord wanted her…
Read More“This is harmful for families,” said Rebecca Miller, senior litigator with the Western Center on Law and Poverty. “The burden of this falls hard on low-income, hard-working families.” “It’s high…
Read More“Anya Lawler, a housing advocate at the Western Center on Law & Poverty, hadn’t seen the analysis, but already expects staggering numbers. “It’s hard for all of us to wrap…
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