SF Politics AG Bonta Seeks Court Clarification on USDA Demand to Claw Back SNAP Benefits As poor Americans continue to be pawns in the Trump administration's gameplay over the government shutdown, California Attorney General Rob Bonta is seeking guidance from the Supreme Court over how to address the administration's latest "capricious" demand.
SF News Sunday Links: Sunnyvale Official Sends Snarky Reply to Campaign Text, Gets Cussed Out San Ramon was the center of at least seven small earthquakes; the Trump administration is demanding that states give their SNAP money back after the latest ruling; and a Sunnyvale city councilmember opened a can of worms when he responded disparagingly to a campaign text message.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: California SNAP Recipients See EBT Cards Filled Millions of California SNAP recipients woke up to full EBT cards Friday; Safeway is closing another Bay Area store; and RVs were seen getting towed en masse in SF's Bayview on Wednesday.
SF Politics Trump Administration Agrees to Fund 50% of SNAP Benefits For November As court-ordered over the weekend, the Trump administration is tapping emergency reserve funds to pay out partial SNAP benefits for the month of November, despite there being funds available to pay full benefits.
SF News San Francisco to Cover Gap In SNAP Funding, Assuming Checks Don't Arrive, With Help of Foundation Recipients of SNAP assistance, or food stamps, in San Francisco will not see their benefits lapse due to the federal government shutdown, thanks to a partnership between San Francisco and the charity started by billionaire Michael Moritz and his wife.
SF Politics Bonta and Newsom Call Out Heartlessness of Trump Administration In Announcing Lawsuit Over SNAP Benefits California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Tuesday announced his 45th lawsuit against the Trump administration so far this year, joining two dozen states in suing the USDA for withholding SNAP benefits from low-income Americans as a consequence of the government shutdown.
SF News SF DA Charges Five SF Food Markets With Ringing Up $4 Million in Fraudulent Food Stamps Charges Three food markets in Chinatown, one in the Tenderloin, and another the Richmond District are accused of handing people cash for allowing the stores to ring up bogus EBT purchases to the tune of $4 million.
SF News Extra Federal Food Stamp Assistance Ending, Leaving Nearly 100K San Franciscans At Risk of Food Insecurity An estimated 96,000 SF residents across 70,000 households — representing 12% of the city’s population — will lose an average of $160 a month in CalFresh benefits, as food prices continue to rise.
SF News Supervisor Eric Mar Tries To Ruin Batkid Merriment For Everyone [Updated] Waiting for Miles the BatKid & Wondering how many 1000s of SF kids living off SNAP/FoodStamps could http://t.co/LNNwpDsIsS— Eric Mar (@ericmar415) November 15, 2013 Sheesh. District 1 Supervisor Eric
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask SFist: Food Stamps? An anonymous reader writes SFist with the following urgent request. Do you or one of your writers know how to apply to get for food stamps? Might make a good post. Funny enough,
