{"id":196261,"date":"2025-10-20T20:42:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T03:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=196261"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T03:42:35","slug":"newsom-says-trump-shutdown-could-soon-halt-food-support-for-millions-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=196261","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Says..”Trump Shutdown Could Soon Halt Food Support for Millions in California”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that President Trump\u2019s federal government shutdown will likely delay food benefits for millions of Californians who rely on CalFresh cards to feed themselves and their families. If President Trump and Congress do not reopen the federal government by October 23, or take action to fund benefits, CalFresh benefits will likely be delayed in November.<\/p>\n

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This afternoon, the California Department of Social Services\u00a0began notifying<\/a>\u00a0all counties across the Golden State to prepare for this impact. These crucial food benefits are primarily 100 percent federally funded and support roughly 5.5 million Californians \u2014 who\u00a0will begin to be notified as early as this week about the potential benefit delay. In addition to the federally funded CalFresh benefits, some state funded food benefits will also be impacted.<\/p>\n

This disastrous and harmful impact comes as the MAGA majority in Congress have allowed Trump\u2019s shutdown to continue for one month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cTrump\u2019s failure to open the federal government is now endangering people\u2019s lives and making basic needs like food more expensive \u2014 just as the holidays arrive. It is long past time for Republicans in Congress to grow a spine, stand up to Trump, and deliver for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This devastating potential delay to people\u2019s food comes as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches \u2014 likely meaning many could now go hungry during the holidays and putting further stress on local food banks. In California, 63.2% of SNAP participants are children or elderly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cGovernment should be measured by how we protect people\u2019s lives, their health, and their well-being. Parents and caregivers should not be forced to choose between buying groceries or paying bills. While the GOP tries to tally political wins in Washington, hardworking Americans are facing bare cupboards and counting what\u2019s left to eat. That is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The federal government has directed states to hold November 2025 benefit data that would normally allow CalFresh funds to be allocated to persons with CalFresh benefit cards. This impact is immediate and is first affecting persons newly enrolling in CalFresh during the second half of October and then all enrollees if the shutdown lasts longer than October 23rd.<\/p>\n

The longer this Trump initiated shut down goes, the more likely additional programs will be impacted and more Californians will feel the devastating and disastrous consequences of Trump\u2019s federal government shut down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that President Trump\u2019s federal government shutdown will likely delay food benefits for millions of Californians who rely on CalFresh cards to feed themselves and their families. If President Trump and Congress do not reopen the federal government by October 23, or take action to fund benefits, CalFresh benefits will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Newsom25.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196262,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196261\/revisions\/196262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/187475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=196261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=196261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}