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Joint Statement Highlights Devastating Impacts to Hunger, Grocers, Local Governments, and California’s Food Economy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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California leaders representing all sectors of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) \u2014 including grocers, eligibility and retail labor forces, county administrators, and anti-hunger leaders \u2014 are united in our continued opposition<\/a> to H.R.1, the budget reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week. We are extremely disappointed that several California Members voted for the largest cut to food assistance in history.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill makes a historic 30% cut to SNAP, and is a direct attack on California\u2019s most vulnerable residents. It would dismantle SNAP, known as CalFresh in California, our most effective anti-hunger program that helps 5.5 million low-income Californians afford groceries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For California, the stakes are massive not just to food security, but to the very foundation of our food economy. The state\u2019s share of the roughly $300 billion cut – a 30% cut – to federal SNAP assistance<\/a> is approximately $36 billion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This would strike a devastating blow to our communities and local economies, causing the loss of some 488,000 jobs statewide (using USDA ERS\u2019 factor of 13,560 jobs per $1 billion in SNAP<\/a>), from grocery store workers to truck drivers to farmers and farmworkers. Grocery stores will close, creating food deserts that harm rural economies, and farmers will suffer a $30 billion loss nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cuts will spike food insecurity, permanently overload local food banks which are already stretched, ultimately pushing working families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities deeper into poverty.  Already, 1 in 4 nationally are taking on grocery debt just to afford food<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

State and county governments will be left to manage the fallout\u2014with fewer federal resources to do so. Counties will face increased pressure on their human services departments, while the state will see greater demand for emergency food, public health, and housing programs. This is an unfunded mandate that shifts the burden to local county governments already stretched thin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bill includes a range of harmful provisions, such as:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n