Senate GOP Unveil Long-Awaited SNAP Proposals for Trump Bill

Congress budget proposal threatens Bay Area food bank’s operations

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- As Congress debates passing a new spending bill, one Bay Area food bank said that if it gets approved, it could have sweeping effects and hurt its efforts to provide food for those already facing financial hardships. The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, established in 1987, serves 53,000 households weekly and distributes 67 million pounds of food annually, equivalent to 56 million meals. Barbara Abbott, the chief supply cha…

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Bay Area food banks warn millions of children and seniors in California will go hungry under Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Bay Area food banks are sounding the alarm about proposed cuts to a critical federal food assistance program that could result in the loss of up to 9.5 billion meals per year nationally, leaving more families hungry and further straining already overwhelmed hunger-relief nonprofits. Congressional Republicans, through the budget reconciliation bill, are looking to make drastic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which pr…

Companies Back GOP Bill Slashing Food Aid While Touting Hunger Relief

👀Share this on Bluesky and XLarge companies like Comcast, Delta, and Verizon that publicize their charitable hunger relief efforts are cheering on the Republican “megabill” that would slash the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by roughly 30%, taking away food assistance for millions of families and worsening hunger. The “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBB), the multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending package passed by the House l…

Proposed federal cuts to impact Bay Area food banks. Here's how

Proposed Congressional funding cuts to the nation's largest anti-hunger program would devastate many local families, Bay Area food banks said Tuesday.

From gas stations to gardens, rural communities step up to help as Congress slashes SNAP

On Thursday nights, I walk a few blocks along my neighborhood’s cracked sidewalks to the People’s Market. Once a week, an empty lot becomes a thriving, bustling center of activity. Tents are erected, kids run around with no shoes on, and the air smells like pots of collard greens. I’ve never lived anywhere that wasn’t “south of the tracks” and this neighborhood is no exception. Most of us are working-class or poor here, often navigating multiple…