By Ann G. Daniels Deadline: comments due December 2 - If it feels like you’ve read something here before about the Grinch-in-Chief trying to cut back on food aid to … Continue reading Newest food aid attack – making cold people go hungry
Oh SNAP – yes, again
Deadline: September 23 - On July 24, 2019, the administration announced plans to disqualify three million Americans from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP, informally known as food stamps) by … Continue reading Oh SNAP – yes, again
IEB 7/16/19 Meeting with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, AD-15
Meeting with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, AD-15, on July 16, 2019 PRESENT: Buffy Wicks; Senior Field Representative Uche Uwahemu; one additional staff person and three interns; five IEB members. This was … Continue reading IEB 7/16/19 Meeting with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, AD-15
Hunger Action Day 2019
By Ward Kanowsky May 22, 2019 was Hunger Action Day, with over 400 advocates and community members from across California converging on the State Capitol in Sacramento for a day … Continue reading Hunger Action Day 2019
Fight hunger: support AB 1022
We recently reported about the Administration's attempt to take food out of the mouths of the poor via an executive order limiting food aid benefits to just three months for unemployed … Continue reading Fight hunger: support AB 1022
March 2019 meeting with Sen. Nancy Skinner
State Senator Nancy Skinner and her aide Margaret Hanlon-Gradie met with six Indivisible East Bay members, including the founder of California StateStrong, on March 1, 2019, to talk about important … Continue reading March 2019 meeting with Sen. Nancy Skinner
Protest proposed rule limiting food aid
Action Deadline: April 2 - The war against people who need help getting food on the table never ends. We fought for a 2018 Farm Bill that didn't cut aid or … Continue reading Protest proposed rule limiting food aid
Out of the mouths of babes
Deadline for public comments: December 10, 2018 What could be meaner than taking food out of the mouths of children? The latest assault from the Grinch Administration is a proposed … Continue reading Out of the mouths of babes
Protect the Farm Bill in Conference
We've been writing for some time about the Farm Bill, an immense piece of legislation that - among many, many other things - covers SNAP/CalFresh (aka food stamps). Once again, … Continue reading Protect the Farm Bill in Conference
Feed People – Save Food Stamps
House Republicans drastically cut SNAP/CalFresh (AKA food stamps) from the Farm Bill (H.R. 2) on June 21, and this week the action moves to the Senate, with an expected vote … Continue reading Feed People – Save Food Stamps