With food benefit cuts looming in the US, Californians eye billionaire tax
Key takeaways
- US gov’t cuts to food stamps will hit thousands of Californians.
- But once a week, Dove, a single mother, makes sure to drop in at the food bank in California’s Marin County to pick up vegetables, fruit and other food.
- “We need this so we can keep functioning at a high level,” she says. “She loves fruit, so I make sure to get it,” she says of her daughter.
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US gov’t cuts to food stamps will hit thousands of Californians. The state is set to vote on billionaire tax to make up lost funds.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo In California, more than 5.3 million people, more than any other state, receive food benefits, which they are now at risk of losing [File: Bing Guan/Reuters]By Saumya Roy Published On 10 May 202610 May 2026San Francisco, United States – Greer Dove’s days are packed with studying business and finance, as well as doing administrative work at college, along with caring for her eight-year-old daughter with special needs. But once a week, Dove, a single mother, makes sure to drop in at the food bank in California’s Marin County to pick up vegetables, fruit and other food. Along with the federal government’s food benefits, they keep her housing running.
“We need this so we can keep functioning at a high level,” she says. “She loves fruit, so I make sure to get it,” she says of her daughter.