As the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is expected to be partially funded, the Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) Food Bank is still hosting its food distributions.
On Monday, they hosted the first of several food distributions for SNAP recipients. The distribution took place at the Kern County Fairgrounds and lasted from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. According to Ernesto Leon, Senior Communications and Outreach Coordinator for CAPK, people were lined up as early as 6 a.m. on Monday.
“When we got here, there were people in line already. A four-mile-long line since six in the morning, they were telling us,” said Leon…