Contra Costa County elected officials warned that proposed cuts by DOGE and the “One Big Beautiful Bill” will eventually bring long-lasting damage to education, health care, food stamps, homeless populations and the employees who support those programs.
It’s just a matter of time, said Janet Hoy, board member of the League of Women Voters, Diablo Valley, which sponsored a panel discussion Sept. 3 at the Walnut Creek Library. More than 70 people attended the meeting.
Hoy explained that most of the proposed cuts in federal spending are not scheduled to take effect until after the federal midterm elections in November next year. However, the consensus was that the worrying starts now…