Life in the Bay Area is expensive, often maddeningly so. For many people across the region, just getting by is a struggle, and often means making tough choices. Rent, groceries, gas prices, and utility bills all keep climbing, while wages often don’t keep pace.
For U.S. citizens, it’s hard enough to make ends meet. But for immigrants, these pressures can be even sharper.
Over the past few months, a series of policy changes at both the state and federal level have made it harder for many immigrant families to stay afloat. Now, another change is on the horizon, one that will leave tens of thousands of legally present immigrants in California without access to food assistance, even as inflation continues to batter households statewide…