A new round of CalFresh eligibility changes takes effect June 1, bringing stricter work requirements that advocates say could affect more than 90,000 San Diego County residents.
The changes stem from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which advocates say includes the largest cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP and called CalFresh in California.
“Congress passed and the president signed H.R. one or the One Big Beautiful Bill act, which included the largest cuts to the Snap or Cal Fresh, as we call it, California, the largest cuts to the program in its history,” said Jared Call, director of public policy and advocacy for the California Association of Food Banks…