With the highest military population in California, San Diego County is bracing for missed paychecks and a run on local food banks during the federal shutdown, now in its second week.
Last week armed service members and federal employees were furloughed or notified that they’ll have to work without pay after Senate Republicans and Democrats faced off over healthcare spending and other issues.
California has the most service members of any state, with about 213,000 active duty military and reserve, according to federal data. More than half of those – 117,000 service members – are based in San Diego County, along with 34,000 civilian military employees, who “would be forced to work without pay during a shutdown,” three local Congress members stated…