Amid a crowd of thousands waiting for groceries at a San Diego food distribution site on Nov. 2, Josh Fryday, Director of the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement (GO-Serve), stood alongside California Service Corps members to launch Operation Feed California, a statewide effort to help the 5.5 million Californians struggling with delayed SNAP benefits during the ongoing federal government shutdown.
“Millions of people across the state are seeing a delay in federal food benefits, and we need Californians to step up to protect their neighbors from going hungry. Operation Feed California is a critical effort that offers ways to help. This is what it means to be a Californian — when challenges arise, we show up together,” said Fryday.
Despite a federal court order to release emergency funds earlier this month, there will be a delay in those funds getting to individuals as they are released to the states and then distributed onto individual payment cards…