The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is expected to give final approval this week to inject $10 million into food security programs to support organizations including the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
The county is facing dual impacts of deep cuts to the federal Supplemental Food Assistance Program (SNAP), and a federal government shutdown that could delay monthly payments for current recipients, who receive SNAP benefits through the state’s CalFresh program.
The Board of Supervisors has allocated $16.5 million for food assistance, including this newly allocated money, from the county’s Measure W Essential County Services Fund to help mitigate the expected loss of about $70 million in SNAP funding. The cuts were included in the recently passed federal spending bill, House Resolution 1, often referred to by Republicans as the Big Beautiful Bill for its originally proposed name given by President Donald Trump…