CA SJR3

Urges the United States Congress to avoid any cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which funds California's CalFresh program

CalFresh serves 5,400,000 Californians, including nearly 2,000,000 older adults, with the federal government providing nearly $12,500,000,000 in food benefits to the state in 2024

Every $1 of SNAP funding generates $1.54 to $1.80 in local economic activity, totaling up to $22,500,000,000 annually for California and sustaining 173,000 jobs in the food and farming economy

More than 8,800,000 Californians (one in five) struggle with food insecurity, including one in six families with children and two-thirds of the state's 24,000 college students

The USDA has cancelled up to $500,000,000 worth of produce, poultry, and other items destined for food banks, including more than 300 truckloads intended for California