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Committee advances bill allowing CDSS to check county capacity to deliver Disaster CalFresh after federal disasters

5114020 · July 1, 2025
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Summary

SB 739 would authorize the California Department of Social Services to inquire whether counties in federally declared disaster areas can provide timely Disaster CalFresh services so the state can coordinate support; the committee forwarded the bill to Appropriations unanimously.

The Assembly Committee on Human Services voted to pass SB 739 to the Assembly Appropriations Committee after the author described the bill as a measure to ensure disaster victims can access Disaster CalFresh when county systems are damaged or overwhelmed.

Senator Aragon, the author, said Disaster CalFresh provides disaster victims with a month’s worth of benefits…

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