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Lake County supervisors add urgent agenda item to consider short-term hunger relief amid CalFresh delay
Summary
The Lake County Board of Supervisors voted to add an urgent agenda item to consider short-term administrative funding to address a SNAP/CalFresh benefit delay, a request that seeks $40,000 per week for two weeks and the creation of an ad hoc working group.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors voted to take up, as an extra item, a request to consider short-term administrative funding to provide hunger relief after a reported SNAP/CalFresh benefit delay.
The motion to add the item — which would allow the board to consider approving administrative funding of $40,000 per week for two weeks (an $80,000 total request) and to establish an ad hoc working group to coordinate relief — carried 4–1. Chair Crandall announced the vote as "Motion carries 4 1 0." The motion to add the item itself authorized consideration; it did not approve the requested funds.
Supporters urged immediate action because the benefit delay overlaps Thanksgiving and other near-term…
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