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Santa Cruz County declares local emergency after SNAP lapse, approves up to $500,000 to Second Harvest
Summary
The board declared a local emergency Nov. 4 and authorized up to $500,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank to purchase and distribute emergency food after a lapse in federal SNAP/CalFresh benefits. County and food-bank officials described steep demand and asked residents to volunteer and donate; staff were directed to post resource and tenant-prote
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted Nov. 4 to declare a local emergency and to allocate up to $500,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank to support emergency food procurement and distribution after federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/CalFresh) benefits lapsed amid a federal funding lapse.
County Executive Officer Nicole Coburn and David Reid, director of the Office of Response, Recovery and Resilience (OR3), briefed the board that SNAP benefits had lapsed beginning Nov. 1 and that the county serves roughly 30,000 to 40,000 CalFresh recipients in a typical month. Second Harvest estimated additional food needs that could…
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