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Gov. Newsom deploys National Guard, state service corps to bolster food banks amid federal shutdown
Summary
State officials said Gov. Newsom has deployed the California National Guard and the California Service Corps to support food banks statewide as a federal shutdown threatens SNAP and other benefits; officials cited rising food prices and holiday demand but did not specify the size or duration of the deployment.
Gov. Newsom has deployed the California National Guard and the California Service Corps to support food banks across California as a federal shutdown raises the risk that millions of residents could lose benefits, a state staff member said.
The staff member said the National Guard was at the Los Angeles Food Bank and that the state would…
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