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Resident alleges wrongful CalFresh termination; county counsel offers to follow up
Summary
Thomasina Doreca Rivers told the board she believes Kern County Department of Human Services unlawfully terminated her CalFresh benefits despite an administrative law judge ruling; County Counsel offered to have staff follow up and noted litigation had been threatened.
A Kern County resident addressed the board on Jan. 6 to allege that the county's Department of Human Services improperly terminated her CalFresh (SNAP) benefits in contravention of a prior administrative law judge's (ALJ) fair hearing decision.
Thomasina Doreca Rivers said an ALJ had ruled in her favor that she should be treated as a separate household and cited a final decision…
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