"Greer Dove's days are packed with studying business and finance, as well as doing administrative work at college, along with caring for her eight-year-old daughter with special needs. But once a week, Dove, a single mother, makes sure to drop in at the food bank in California's Marin County to pick up vegetables, fruit and other food. Along with the federal government's food benefits, they keep her housing running. We need this so we can keep functioning at a high level, she says."
"Dove, who is also looking for a full-time job, has worked in restaurants, event management, retail, television shows, office administration and payroll over the years. But she has been on the federal government's Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) for six years, and with the food bank, for more than three years. Before she got food benefits, Dove fed her daughter all she had and skipped meals or looked around for snacks in the offices she worked at to get her through the day."
"United States President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed in June, cut SNAP benefits by more than $186bn over the next 10 years to make up for extending cuts to income tax. This could lead to more than 3 million people nationwide, and 665,000 recipients in California, losing such food benefits, according to estimates. This will bring a series of cuts that collectively present an existential threat to food benefits, says Andrew Cheyne, managing director of government relations and public affairs at the County Welfare Directors Association of California."
"California's proposed billionaire tax, which seeks to impose a one-time 5 percent tax on the assets of the state's more than 200 billionaires to make up for the funding gap cre"
Greer Dove, a single mother in Marin County, relies on SNAP and a local food bank to keep housing and daily needs covered while caring for her eight-year-old daughter with special needs. She has worked across multiple jobs but previously skipped meals to feed her child before receiving benefits. Federal SNAP cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would reduce benefits by more than $186 billion over 10 years. Estimates project more than 3 million people nationwide and 665,000 recipients in California losing SNAP benefits. County welfare officials warn the combined cuts pose an existential threat to food assistance. California is preparing a vote on a proposed one-time 5% tax on the assets of more than 200 billionaires to fill the funding gap.
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