This motion schedules a public hearing for the Board of Supervisors to discuss and consider an ordinance that would allocate $9.1 million from state and federal funds to support CalFresh benefits for the fiscal year 2025-2026. The hearing will take place on November 4, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Motion scheduling the Board of Supervisors to sit as a Committee of the Whole on November 4, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. to hold a public hearing and consider the Ordinance appropriating $9,100,000 from the State and Federal Revenue Risk Reserve to the Human Services Agency (HSA) for CalFresh (SNAP) Benefits Backfill in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 (File No. 251079).
How it got here
This legislation originated from the need to appropriate funds for CalFresh benefits backfill for the Human Services Agency.
The Human Services Agency identified a funding gap for CalFresh (SNAP) benefits that required backfilling for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
Supervisors Mandelman and Chan introduced an ordinance to appropriate $9,100,000 from the State and Federal Revenue Risk Reserve to address the funding gap for CalFresh benefits.
The Board of Supervisors scheduled a motion to sit as a Committee of the Whole to hold a public hearing on the ordinance.
The Board of Supervisors approved the motion to appropriate $9,100,000 for the Human Services Agency's CalFresh benefits backfill.
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