Californians consider billionaire tax as food benefit cuts approach

Greer Dove, a single mother in Marin County, California, relies on the local food bank and federal SNAP benefits to support her family while she studies and cares for her special needs daughter. Recent cuts to SNAP, part of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, threaten to strip food benefits from over 3 million Americans, including 665,000 in California. With California’s proposed billionaire tax aimed at offsetting these cuts, the state is grappling with rising food insecurity as eligibility requirements tighten for recipients.

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