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Posts Tagged ‘food stamps’

Alameda County residents sue over food stamps application backlog

By Teresa Cotsirilos | November 10, 2015

A class action lawsuit claims that Alameda County’s Social Services Agency has a 10,657 backlog in food stamps applications, blocking some residents’ access to food.

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Black farmers gather in Oakland to discuss gentrification and the future of their community

By Melissa Batchelor Warnke | October 23, 2015 | 5

Black farmers gather in Oakland to discuss food deserts, the future, and the history of their community.

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Food stamp cuts mean a nearly $6 million loss for Oakland’s poor

By Jennifer Chaussee | November 11, 2013 | 2
Graffiti says "feed me"

Despite an increased demand for food assistance in Oakland and other cities across the US, food stamp benefits have been cut as the federal economic stimulus came to an end this month, marking the end of a four-year period that brought additional funding to social welfare programs. Marcshea White, an East Oakland resident who became…

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Demand for food bank and food stamp programs on the rise in Oakland

By Jennifer Chaussee | October 1, 2013 | 5
Picture of dried and canned foods.

Calls for food bank assistance and food stamps have risen in Oakland and Alameda County despite the official end to the recession.

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Proposed cuts to food stamps may affect Oakland’s farmers’ markets

By Titania Kumeh | September 25, 2012 | 2
Oakland resident JD Schreiber peruses fresh vegetables on display at the Jack London Square Farmers' Market, where vendors accept food stamps.

A growing number of food stamp recipients are using their benefits at Oakland farmers’ markets. But profits from such transactions could decline if a proposed $16.5 billion cut to the federal food stamp program passes in Congress.

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Oakland assemblyman wants to lift food stamp ban for ex-drug felons

By Nicole Jones | June 23, 2011 | 8

A new bill authored by Oakland State Assemblyman Sandre Swanson could lift the ban preventing former drug offenders from receiving food stamps. “It is the right thing to do,” Swanson said, adding that California invests millions of dollars supporting prisoners that are released, only to find them returning within a couple of years.

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