A July 30, 2019 news piece in the Santa Maria Sun observes that Santa Barbara County's CalFresh participation rate has steadily improved, from 42% in 2014 to to 62% in 2017, but warns that recent federal policy proposals could imperil such progress in reducing hunger.
The positive news comes at amid criticism of California's low SNAP (CalFresh) participation rate, as noted in this piece in CalMatters.
