Tag: CalFresh

  • Tweet City Heights: Study Calls for End to Food Stamps Fingerprinting

    By Megan Burks Study Supports Ending Fingerprinting of Food Stamps Applicants A study by the Public Policy Institute of California gives ammunition to a bill that would end the state’s policy of fingerprinting food stamps applicants. The study confirms what lawmakers and advocates of the bill have been saying—the practice keeps people in need from…

  • Tweet City Heights: With Poverty Rates Up, San Diegans Consider Future

    By Megan Burks What Do You Envision for San Diego? Our Greater San Diego Vision has been ramping up efforts to get San Diegans talking about their collective future. What do we want to see here in 50 years? The initiative, launched by the San Diego Foundation, included a series of workshops this week in…

  • Field Guide: Disaster Preparedness

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX Building an Emergency Kit You should have enough of the following supplies to last three days. Supplies should be packed in an easy-to-carry…

  • Blackout: Food Stamps Recipients May Have Been Hit Hard

    By Adrian Florido In the aftermath of last week’s 12-hour power outage, restaurant owners across San Diego County lamented the tens of thousands of dollars they lost from spoiled food. But many said they would rebound, despite the setback. That may not be so easy in the kitchens of more than 200,000 of the county’s…