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On April 1st, 2026, California implemented federal policy changes that exclude humanitarian immigrants from key safety net programs. The immediate consequence: roughly 72,000 Californians lost access to CalFresh. Of those, 10,860 are LA immigrants* who have already been devastated by a year of fires, raids and instability. These changes are part of a broader set of federal decisions that may have unintended consequences, including increased food insecurity across our state.
The numbers behind these cuts reveal who is actually affected. SNAP (the federal program that funds CalFresh) served 42 million Americans as recently as July 2025**. Nearly 40 percent of those recipients are children. Another 20 percent are older adults, and 10 percent are people living with disabilities. Close to three-quarters of SNAP households earn at or below the federal poverty line, roughly $33,000 a year for a family of four. These are not statistics. These are families for whom food assistance is the difference between stability and crisis.
When that assistance disappears, the result isn't efficiency. It's hunger.
IIt's easy to feel powerless in the face of policy decisions made far from our communities. But there is something each of us can do, and it starts locally.
Building food security that is not dependent on federal policy requires investment in real, physical infrastructure, including cold storage, transportation, distribution networks, and the community-based organizations that know how to get food to the people who need it most. This is the work of Hollywood Food Coalition every day, and why community investment in this infrastructure matters more than ever right now.
Think of it as a subscription service to caring for your city. You probably subscribe to services that entertain you every day - what if you subscribed to one that feeds your neighbors?
When you become a monthly donor through HoFoCo's Supper Club, you're not just making a gift, you're investing in a system that operates outside the reach of government cuts and political shifts. You're helping build long-term, community-led food access that doesn't disappear when a policy changes in Washington or Sacramento.
A recurring monthly contribution creates the kind of dependable, sustained support that allows us to plan, grow, and respond, so that no matter what happens at the federal level, we can keep showing up for Los Angeles. That consistency has a ripple effect that reaches tens of thousands of people in the city we all call home.
Join The Supper Club and invest in a food-secure Los Angeles, one month at a time.