FY 2026-27 Governor’s Budget Misses Opportunity to Protect Low-income Californians’ Access to Food and Health Care Against Regressive Federal Policy
On behalf of the County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California, we urge the Legislature to protect maximum levels of CalFresh benefits and Medi-Cal coverage in the face of federal H.R. 1 implementation by 1) adequately funding the county eligibility workforce and 2) rejecting State-imposed county cost shifts proposed by the Administration that threaten to further strain county capacity for mitigating H.R. 1-related program losses.
Please see our attached budget letter.