Sen. Adam Schiff toured the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank warehouse Wednesday to emphasize the “painful” consequences of the recently signed budget bill.

The California Democrat emphasized the pressure that food banks may be under with “dramatic” cuts to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and other food aid.

“Our families are going to be impacted, and seeing is believing,” Schiff said after a 45-minute tour in Miramar led by food bank CEO Casey Castillo. “When you see a box that used to be full to the brim with food, and realize that with cuts to grant programs that box now is significantly less occupied by food, that means less food for families and more hunger out there.”

Saying that local farmers also will be impacted, Schiff said he learned that San Diego Coun

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