San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Terra Lawson-Remer and Vice Chair Monica Montgomery Steppe on Thursday proposed tapping into the county's reserves to offset cuts coming from Washington, D.C.

The supervisors say the proposal is to protect the county's citizens from the Trump Administration slashing health care and food assistance programs by using ample reserves. The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" is projected to cost the county more than $300 million each year in additional costs or lost revenue.

According to Lawson-Remer and Montgomery Steppe, nearly 400,000 San Diegans risk losing health care, and 100,000 could lose food assistance.

"We can't let San Diego be dragged into a fiscal storm by Washington," Lawson-Remer said. "This reform is our bridge — protecting health care, f

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