District 3 Santa Clara County Supervisor Otto Lee succinctly summed up his opinion of HR1—aka President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”—at a Sept. 18 town hall meeting at the Jose Esteves Milpitas Library.

“It’s a big bill but not beautiful,” Lee said of HR1, which catalyzed massive federal budget cuts when Trump signed it into law July 4.

HR 1 cuts $186 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and $1 trillion from Medicaid, which provides healthcare access for one in five Americans and almost half of all children in the U.S.

Santa Clara County stands to lose more than $1 billion in federal funding. “We have never faced a financial crisis like this in 40 years,” Lee said.

The cuts will affect 465,000 Santa Clara County residents relying on Medicaid, 133,000

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