The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/28/rob-bonta-gavin-newsom-sue-government-over-snap-benefits/California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Tuesday announced his 45th lawsuit against the Trump administration so far this year, joining two dozen states in suing the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for withholding SNAP benefits from low-income Americans as a consequence of the government shutdown. SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, provides food assistance (food stamps) to around 5.5 million Californians, and around 41 million Americans, most of them families and older adults. As of several weeks ago, the USDA did an about-face, reneging on an earlier plan to make sure November benefits were covered, and informed states that benefits would no

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