Nearly 3 million Southern California residents will lose CalFresh benefits on Nov. 1 amid the federal government shutdown.

Barring a resolution to the shutdown, the U.S. will have a gaping hole in its safety net, particularly for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries. In California, SNAP is called CalFresh.

The Trump administration said Friday that it won't use a roughly $5 billion contingency fund to keep food aid flowing in November in the government shutdown, but a new lawsuit by Democratic state officials Tuesday seeks to uncork the emergency money - enough to pay for the benefits for more than half a month - or another larger fund.

In Southern California, that means 14.6% of people will not be able to buy gr

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