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Over the weekend, the federal government temporarily shut off funding for its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, leaving more than 42 million Americans uncertain about how they’ll be able to feed their families in the coming weeks. For many older Californians like me, that cutoff isn’t a mere inconvenience. It’s a gut-punch.

I’m now 67 years old, a widow living in Section 8 affordable housing in the Hillcrest area of San Diego. To qualify for my building, residents must be at least 62 years of age and earn less than $58,000 a year — roughly 50% of the area’s median income. Yet my rent still takes about 30% of my income, the standard limit for “affordable” housing. I

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