Hunger Grows in Bay Area

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Bay Area saw some of the biggest increases in people signing up for food stamps during the pandemic. Home to the highest income inequality in California, the Bay Area’s hunger problem has been an issue of growing concern since well before COVID-19. The Biden administration announced Monday that it will approve the largest permanent increase in food assistance in the history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Yet the Bay Area’s cost of living may mean that increase is only a drop in the bucket. We talk with researchers and advocates about the unique landscape of food insecurity in the Bay Area and how they’re addressing the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.6	The Bay Area is a rich place with some of the highest incomes in the world, but not everybody has a tech job.
1:02.6	And if you make what would be a middle class wage elsewhere, you could still struggle to pay the most basic expenses.
1:08.5	Many families simply don't have enough cash to buy food, and the pandemic has made things even worse.
1:11.3	As the head of one food bank told the New York Times,
1:14.9	any hike in the cost of anything just pushes them over the edge.
1:17.7	COVID pushed a hell of a lot of people over the edge.
1:21.9	So today on Forum, we're talking about the state of food insecurity in the Bay Area and what we can do to make sure that people get fed.
1:24.9	That's all next after this news.
1:35.7	Thank you. that people get fed. That's all next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. As the pandemic broke over the country 18 months ago,
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