"A food service provider is stepping up to provide hot meals to federal workers at the San Jose airport during the government shutdown. The workers haven't been paid since Oct. 1 and food insecurity is prevalent. During the shutdown, Martha's Kitchen is providing more than 800 meals a week to 340 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers at San Jose Mineta International Airport and Monterey Regional Airport."
"As the shutdown continues, low-income Americans have been worried that food aid was not going to be available starting Saturday. But two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known as Calfresh in California, according to the Associated Press. The judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island gave the administration leeway on whether to fund the program partially or in full for November."
Martha's Kitchen is providing more than 800 meals weekly to 340 TSA workers at San Jose Mineta International Airport and Monterey Regional Airport. Federal workers have not been paid since Oct. 1, creating widespread food insecurity. As many as 90,000 federal workers live in the Bay Area, according to a San Francisco Chronicle analysis. The shutdown centers on Senate Democrats' effort to prevent Affordable Care Act subsidies from expiring at the end of December, which would raise health insurance costs for millions. Two federal judges ordered the administration to continue funding SNAP, giving leeway on partial or full November payments. Federal workers have been lining up at food banks and airports for assistance.
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