Cuts to SNAP has Joseph Agredano feeling anxious. He is one of more than a quarter of a million community college students enrolled in CalFresh, the state’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. That assistance has been paused since Saturday, because the Trump administration stopped sending states money during the government shutdown. SNAP funds are expected to flow again soon, after two federal judges on Friday ordered the administration to resume the payments. In the meantime, Contra Costa…
Early election results Tuesday night showed Contra Costa County voters following the rest of the state in voting for Proposition 50, which will redraw Congressional districts to benefit the Democratic Party. Voting “Yes” on Prop. 50 at Richmond City Hall, Omar Brito said his vote expressed “dissatisfaction with our president and the current administration and their policies and how blatantly unfair and un-American they are.” Gov. Gavin Newsom initiated Prop 50 after President Donald Trump encouraged the Texas Legislature to…