Existing federal law establishes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to convene a workgroup, with a certain composition, to consider changes to semiannual reporting with the goal of reducing the reporting burden on recipients and reducing the workload for county eligibility staff. Existing law required that the consensus recommendations of the workgroup be submitted to the Legislature not later than October 1, 2021, as specified.
This bill would require the department to convene a workgroup, as described above, for purposes of preparing annual reports that would serve as updates to the previous recommendations. The bill would require that the annual reports be submitted to the Legislature, with the first one submitted by January 1, 2027.

Statutes affected:
AB 890: 18910.2 WIC
02/19/25 - Introduced: 18910.2 WIC