In Affluent San Francisco Suburb, Food Security and Health Care Topped Voters’ Concerns on Election Day

Latest Content Thirty Years Ago Prop. 187 Turned CA Blue. Is Texas Headed That Way? Don’t Mess with Texas: Our Children, Our Health, Our Money! Author Related Can Prop. 1 Fix California’s Deepening Housing Crisis? ‘Keep Your Services’ Say Asian Community Leaders, Amid Fear of New Public Charge Rules In affluent Fremont, California, hundreds of people each week get food support at the Tri-City Volunteers Food Bank. FREMONT, California — On Nov. 3, as voters across the US waited for mid-term election results, Sarah Miller stood in line at the Tri-City Volunteers Food Bank to get two bags of free groceries. The $23 per month she receives from CalFresh, California’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program does not stretch far. “I have to rely on the food bank. It is troubling to me, as a person who has worked her whole life,” she told American Community Media.

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