key takeaway
H.R. 1 includes the largest cuts in U.S. history to food assistance and health care programs, threatening billions in CalFresh funding and putting more than 3 million California households at risk of losing some or all of their food assistance.
Access to health care and food assistance are critical for every Californian to survive. But due to the Republican megabill H.R. 1, signed into law in 2025, millions of Californians are likely to lose access to these invaluable programs that help them meet their basic needs.
H.R. 1 includes the largest cuts in U.S. history to food assistance and health care programs, among other critical services. CalFresh — known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) nationally — helps over 5 million Californians with low incomes purchase food. The cuts to SNAP could result in between $2.3 billion and $5.1 billion annually in lost funding for CalFresh and could put more than 3 million households at risk of losing some or all of their food assistance.
These cuts, together with additional cuts to Medi-Cal, threaten to destabilize California’s health care system and exacerbate food insecurity in every legislative district in the state.
The tables below show how many residents in each of California’s legislative districts depend on CalFresh and the millions of dollars that are infused into these local economies when participants purchase groceries. These cuts will have wide-reaching impacts in every community across the state that state leaders should consider as they deliberate the 2026-27 state budget and other policy priorities.
