Attorney General Bonta Stands Firm for Full SNAP Benefits After Latest U.S. Supreme Court Order

OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's order continuing its temporary stay of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island's decision requiring the Trump Administration to pay full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for the month of November. The U.S. Supreme Court extended its temporary stay of the district court's decision until Thursday evening while it considers the Trump Administration's renewed request to stay the decision indefinitely.

"The Trump Administration has run back to highest court in the land to avoid fully funding SNAP benefits. It is unconscionable. More than 41 million low-income Americans rely on SNAP benefits for vital food assistance, and some still don't know where their next meal is coming from thanks to the Trump Administration's cruelty.

My fellow attorneys general and I will continue to press our case until every SNAP recipient is made whole and until we have assurances that the Trump Administration will not retaliate against states that acted quickly to provide full November SNAP benefits pursuant to a court order and USDA's own guidance."

A copy of the U.S. Supreme Court's order can be found here.