Hunger Returns

As pandemic-era food benefits recede, Bayview-Hunters Point residents struggle with rising economic insecurity

By Aditi Praveen Kariyanahalli • Bay City News

The COVID-19 pandemic created a catastrophic public health emergency that ravaged the entire world. However, it also brought an unexpected silver lining for low-income Californians: an increase in food benefits. 

Through CalFresh Emergency Allotments — a program designed to increase benefits to households utilizing food assistance programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or CalFresh during the pandemic — approximately 3 million households in California were able to utilize these allotments to keep themselves and their families fed for over two years. 

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Aditi Praveen Kariyanahalli is a digital media intern at Bay City News through the Dow Jones News Fund. She is a rising senior at Fordham University, double majoring in journalism and political science. She serves as the arts & culture editor at The Fordham Observer, her university’s student newspaper. Aditi enjoys writing about visual art, local politics and housing justice. In her free time, she loves to read and swim.