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Today the Los Angeles TIMES had an article "Stop calling them Food
Stamps'" Sunday 24 OCT. The predicament is one we have in all states. I
wish to refer to it to point out that FOOD STAMPS should be allowed for
seniors on low fixed income. Many seniors do not have enough employment
'quarters' to get a decent Social Security check that would buy food.
LIke many 60's hippie boomers I raised a great flock of babies as single

mother. Women like me did not ..could not... work. I stayed home with 4
children. Today at age 70, I get 340$ a month from Social Security, $280

disability. The combined amts. give me 620$ a month out of which I must
pay rent and utilities. There is no public assistance for food and no
money for food. MEALS on WHEELS wants 8$ a meal. I live miles from a
market; I am disabled, there's no way to walk to a market. A bike is
dangerous but I do it. The nearest FOOD PANTRY is l0 miles from here,
the cheese giveaway is 6 miles off at CITY HALL. Twelve miles round
trip. My grown children are no help as they left California, out of
sight out of mind. So whether the system calls the program Cal Fresh or
EBT, (theme of this article,) is of no concern to us. There's none of
this food stamp aid for the senior on SOC. SECURITY with a super low
stipend and there are MILLIONS of us across the USA. We need a pro bono
law firm to initiate a new law: LESS THAN POVERTY LEVEL, Soc Secur
recipient or not, food assistance should happen! And maybe another idea,

produce sharing.. at local community gardens, l day a week, might be a
good idea too. In 'city' plots across the USA

signed, A. Sands in Los angeles COUNTY

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