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San José Spotlight
The cost of cutting SNAP: Families on the brink in Silicon Valley
10 minutes Posted Nov 7, 2025 at 8:39 pm.
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With federal SNAP benefits stalling, food insecurity is rising sharply across Silicon Valley. In this episode, we sit down with Leslie Bacho, CEO of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, to talk about the growing demand for food assistance, the human toll of federal funding cuts and what can be done to ensure no one in our community goes hungry.