Nishi Nair
@nishinair.bsky.social
Research Associate @calbudgetcenter.org
#CABudget | #SafetyNet | Bay Area native | UC Davis Alum
#CABudget | #SafetyNet | Bay Area native | UC Davis Alum
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Statement on the Legislative Analyst’s Office 2026-27 Fiscal Outlook #CABudget
“Kicking the can down the road won’t solve California’s structural deficit and neither will cutting programs that support vulnerable communities," says @shg29.bsky.social.
calbudgetcenter.org/news/2026-27...
“Kicking the can down the road won’t solve California’s structural deficit and neither will cutting programs that support vulnerable communities," says @shg29.bsky.social.
calbudgetcenter.org/news/2026-27...
Statement on the Legislative Analyst’s Office 2026-27 Fiscal Outlook
Kicking the can down the road won’t solve California’s structural deficit and neither will cutting programs that support vulnerable communities. Policymakers must choose sustainable revenue solutions ...
calbudgetcenter.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Statement on the Legislative Analyst’s Office 2026-27 Fiscal Outlook #CABudget
“Kicking the can down the road won’t solve California’s structural deficit and neither will cutting programs that support vulnerable communities," says @shg29.bsky.social.
calbudgetcenter.org/news/2026-27...
“Kicking the can down the road won’t solve California’s structural deficit and neither will cutting programs that support vulnerable communities," says @shg29.bsky.social.
calbudgetcenter.org/news/2026-27...
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After enacting the deepest #SNAP cuts in history & needlessly disrupting benefits during the shutdown, the Trump Administration is quietly advancing draft regulations to take SNAP away from millions more people – primarily working families with kids, seniors & disabled people.
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
After enacting the deepest #SNAP cuts in history & needlessly disrupting benefits during the shutdown, the Trump Administration is quietly advancing draft regulations to take SNAP away from millions more people – primarily working families with kids, seniors & disabled people.
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New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
CalFresh (SNAP) supports millions of Californians and is a powerful tool for keeping children out of poverty. USDA's failure to fund November benefits will harm people and children across the state.
Millions of families rely on SNAP/CalFresh to put food on the table. USDA has the authority to make sure all SNAP benefits go out on time — there’s no reason families should go hungry this November.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/us...
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/us...
USDA Refusal to Fund November CalFresh Benefits Threatens Food Security for 5.5 Million Californians
The USDA’s refusal to fund November CalFresh benefits threatens food security for 5.5 million Californians.
calbudgetcenter.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
CalFresh (SNAP) supports millions of Californians and is a powerful tool for keeping children out of poverty. USDA's failure to fund November benefits will harm people and children across the state.
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Past administrations used #SNAP contingency funds to prevent benefit gaps. Despite clear legal authority, the current Administration refuses to do, putting 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
SNAP’s Contingency Reserve Is Available for Regular SNAP Benefits, as USDA and OMB Have Ruled in Past
The Administration must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill.
www.cbpp.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Past administrations used #SNAP contingency funds to prevent benefit gaps. Despite clear legal authority, the current Administration refuses to do, putting 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Via: @calwicassociation.bsky.social
🚨Please share all information and resources to keep families whole during times of uncertainty.
🚨Please share all information and resources to keep families whole during times of uncertainty.
October 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Via: @calwicassociation.bsky.social
🚨Please share all information and resources to keep families whole during times of uncertainty.
🚨Please share all information and resources to keep families whole during times of uncertainty.
Over ONE THIRD of California's state budget is made up of federal funds that support Medi-Cal, education, and other vital programs.
The recent federal budget act will profoundly impact the state's budget.
Read more from @shg29.bsky.social and I here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fe...
The recent federal budget act will profoundly impact the state's budget.
Read more from @shg29.bsky.social and I here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fe...
Federal Funds Drive One-Third of California’s State Budget
Federal funds make up over one-third of California's state budget, supporting services like Medi-Cal, education, and workforce development.
calbudgetcenter.org
August 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Over ONE THIRD of California's state budget is made up of federal funds that support Medi-Cal, education, and other vital programs.
The recent federal budget act will profoundly impact the state's budget.
Read more from @shg29.bsky.social and I here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fe...
The recent federal budget act will profoundly impact the state's budget.
Read more from @shg29.bsky.social and I here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fe...
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Last week at CBPP, we focused on the #FederalBudget and #FederalTaxes, #FoodAssistance, #health, #housing, #SocialSecurity, and #StateBudgets and #StateTaxes. www.cbpp.org/blog/in-case...
July 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Last week at CBPP, we focused on the #FederalBudget and #FederalTaxes, #FoodAssistance, #health, #housing, #SocialSecurity, and #StateBudgets and #StateTaxes. www.cbpp.org/blog/in-case...
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How many low-income people will lose some or all of their food assistance as a result of the deepest cut to SNAP in history? Here's what we know so far: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
By the Numbers: Senate Republican Leadership’s Reconciliation Bill Takes Food Assistance Away From Millions of People | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Senate Republican leadership’s reconciliation bill would dramatically raise costs and reduce food assistance for millions of people by cutting federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assist...
www.cbpp.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
How many low-income people will lose some or all of their food assistance as a result of the deepest cut to SNAP in history? Here's what we know so far: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Manatt Health and Princeton with updated estimates of the state- and Congressional District-level impact of Senate-passed bill on #Medicaid enrollment and hospital spending cuts: shvs.org/resource/sen...
Senate-Passed H.R. 1: Updated Estimates on Impact to State Medicaid Coverage and Expenditures, Hospital Expenditures, Including Impacts by Congressional District
Senate-Passed H.R. 1: Updated Estimates on Impact to State Medicaid Coverage and Expenditures, Hospital Expenditures, Including Impacts by Congressional District
shvs.org
July 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Manatt Health and Princeton with updated estimates of the state- and Congressional District-level impact of Senate-passed bill on #Medicaid enrollment and hospital spending cuts: shvs.org/resource/sen...
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Shut it down! LA is sick of ICE!
Protesters shut down Sixth Street bridge in downtown Los Angeles
A large group of protesters shut down the Sixth Street bridge in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon.
abc7.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Shut it down! LA is sick of ICE!
The harm that this bill will do to families across California and the country is profound. Voting for this bill, means voting to take away health care and food assistance from everyday people. #HandsOffSNAP
GOP-led budget cuts would gut Medi-Cal, putting hospitals in Rep. Valadao’s district at risk.
With 67% of residents relying on the program, local providers would face deep funding cuts, jeopardizing care for families with low incomes, kids, and seniors.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/re...
With 67% of residents relying on the program, local providers would face deep funding cuts, jeopardizing care for families with low incomes, kids, and seniors.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/re...
Republican-Led Budget Cuts: Potential Impact on Californians in CA-22
Proposed Republican-led federal budget cuts could impact supports like health care and nutrition assistance for millions of Californians.
calbudgetcenter.org
July 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The harm that this bill will do to families across California and the country is profound. Voting for this bill, means voting to take away health care and food assistance from everyday people. #HandsOffSNAP
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More than 5 million people, including 800,000 children and over half a million older adults or adults with disabilities, could lose food assistance due to new work requirements in the Senate reconciliation bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
July 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
More than 5 million people, including 800,000 children and over half a million older adults or adults with disabilities, could lose food assistance due to new work requirements in the Senate reconciliation bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Democrats on the House floor are highlighting the reconciliation bill's draconian #SNAP reductions, including massive unfunded mandates that will force states to cough up billions of dollars just to maintain SNAP benefits.
What if states can't find the money? Millions of people will go hungry.
What if states can't find the money? Millions of people will go hungry.
July 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Democrats on the House floor are highlighting the reconciliation bill's draconian #SNAP reductions, including massive unfunded mandates that will force states to cough up billions of dollars just to maintain SNAP benefits.
What if states can't find the money? Millions of people will go hungry.
What if states can't find the money? Millions of people will go hungry.
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In June, CA Republican Reps. Young Kim & David Valadao announced that they "cannot support a final [budget] bill that threatens access to coverage or jeopardizes the stability of our hospitals and providers." Will they keep their word?
#Medicaid #HealthPolicy
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
#Medicaid #HealthPolicy
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
valadao.house.gov
July 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
In June, CA Republican Reps. Young Kim & David Valadao announced that they "cannot support a final [budget] bill that threatens access to coverage or jeopardizes the stability of our hospitals and providers." Will they keep their word?
#Medicaid #HealthPolicy
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
#Medicaid #HealthPolicy
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
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Destabilizing rural hospitals is exactly the kind of devastating #Medicaid cut that CA GOP Reps. Young Kim & David Valadao said that they "cannot support."
Will they keep their word when the Senate's reverse-Robin-Hood budget bill comes to the House floor?
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
Will they keep their word when the Senate's reverse-Robin-Hood budget bill comes to the House floor?
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
July 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Destabilizing rural hospitals is exactly the kind of devastating #Medicaid cut that CA GOP Reps. Young Kim & David Valadao said that they "cannot support."
Will they keep their word when the Senate's reverse-Robin-Hood budget bill comes to the House floor?
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
Will they keep their word when the Senate's reverse-Robin-Hood budget bill comes to the House floor?
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
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DAILY MEMO: The 25th straight day of I.C.E.’s siege of L.A.
Topics:
- Weekend Taco Stand Raids
- Today’s Home Depot Raids
- Recommended reading, How to Spot misinformation
- Ventura Sheriff is “Glad” that ICE is there
- Montebello sets up relief program
- Border Patrol fueding?
- DOJ
Topics:
- Weekend Taco Stand Raids
- Today’s Home Depot Raids
- Recommended reading, How to Spot misinformation
- Ventura Sheriff is “Glad” that ICE is there
- Montebello sets up relief program
- Border Patrol fueding?
- DOJ
July 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
DAILY MEMO: The 25th straight day of I.C.E.’s siege of L.A.
Topics:
- Weekend Taco Stand Raids
- Today’s Home Depot Raids
- Recommended reading, How to Spot misinformation
- Ventura Sheriff is “Glad” that ICE is there
- Montebello sets up relief program
- Border Patrol fueding?
- DOJ
Topics:
- Weekend Taco Stand Raids
- Today’s Home Depot Raids
- Recommended reading, How to Spot misinformation
- Ventura Sheriff is “Glad” that ICE is there
- Montebello sets up relief program
- Border Patrol fueding?
- DOJ
Reposted by Nishi Nair
Reposted by Nishi Nair
The Senate’s budget vote is a roadmap of misplaced priorities:
- Cuts health care for vulnerable families
- Pulls food away from kids
- Boosts funding for immigration detention
- Increases premiums in the health marketplace
- Delivers tax breaks to the wealthy
Californians deserve better.
- Cuts health care for vulnerable families
- Pulls food away from kids
- Boosts funding for immigration detention
- Increases premiums in the health marketplace
- Delivers tax breaks to the wealthy
Californians deserve better.
July 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Senate’s budget vote is a roadmap of misplaced priorities:
- Cuts health care for vulnerable families
- Pulls food away from kids
- Boosts funding for immigration detention
- Increases premiums in the health marketplace
- Delivers tax breaks to the wealthy
Californians deserve better.
- Cuts health care for vulnerable families
- Pulls food away from kids
- Boosts funding for immigration detention
- Increases premiums in the health marketplace
- Delivers tax breaks to the wealthy
Californians deserve better.
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The bill House Republicans passed last week would be the deepest cut to #SNAP in history. Our new paper explains the 4 ways this bill would take food assistance away from low-income people, including families with kids, seniors, and people with disabilities. Link below ⤵️
May 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The bill House Republicans passed last week would be the deepest cut to #SNAP in history. Our new paper explains the 4 ways this bill would take food assistance away from low-income people, including families with kids, seniors, and people with disabilities. Link below ⤵️
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States already facing budget pressures in 2025 would be hit with major new costs under Senate Republican plans, straining services communities rely on. See how every state’s fiscal conditions are faring: www.cbpp.org/research/sta...
Roundup: State Budgets Increasingly Strained as House, Senate Republican Plans Would Impose Major Costs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Senate and House Republican leaders are advancing a massive tax and budget package — a process technically known as reconciliation — that features extreme cuts to food assistance and health care...
www.cbpp.org
June 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
States already facing budget pressures in 2025 would be hit with major new costs under Senate Republican plans, straining services communities rely on. See how every state’s fiscal conditions are faring: www.cbpp.org/research/sta...
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This is CBO, Congress's non-partisan official scorekeeper, describing how states would react to Republicans' plan to slash federal $ for #SNAP & impose those costs as an unfunded mandate on states.
Some states may end a program that puts food on the table for 1 in 5 kids in this country.
Some states may end a program that puts food on the table for 1 in 5 kids in this country.
June 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is CBO, Congress's non-partisan official scorekeeper, describing how states would react to Republicans' plan to slash federal $ for #SNAP & impose those costs as an unfunded mandate on states.
Some states may end a program that puts food on the table for 1 in 5 kids in this country.
Some states may end a program that puts food on the table for 1 in 5 kids in this country.
Congress is proposing to expand the harsh time limits to SNAP, which limit many participants to 3 months of assistance over 3 years unless they are working. Yet the average unemployment spell lasts over 5 months. Harsher time limits would cut benefits and increase hardship for thousands more!
June 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Congress is proposing to expand the harsh time limits to SNAP, which limit many participants to 3 months of assistance over 3 years unless they are working. Yet the average unemployment spell lasts over 5 months. Harsher time limits would cut benefits and increase hardship for thousands more!
The Senate's budget plan maintains many harmful provisions to SNAP/CalFresh. Expanded time limits will make family budgets even tighter and put services like child care out of reach for thousands of Californians!!
June 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Senate's budget plan maintains many harmful provisions to SNAP/CalFresh. Expanded time limits will make family budgets even tighter and put services like child care out of reach for thousands of Californians!!