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Nishi Nair

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Research Associate @calbudgetcenter.org #CABudget | #SafetyNet | Bay Area native | UC Davis Alum

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California Budget & Policy Center @calbudgetcenter.org · 19/11/2025
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...
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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 ...
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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.
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Nishi Nair @nishinair.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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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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.
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End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Via: @calwicassociation.bsky.social 🚨Please share all information and resources to keep families whole during times of uncertainty.
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Nishi Nair @nishinair.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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...
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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.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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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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...
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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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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
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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Shut it down! LA is sick of ICE!
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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.
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Nishi Nair @nishinair.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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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Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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.
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Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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...
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Scott Graves @shg29.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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...
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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California Budget & Policy Center @calbudgetcenter.org · 01/07/2025
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.
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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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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...
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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.
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Nishi Nair @nishinair.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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!
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Nishi Nair @nishinair.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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!!
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
8 million older adults, caregivers, and parents in every state would be at risk of losing food assistance under a Senate proposal that expands #SNAP's harsh work requirements. See how your state could be impacted under the Senate Ag proposal: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Research Note: Expanded Work Requirements in Senate Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Take Away Food Assistance From Millions: State Estimates | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
One of the harshest cuts in the Senate Agriculture Committee reconciliation proposal would take food assistance away from people — including, for the first time ever, parents with children over the...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Senator Padilla was forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles while attempting to ask a question. Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.) The Trump regime is out of control.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The House Republican bill would give huge tax breaks to wealthy individuals, businesses, and large corporations while leaving behind or raising costs for millions of working families. Here are some of the impacts: www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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By the Numbers: House Republican Tax Agenda Favors the Wealthy and Leaves Millions of Working Families Behind | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The House Republican reconciliation bill would give huge tax breaks to wealthy individuals, businesses, and large corporations while leaving behind or raising costs for millions of working families......
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California Budget & Policy Center @calbudgetcenter.org · 16/05/2025
JUST IN: Our First Look analysis of the @governor.ca.gov's 2025-26 May Revision. Our take: The revised budget harms vulnerable Californians and misses opportunities to raise revenue and guard against federal threats. #CABudget ⚡ We share more here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fi...
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First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision
The Budget Center breaks down key areas of the governor's May Revision and highlights how the proposal would impact Californians.
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The stakes: cuts to low-income Americans’ health care and nutrition benefits are basically the same size as the tax cuts for the 2% of households making over $500k annually. The idea that low-income need to pay more for health care and groceries because of the deficit is false.
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Nishi Nair @nishinair.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
‼️Congress is pushing an unprecedented cost shift of #SNAP onto states. If California can’t meet the burden of 25% of costs, it could opt out entirely - leaving thousands of low-income families without food aid. This is reckless and dangerous. Learn more here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/re...
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Mauricio @mauriciotorresjr.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
In the weeks ahead, legislative leaders have a chance to push back on @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's harmful proposals and show that California won’t cave to Trump-style cuts. Instead, we can close tax loopholes designed by — and for — the wealthy and profitable corporations.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The carried interest loophole lets rich private equity execs pay lower tax rates by treating their income as capital gains. The GOP's "big, beautiful bill" makes devastating cuts to social programs but leaves this loophole intact — despite Trump promising to end it. Priorities.
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
More than 4 million kids ages 7 through 17 live with the SNAP participants House Republicans are calling "able-bodied adults without dependents." Without dependents?! When those adults get cut off SNAP, food benefits for the entire family get reduced. That hurts kids. Period.
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Health Access California @healthaccess.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
“These cuts are reckless & unconscionable. This is a betrayal of the Governor’s commitment to CA immigrants, & an abandonment of his legacy, which brought California so close to universal health care,”--our ED & co-chair of #Health4All, @thewallner.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Newsom seeks cap on free health care for undocumented immigrants as budget gap looms
The proposal marks a retreat for Newsom, who championed the ambitious and costly program.
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Kayla Kitson @kaylakit.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Reminder that income inequality is already staggering in CA (in case anyone forgot!) and the combination of federal tax cuts largely benefiting wealthy people & corporations with spending cuts gutting support for people's basic needs would make this so much worse. calbudgetcenter.org/resources/in...
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Inequality Is Already Extreme in California — Republican Cuts Could Worsen It
Republican federal budget proposals would worsen California’s extreme income inequality by cutting essential programs.
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Monica Saucedo @msaucedo.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚨 It’s not a markup — it’s a teardown of SNAP. Congress is proposing BILLIONS in cuts to food assistance *tonight* during bill markup. This would take away benefits for millions just to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy. #HandOffSNAP #SaveSNAP
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Kayla Kitson @kaylakit.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The upside-down & costly federal tax bill is currently being marked up in the House Ways & Means cmte. According to the Joint Cmte on Taxation, more than 40% of benefits would go to top 5%, and the top 1% alone would get 1/5 of all benefits. www.jct.gov/publications...
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Adriana Ramos-Yamamoto @adri-ramyam.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Visiting the ER for a broken leg could cost ~$21,328 if someone loses Medi-Cal and becomes uninsured. That’s almost 10 months of rent for a 2bdr apt in LA County. House Republican budget proposal would end #MediCal for millions & drive up the housing crisis. #FightForOurHealth
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Laura Pryor @l-pryor.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
If federal proposed cuts to Medi-Cal pass, a family in #SanBernardino could have to choose between paying for an inhaler for their kid, or groceries. Medi-Cal is literally the difference between having food on the table or not for CA's children. Healthcare must be protected! #FightForOurHealth
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The House Republican Ag bill would take food assistance from parents with kids over 6 & older adults who can’t meet harsh work requirements. Nearly 11M people live in households at risk of losing #SNAP under this provision. State & congressional-district data: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Expanded Work Requirements in House Republican Bill Would Take Away Food Assistance From Millions: State and Congressional District Estimates | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
One of the harshest cuts in the House Agriculture Committee bill would take food assistance away from people — including, for the first time ever, parents with children over the age of 6 and adults ag...
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 13/05/2025
If Trump's "big, beautiful" reconciliation bill goes through, 13.7 million people will lose their health insurance & even more will become underinsured. Make no mistake, thousands of low-income & working class Americans will die unnecessarily if it passes. We must not allow it.
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Nishi Nair @nishinair.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
📢 Reminder: Cutting federal funding for SNAP just means California foots the bill. And if they can’t? Kids go hungry. And California will have to make impossible decisions about the $3 BILLION the state will be forced to address if a cost-shift proposal passes. #HandsOffSNAP #SaveSNAP
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Congressional Rs’ plan in the House E&C bill would take away #Medicaid by requiring enrollees to renew twice a year, not annually. This increases state costs and risks eligible people losing coverage. Here are 3 reasons why the proposal is misguided: www.cbpp.org/blog/more-fr...
Chart: Reducing Churn Keep Eligible Families Connected

Churn increases administrative burdens for families and state Medicaid agencies
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Monica Saucedo @msaucedo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The proposed $230 billion cuts to SNAP don't just threaten to take food away from families in need--they would also significantly harm workers, businesses, and communities across California. Research from the National Grocers Association shows CalFresh dollars help fuel the food retailer industry
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Hugely important new @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis shows that the emerging House bill's combo of 1.) tax cuts tilted to wealthy 2.) cuts to nutrition assistance/health for low-income families make families making under $30k worse off. www.urban.org/research/pub...
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Nishi Nair @nishinair.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
How would the $230 billion proposed federal cuts to SNAP impact California families? This graphic shows the groceries a family in Bakersfield would lose out on if their benefits were cut by 20%. CalFresh helps millions of families and children and should be protected!! #SNAP #HandsOffSNAP
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California Budget & Policy Center @calbudgetcenter.org · 05/05/2025
Connect, learn, and celebrate with us in the Central Valley! Join us for a free, in-person training on how state and federal decisions impact local communities. 🗓️ Tuesday, May 21 📍 Fresno Art Museum 🍽️ Refreshments provided! ⚡ Register today! budgetcenterinfresno.eventbrite.com?aff=bluesky
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Monica Saucedo @msaucedo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The #CABudget could face a cost of OVER $3.1 BILLION to fund #CalFresh benefits under this cost-share proposal‼️ If implemented, this would put tremendous pressure on our budget and likely lead to cuts—taking food away from people in need. More in our analysis: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/re...
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