(The Center Square) – In the latest move to fund food benefits for low-income Californians, Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

He asked the court to reject the Trump administration’s request to appeal a previous court decision requiring the federal government to fund food benefits.

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