The owner of a Southern California food truck was arrested recently for illegally processing an unusually large amount of food stamp transactions, according to photos and a criminal complaint obtained by The California Post. It comes as the state contends with SNAP fraud estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars. Investigators had been snooping around food truck Soriano Produce, owned by Esmeralda Soriano, which primarily operates out of Lyon Street in Santa Ana and sells fruit and produce on a “low volume.” It started accepting SNAP and EBT benefits in May 2023, according to the complaint. Through…

The Department of Justice’s decision to stop protecting the right of people with disabilities to remain in their homes will make it easier for states to slash home care benefits in response to deep federally-mandated cuts in Medicaid funding. The decision, effectively a federal get-out-of-jail-free card for states, will harm…

Halfway through the year in which artificial intelligence is changing everything, evidence is mounting that consumers’ financial stress is about as bad as it was during the devastating 2008-2009 Great Recession. Shoppers are now savvier than ever about the price and value of nearly everything. In fact, so many forces…

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The granting of a UPEPA special motion to strike means that the plaintiff’s complaint was without substantial factual or legal support. A Rule 11 motion is based on a frivolous pleading, which is sort of another way of saying that the plaintiff’s complaint was without substantial factual or legal support.…

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