The California National Guard may not be rounding up drug users along Market Street any time soon, since despite President Donald Trump’s rhetoric troops cannot make law enforcement arrests . But it will likely be headed for food banks across the state in the coming days.

After the California Department of Social Services notified counties across the state on Monday that the government shutdown could stall the state’s food stamps program CalFresh, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday he will set aside $80 million in emergency funding to support food banks and deploy the California National Guard to assist in food distribution.

“Trump’s failure isn’t abstract — it’s literally taking food out of people’s mouths,” wrote Governor Newsom in a press release on the ongoing shutdown’s impa

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