San Diego County Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a partnership with three philanthropic organizations — the Prebys Foundation, Price Philanthropies and San Diego Foundation — to help offset deep federal funding cuts that officials said are already straining local safety net programs.

The vote passed 4-1 with Supervisor Jim Desmond opposed saying he supported the concept but needed more information.

"Federal funding reductions are pushing health care and food assistance programs even further out of reach for our most vulnerable," Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer said. She called the county’s roughly $300 million in new cost pressures “shocking and troubling.”

The county can’t wait for federal help, she said. “We cannot sit back and hope Washington comes to our rescue. We have to be cre

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