Sign of the times: Mile-long line of cars outside California grocery giveaway

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A pop-up food pantry in Southern California drew so many people that the line of cars waiting for free groceries stretched about a mile, a haunting sign of how the coronavirus pandemic has hurt the working poor

People queue to pick up fresh food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank giveaway of 2,000 boxes of groceries, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

“I have six kids and it’s difficult to eat. My husband was working in construction but now we can’t pay the rent,” said Juana Gomez, 50, of North Hollywood, as she waited for her turn. LA Regional Food Bank supplied the food donated outside Van Nuys City Hall. Its president, Michael Flood, said such giveaways were becoming an increasingly important way to help feed people in need, with “one or two a day” being held in different locations in Los Angeles County.

“I haven’t been working for three weeks. I have a little money saved but I’m paying rent, gas, and cellphone bills. I don’t even know when we’re going back to work,” he said.

 

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they r not all americans

And there you have it. Trump's socialist bread lines! I told you this would happen with him in charge!

Results of decades of Democrat governance...Enjoy!

This is what the Democrats wants, now vote for them.

Should be delivered will get to the reality deserved.

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New Amerika?

For years folks has treated people with 0 income like subhuman not understanding these people survive everyday. These stories while sad isn't getting much empathy from the homeless

Back with the dystopian 'new speech' ... 'In a haunting sign of how the pandemic has hurt the working poor'..not the pandemic guys, the Politicians maybe? Do you think that taking people's job had anything to do with it? Just an idea

mgrant76308 This is what Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer like. It affords them with leverage to push legislation that would otherwise go nowhere.

More people will die of starvation & suicide than the virus.

Gotta preserve the goods from all the POS hoarders. MericaBaby

Anything Free people will line up for .

Our form of the bread lines.

It's kind of unsafe in Cali without a car. And some cars are cheap as 1000 bucks. So I bet will make no sense to sell them for food

Frank Hahnel A real Doctor telling it like it is. It's all Fake

And meanwhile the fed is using our tax dollars to bailout hedge funds, speculators and banks who invested in junk bonds and junk bond stocks for $2.3 trillion.

Keep working to help one another, for this where the strength of a nation lies.

Lots of people who don't need to go there do, out of greed and selfishness

We did today, mostly looking ahead into the uncertain future...

The comments on this article are horrendous. How dare they be able to eat to survive

Frightening...

Did the needy he the groceries OR the freeloaders? Hate people who can afford things putting their hand out for free stuff, esp in times of distress and need

What a lovely country....

Tragic!

foodwars

'...the line of cars waiting for free groceries'. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that these people queuing in their cars didn't need free groceries. They were simply stupid and greedy.

It has cut deep.

The United States is a cancer in this peaceful world, and it has no ability to deal with this epidemic. Instead, they slander China and the World Health Organization. The United States is really a garbage country. The virus was brought to China by American soldiers.

Not necessarily, people with money also take free stuff when offered, that's a fact.

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