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Igel

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1. Lots of COVID-era enhanced government payments ended that fall.

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 10:07 PM

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Some of the temporary measures, once extended, failed to be extended again.

Then there was inflation.

This was a national spike. California has its own issues unrelated to that and to inflation.

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