Blanco

Cindy Blanco, a resident of Yuba County, and Karen Wilson and Melissa Goetz, residents of Humboldt County, and others similarly situated, sued Eloise Anderson as Director, California Department of Social Services (DSS), and S. Kimberly Belshe as Director, California Department of Health Services (DHS). The plaintiffs contended that the defendants were in violation of the federal Food Stamp Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 2020 , 2025, the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) statute, 42 U.S.C. § 602 (a)(10)(A) and the federal Medicaid statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(8), because the defendants had approved weekday closings of the county welfare offices administering these programs in Humboldt County, Yuba County and other unnamed counties. The district court granted the plaintiffs’ request for an order requiring the defendants to review the hours of operation of the county welfare offices, but declined to grant further relief. The plaintiffs appealed. We remand for reshaping of the court’s order.

PROCEEDINGS

On June 9, 1993, the plaintiffs filed then’ first amended complaint seeking an injunction requiring the defendants not to permit the closing of the county welfare offices to the…