ATTORNEY WHO IS GOING TO
FORMALLY REQUEST TO THE STATE
THAT THEY CREATE AN EXEMPTION
FOR CHURCHES TO CONTINUE
HOLDING SERVICES INSIDE OF
BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THIS STAY
AT HOME ORDER.
A NEW MONTH MEANS THERE'S A
NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PUSH.
ASKING PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY ARE BUYING.
MANY PEOPLE HAD TO THE STORE
TO CASH IN THEIR FOOD STAMPS
AND OTHER BENEFITS.
HEATHER JANSEN HAS MORE.
ON THE IMPACT OF PANIC BUYING.
Reporter: LINDSAY IS A PROUD
MOTHER OF TWO.
LATELY FINDING THE THINGS HER
GROWING BOYS NEED HASN'T BEEN
EASY.
IF I CAN'T FIND EGGS AND
CHEESE THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE.
THEY ARE JUST OUT TO.
IF THEY ARE OUT WE ARE OUT.
Reporter: ONLY ABLE TO BUY
CERTAIN FOODS AND CERTAIN
BRANDS.
USING THEIR BENEFITS.
EMPTY SHELVES PLAY GROCERY
STORES ALL OVER CALIFORNIA.
SOME PANTRIES REMAIN BARE.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO
FEED THEM.
THE BENEFITS THAT YOU ARE
GETTING YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO
UTILIZE.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
Reporter: THEIR STORY IS ONE
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS
HEARD A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER
THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
BENEFITS EXPIRING BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T FIND THE THINGS THAT THEY
NEED.
SARAH DIAZ SAYS SOME RELIEF IS
ON THE WAY.
AFTER THE GOVERNOR SIGNED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THIS WEEK.
AIMING AT TEMPORARILY CHANGING
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS
REGULATIONS.
WERE HOPING THAT MAYBE THE
TYPES OF FOODS THAT ARE
APPROVED BY BE EXPANDED A
LITTLE BIT.
Reporter: THERE'S NO
TIMELINE ON WHEN THIS MAY
HAPPEN.
IN THE MEANTIME FAMILIES ARE
PLEADING FOR OTHERS TO LOOK FOR
THE WAKE STICKER AND TRY TO
AVOID CHOOSING THOSE ITEMS.
IF THEY ARE OUT OF THE ITEMS
I NEED I'M GOING HOME EMPTY-
HANDED.
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION
SAYS A NUMBER OF FAMILIES HAVE
