REGION: Inland welfare, food stamp usage soars

BY JEFF HORSEMAN

A higher percentage of Inland residents were on welfare or food stamps at the start of this year than in other Southern California counties, a trend expected to continue as the region struggles with higher-than-average unemployment and home foreclosure rates.

Twelve percent of Riverside County and 17 percent of Sa…

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