Budget impasse hurts seniors

For many senior citizens, it is the only hot meal they get each day. Daily News

For others, it is their only contact with the outside world.

But the meal-assistance programs that benefit more than 6,700 elderly Los Angeles residents daily could end by Sept. 1 because of the state budget stalemate in Sacramento. The programs are funded by the federal government but administered by the state, which is now 55 days past the deadline for approving a budget for the current fiscal year.