By @ShayDiddy
Apr 29, 2021
Looks like Universal Income might be a real thing coming to Californians. AB-65 passed through the state assembly s revenue and taxation committee on Monday.
This bill would require the Franchise Tax Board to administer the California Universal Basic Income (CalUBI) Program, under which a California resident who is 18 years of age or older and who meets specified requirements, would receive a universal basic income of $1,000 per month. The bill would require, among other things, that the resident have has lived in the state for at least the last 3 consecutive years and that the resident’s income not exceed 200% of the median per capita income for the resident’s current county of residence, as determined by the United States Census Bureau. The bill would define universal basic income to mean unconditional cash payments of equal amounts issued monthly to individual residents of California with the intention of ensuring the economic security of reci
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The pandemic has caused parents to experience employment disruptions, including more women who were forced to leave the workforce.
The pressure has increased for women who are juggling home and work-life in addition to the pandemic. According to a survey produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates, women are being disproportionately impacted by these unprecedented times.
“Thirty-one percent of people with annual household incomes less than $50,000 report worse finances compared with pre-pandemic times, as do 30% of Hispanics, 27% of rural residents, 25% of women and 24% of those who don’t hold a college degree,” the poll found.
ABC News reported that this ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by landline and cellular telephone between April 18–21, 2021. It was completed in both English and Spanish. The random national sample consisted of 1,007 adults.
To the editor:
I have worked in the mental health and chemical dependency field for 9 years and many I have worked with are wrapped up in the criminal justice system (CJS). Many that are caught up in the CJS are non-violent offenders struggling with mental illness, which cannot and should not be addressed through incarceration. We rely on the CJS to respond to people struggling with mental illness rather than invest in the spectrum of mental health care from prevention to recovery. Despite the fact that mental illness and psychological distress is a known problem, findings suggest that only 1 in 3 were receiving mental health treatment. Suicide is also a significant problem in jails. In 2016 alone, 1,000 people died in local jails with suicide being the leading cause of death.