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Support Provided By Many residents of Los Angeles struggle to meet their basic needs such as food and safe housing on a daily basis, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only heightened these difficulties for many. College students are particularly vulnerable to being unable to pay for basic necessities due to the existing barriers to employment, combined with the economic downturn and lack of jobs caused by the pandemic. One possible solution to help this at-risk population better meet their basic ne...

Cargando Video... La iniciativa ayudará a 500 padres o madres solteras de la ciudad de Long Beach "que viven en la pobreza y luchan por satisfacer sus necesidades básicas", según el comunicado de la alcaldía de Long Beach. Las aplicaciones para seleccionar a las familias que recibirán la ayuda tendrá en cuenta las entradas económicas y las dificultades ocasionadas por la pandemia del coronavirus. Los pagos directos se darán mayormente en el código postal 90813, "que es el área de may...

California appears to be leading the charge in experimenting with basic income programs for its residents.

Print Los Angeles County could soon become the largest county in the country to launch a universal basic income pilot program, providing at least $1,000 a month to at least 1,000 residents. Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Sheila Kuehl are proposing that the guaranteed income pilot program provide monthly payments for three years. The criteria for participants has not been determined. The two supervisors said the county must explore anti-poverty measures as permanent county policy, not just as em...

All the cities testing free money programs Cities across the country are testing the waters for guaranteed income and universal basic income programs. Image: Getty Images 2021-05-03 10:00:00 UTC Even as the U.S. economy starts to trend upwards, the promise of Universal Basic Income (UBI) isnt being ignored. Cities across the country keep announcing new free cash programs for residents as recently as last week. This page, which we will update regularly, will help you keep track.  The idea ga...

Compton Pledge Delivers $1 Million to Residents By LAWT News Service (Courtesy photo) Mayor Aja Brown and the Compton Pledge announced the successful enrollment of 800 families in Compton’s guaranteed income pilot program, making it the largest city-based guaranteed income initiative in United States history. Launched in December 2020 with the support and administration of the Fund for Guaranteed Income (F4GI) and the Compton Community Development Corporation (CCDC), the Compton Pledge has al...

Mayor Eric Garcetti included a $24-million Basic Income Guaranteed program in his city budget to be released Tuesday. L.A. would become the biggest city to try the concept, possibly joining Stockton, Compton and others. Here is a primer: What would the L.A. program do? If approved by the Los Angeles City Council, the program would provide $1,000 a month to 2,000 Los Angeles families for a year. There will be no obligation on how to spend the money, according to the mayor’s office. Advertiseme...

April 19, 2021 6:00 AM California cities are leading the charge pushing to explore guaranteed basic income programs. Left-to-right: Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Compton Mayor Aja Brown. (Illustration by Al Kamalizad for LAist. Photos from Getty Images.) Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is proposing a guaranteed basic income pilot program in his upcoming budget, putting L.A. front and center in the debate over how government can most effectively combat po...

LA Times Billionaire’s Daughter Is Tinkering With the Paper. And Staffers Welcome It. Maxwell Tani When the Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong was thinking of selling the paper, the news sent shock and alarm through the paper’s newsroom. Soon-Shiong and a spokesperson for the West Coast’s largest newspaper quickly attempted to tamp down the speculation and quiet the unease among staffers, releasing statements downplaying the report as “inaccurate” and dec...

Pilot project would provide universal basic income Families with young children currently living in deep poverty in Yolo County would receive monthly cash assistance under a universal basic income pilot project that county supervisors will consider on Tuesday. A total of 31 families in the CalWORKS Housing Support Program with children under the age of two would receive monthly payments for a year, up to a maximum of $12,155 annually per family. That cash assistance, combined with the CalWORKS ...