CA Senate Passes Guaranteed Basic Income Bill for ‘Homeless’ Graduating High Schoolers

May 26, 2022 4:55 pmMay 27, 2022 9:24 am

The California State Senate just passed Senate Bill 1341 by Sen. Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley), to establish a guaranteed income program to 15,000 homeless graduating high school seniors. The “California Success, Opportunity, and Academic Resilience (CalSOAR)” is now headed to...

Oakland Mayor Announces Basic Income Program, but Not For Poor White Families

March 25, 2021 3:50 pmMarch 25, 2021 5:37 pm

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Tuesday a privately funded universal basic income program, to provide 600 Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) families with low-incomes an unconditional $500 per month for at least 18 months. But there is a...

Los Angeles, Oakland Push For Universal Income Projects

July 6, 2020 2:29 pm

Los Angeles and Oakland seek to join Stockton and Long Beach as cities trying out universal income, guaranteeing money each month to every adult regardless of work or other status. A call for universal basic income The mayors of the...