$500 a month without strings: Bay Area’s latest guaranteed income program

$500 a month without strings: Bay Area’s latest guaranteed income program

South San Francisco this month sent out the first $500 monthly checks to around 150 low-income families to spend however they see fit. South San Francisco this month sent out the first $500 monthly checks to around 150 low-income families to spend however they see fit.

South San Francisco is the latest Bay Area city to launch a guaranteed income pilot program – in which participants receive monthly cash payments with no strings attached – with $1 million in American Rescue Plan funds and a $100,000 grant from San Mateo County.

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