Long Beach to create ‘basic income’ pilot program that would give cash to residents

Long Beach to create ‘basic income’ pilot program that would give cash to residents

Mayor Robert Garcia announced Thursday that Long Beach would be among 15 pilot cities to introduce a guaranteed basic income program. Photo by Thomas Cordova. Long Beach will become one of 15 cities that will experiment with giving residents an unconditional basic income to some of its residents through a pilot program financed by private money.

Mayor Robert Garcia made an announcement Thursday morning on Twitter that Long Beach would be among the 15 cities taking part in the pilot program. Garcia said the specifics have yet to be worked out and that more details would be released in the […]

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