For Immediate Release: June 8, 2021
Media Contact: Michelle.Sherwood@sen.ca.gov
HURTADO SENDS LETTER URGING GOVERNOR TO EXPAND PROPOSED UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PILOT TO INCLUDE FARMWORKERS DISPLACED BY DROUGHT SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) and her colleagues sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom requesting that the proposed Universal Basic Income Pilot Program in this year’s budget proposal include farmworkers who have been displaced by drought and a Supplemental Guaranteed Income to farmworkers who have had their hours significantly reduced due to drought.“Farmworkers worked in the shadows and risked their lives to make sure we […]
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