LOS ANGELES – Starting Oct. 29, Angelenos citywide can apply for the city’s guaranteed basic income pilot program , which will give $1,000 a month to 3,000 households for a year.
The nearly $40 million BIG:LEAP (Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot) program is the largest of its kind in the United States.
"Its name perfectly captures what we’re doing here in L.A. because we’re taking a big leap forward in our generational fight to end poverty, to break the back of our addiction to poverty here in America," Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday.Los Angeles’ BIG:LEAP program’s application process […]
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