Some Long Beach families have begun receiving their portion of a year’s worth of free money from the city through its guaranteed-income pilot program, dubbed the Long Beach Pledge, according to a Friday, May 26, announcement.
The program initially opened to applications in Novemberr. Work on the pilot program began two years earlier, after then-Mayor Robert Garcia’s universal basic income program proposal won unanimous City Council approval in September 2020.
The program, for its test run, was only offered to residents in the 90803 ZIP code — a racially diverse area with a high population of low-income renters. City officials said […]
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