At High-Tech San Francisco, a pilot program is testing guaranteed earnings for artists

In 2015, the San Francisco Arts Commission interrogates nearly 600 local artists. “More than 70% of them had already left San Francisco or were about to be displaced from work, home, or both,” reports SFGate.com, adding that “the pandemic has only ‘escalate these problems’. report by Americans for the Arts revealed that 53% of artists have no savings due to the pandemic.”

Would it help to give more than 100 artists their own Universal Basic Income ?

In an effort to mitigate what appears to be an existential threat to the arts, in March 2021 the City of San Francisco […]

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