California senator proposes checks for low-income, homeless high school seniors

California senator proposes checks for low-income, homeless high school seniors

Students at Piner High School complete a class assignment on Aug. 14, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters In summary

A state senator wants to send no-strings-attached checks to homeless high school seniors in California, where basic income programs are beginning to “feel a lot more like a movement.”

As efforts to provide a guaranteed income spring up around California, a lawmaker who has pushed for such state-funded pilot programs has set his sights on another population he says should benefit — low-income high school seniors on the brink of adulthood.State Sen. Dave Cortese, a Democrat from Campbell, is […]

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