CSULB’s Office of Economic Research (OER) has been tapped to explore the economic and social impacts of the City of Long Beach’s Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) program, a high-profile pilot set to roll out in Fall 2021.
The program will provide $500 per month to 500 Long Beach households for one year. Long Beach is one of the first cities in the nation to explore GBI as a policy solution for struggling communities, and Mayor Robert Garcia ’01, a member of the Mayors for a Guaranteed Income organization, is a vocal proponent.
“There is a lot of heat on Guaranteed Basic […]
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