First SEED funds sent to participants

STOCKTON — After a year and a half of anticipation and scrutiny, the country’s first city-led guaranteed income pilot doled out its first round of monthly stipends last week.

Some 100 residents throughout Stockton received a debit card containing $500 in funds from the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration.

Over the next 18 months, researchers with SEED will contact those receiving the $500 monthly stipend to determine how the additional income affects their lives.Mayor Michael Tubbs could not be reached for comment about the latest step in the program.Funded entirely by $1 million in private donations, the program’s goal is to help […]

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