For now, jobs for farm workers are plentiful. But come this fall, when the full impact of the 2021 drought hits, those jobs may dry up as quickly as last winter’s rains.
To cushion the economic blows of the drought on farm workers, state Sen. Melissa Hurtado, the Democrat from Sanger, is proposing to offer universal basic income to those who toil in California’s fields, orchards and dairies.
Under universal basic income, a recipient gets a monthly payment from the state with no strings attached. Hurtado says her idea would involve pilot projects managed by counties and cities.“IThe UBI concept sounds […]
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