Giving $500 a month with no strings attached? Fresno program rightly targets poverty | Opinion

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Editorials Members of the California Poor People’s Campaign march on F Street near downtown Fresno in 2019 to raise awareness of poverty. Across Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced and Tulare counties, about one out of five residents live in poverty, according to Census Bureau estimates. JOHN WALKER Fresno Bee file A significant step in Fresno’s longstanding battle with poverty has just been taken, with participants of a new program set to receive monthly $500 payments […]

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