Long Beach is expanding its guaranteed income pilot program to include 200 additional families in West and North Long Beach. The City Council OK’d the plan Tuesday night.
Two-hundred and fifty families are already enrolled in the program, known as Long Beach Pledge. Since May, they’ve received $500 per month to help offset living expenses like groceries, rent and other household needs. The payments are expected to last for 12 months.
Bo Martinez, the city’s director of Economic Development, told the City Council on Tuesday that the families currently enrolled say they’re dealing with housing and food security issues and that […]
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