Mountain View picks 3 paths to address local poverty

The Mountain View City Council last week moved forward on major efforts to help the city’s underserved – actions that come as the state’s moratorium on housing evictions expired.

Using $3 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, the council is giving $1 million to the nonprofit Community Services Agency, which supplies basic needs like food and shelter; $1 million to the Mountain View Solidarity Fund, which helps struggling Latino families; and $1 million to the Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) pilot program.

The moves come as a sizable number of residents continue to struggle – a situation exacerbated by the […]

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