New bill would give homeless high school seniors $1,000 a month

New bill would give homeless high school seniors $1,000 a month

Amid a spike in homelessness, California lawmakers recently proposed a bill that would grant $1,000 a month of guaranteed income to homeless high school seniors.

Senate Bill 333 , introduced by state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, would provide the funds through a guaranteed income pilot program called Success, Opportunity, & Academic Resilience.

There are an estimated 270,000 homeless youths across the state — about 15,000 of whom are high school seniors, according to a 2020 report out of the University of California , Los Angeles. Under this proposal, students who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence would […]

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