Once again, Central Valley is left out of key state help, this time for basic income plan

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We were thrilled this month to hear that seven guaranteed basic income pilot proposals, all from Southern and Northern California, were selected to receive in total $25 million from the California Department of Social Services to provide low-income residents with a basic supplemental income to help make ends meet.

But that excitement also came with sobering disappointment that none of the awarded funding went to the Central Valley, the region we know to have the highest poverty in […]

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