Why one Silicon Valley city is paying for gas and groceries

Why one Silicon Valley city is paying for gas and groceries

Mountain View City Hall. Photo by Joseph Geha. Mountain View might be the perfect place to test out a guaranteed income program, which aims to raise the quality of life for its struggling residents.

So when the city begins sending monthly $500 checks to low-income families at the end of this year, officials are hoping to not only help people just getting by, but learn how the local government can better support this demographic.

Nestled in Silicon Valley and home to tech behemoths like Google, Intuit and LinkedIn, as well as NASA’s Ames Research Center, the median household income in the […]

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