The Yolo County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to allocate $550,000 of American Rescue Plan funds towards the Yolo Basic Income Project.
The Yolo Basic Income Project was launched on April 1 in an attempt to address the high poverty rate in Yolo County. Based on a survey of data from the Public Policy Institute of California, Yolo County ranked as having the highest adjusted poverty rate in California out of all 58 counties. The study, which used data from 2017 to 2019, found that the county has 20.9% of residents living in poverty.
The income program is a two-year basic […]
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