{"id":1627495,"date":"2022-08-31T00:03:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T04:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627495"},"modified":"2022-08-31T00:04:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T04:04:31","slug":"l-a-county-rolls-out-universal-basic-income-pilot-1000-residents-to-get-1000-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-rolls-out-universal-basic-income-pilot-1000-residents-to-get-1000-per-month\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. County Rolls Out Universal Basic Income Pilot; 1,000 Residents To Get $1,000 Per Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fl-a-county-rolls-out-universal-basic-income-pilot-1000-residents-to-get-1000-per-month%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627495&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/los-angeles-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles County<\/a> officials said Tuesday that a guaranteed basic income program has begun to roll out, with 1,000 residents now receiving $1,000 a month until 2025.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fox LA\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/chosen-la-county-residents-will-start-getting-1000-a-month?taid=630eab9847502200013f48b7&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reports<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the recipients for the program were chosen randomly out of more than 180,000 applicants.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Supervisor Sheila Kuehl said that given the number of county residents who applied, it\u2019s \u201cabundantly clear\u201d that the time has come for the program idea.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI\u2019m confident that we will see what other pilots have already shown,\u201d Kuehl said according to Fox LA. \u201cThat a guaranteed basic income, by giving people a bit of financial breathing room, allows them to stabilize their lives and that of their family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kuehl added that three years from now, she feels \u201cconfident\u201d that the county program would be viewed as a \u201cfoundation stone\u201d for every eligible American household to receive economic opportunity and stability.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Los Angeles County supervisors voted last year to develop a pilot program called BIG:LEAP, which developers modeled after a similar program in Stockton, California.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the program\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/bigleap.lacity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">website<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, poverty affects two out of every ten residents in the city of Los Angeles, of whom 31% are children. And with rents skyrocketing across the county and insufficient wages to match the cost of living, about one-third of working Angelenos struggle to support their families on one full-time income.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To qualify for the program, participants 18 and older negatively impacted by the pandemic can only have a house income under $56,000 for a single person or $96,000 for a family of four. If approved, the recipients would access the money via debit card.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Program officials told FOX LA that those chosen range in age from 18 to 91 years old, come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, and have an administrator from Strength Based Community Change who will stay in touch with the individuals.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Payments will be part of the state\u2019s Fiscal Year 2021\/22 budget that both Governor Gavin Newsom and the Legislature approved.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Holly Mitchell said in a\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/groundbreaking-guaranteed-income-program-to-provide-la-county-residents-financial-room-to-breathe-301499877.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">press release<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in March at the time of enrollment that the poverty that residents experience on any given day cannot be addressed with a \u201cone-size-fits-all approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cNow is our opportunity to invest in support that directly reaches our residents,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cIt\u2019s time that we trust that our residents know how best to meet their needs when given the resources to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, taxpayer associations view the move from county officials to give residents free money as a slippery slope that would reduce work ethic.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, a nonprofit standing up for taxpayer rights, told\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/la-considers-24-million-universal-basic-income-program_3824501.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Epoch Times<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0at the time of the program\u2019s proposal that work experience gives people value, social networks, and a sense of purpose for contributing to society.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Coupal called the universal basic income program \u201cpure politics\u201d by county officials.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThere\u2019s an old saying, \u2018If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on the vote of Paul,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Coupal also advocated for mandated government oversight of the program, similar to other social services.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIf it\u2019s the government\u2019s money, they should absolutely be able to control how it\u2019s spent. You don\u2019t want people going out and buying cigarettes and booze with this,\u201d Coupal said. \u201cIt would be more consistent with existing programs, for example the SNAP program, the food stamp program, you get vouchers to buy food. Same with Section Eight housing, you get vouchers to purchase housing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County officials said Tuesday that a guaranteed basic income program has begun to roll out, with 1,000 residents now receiving $1,000 a month until 2025. Fox LA\u00a0reports\u00a0the recipients for the program were chosen randomly out of more than 180,000 applicants. Supervisor Sheila Kuehl said that given the number of county residents who applied, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1627497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1627495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1627497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1627495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1627495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}