{"id":326487,"date":"2021-03-27T11:15:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T15:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=326487"},"modified":"2021-03-27T11:15:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T15:15:23","slug":"democrat-mayor-giving-500-a-month-to-families-of-color-to-shrink-racial-wealth-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-mayor-giving-500-a-month-to-families-of-color-to-shrink-racial-wealth-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Mayor Giving $500 A Month To Families Of Color To Shrink \u2018Racial Wealth Gap\u2019"},"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%2Fdemocrat-mayor-giving-500-a-month-to-families-of-color-to-shrink-racial-wealth-gap%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=326487&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3929.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Mayor Libby Schaaf of Oakland, California, announced a new program Tuesday that would give $500 a month no-strings-attached checks to some low income families of color, though low income white families are expressly excluded.<\/p>\n<p>Starting this spring, about 600 randomly selected families of color in Oakland will receive $500 checks each month for at least a year and a half.&nbsp;The included families will have to make less than $30,000 annually and have at least one child.<\/p>\n<p>And, again, they cannot be white.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo qualify, families must have at least one child and make less than 50 percent of the area median \u2014 about $59,000 annually for a family of three,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2021\/03\/24\/oakland-guaranteed-income-race-wealth\/\">detailed<\/a>. \u201cAnd they must be Black, Indigenous or otherwise identify as people of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The money comes from a $7 million fund raised through the Oakland Resilient Families program, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/24\/low-income-families-eligible-for-free-cash-under-oakland-program\/\">according<\/a> to The New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are huge gaps between people of color and our white residents,\u201d Schaaf told The Washington Post, seemingly rationalizing the express exclusion of poor white people. \u201cWith the limited resources of this pilot, we would like to understand better how we can understand these disparities as well as address overall poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schaaf\u2019s program is ostensibly intended to be temporary, but the Democrat makes clear that she\u2019d like the program to be adopted federally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government is the only one that can provide an entitlement to meet whatever need there is,\u201d said Schaaf. \u201cThe rest of us have to balance our budgets. We live in constant uncertainty, much like American families.\u201d<\/p>\n<div readability=\"38.26565726084\">\n<p data-el=\"text\">City Council member Loren Taylor (D) argued to The Washington Post that the objective of the program is \u201cto see how the guaranteed income pilot not just creates an impact on the individual families that are participating, but on the community and surrounding neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">Notably, Schaaf\u2019s home was&nbsp;vandalized and spray-painted with radical demands and messages by left-wing protesters last summer, less than 24 hours before a city council was expected to vote on additional cuts to the local police department\u2019s budget, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/oakland-mayor-casts-decisive-police-funding-vote-after-her-home-is-vandalized-with-radical-demands\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">Photos posted by KRON-TV reporter Chuck Clifford showed that some of the demands and messages included \u201cDefund OPD,\u201d \u201cCancel Rent,\u201d \u201cHomes For All,\u201d and \u201cBlood On Your Hands.\u201d In Schaaf\u2019s window, there was a visible Black Lives Matter poster.<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">\u201cAround 2 a.m. vandals shot projectiles at the Mayor\u2019s home, set off fireworks, and graffitied her home with paint,\u201d said Justin Beton, a spokesperson for the mayor. \u201cThis attack, designed to intimidate the mayor and strike fear into her family, will not stop her from advocating the policies she believes are in the best long-term interest of her beloved hometown.\u201d<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Schaaf cast the&nbsp;deciding vote against the $2.75 million budget cut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.5769230769231\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The home of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf vandalized over night.  Fireworks also set off in street.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kron4news?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kron4news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sh8IebCEod\">pic.twitter.com\/sh8IebCEod<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Clifford (@chuckclifford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chuckclifford\/status\/1285619613095677953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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