LA is working on a plan that would offer $1,000 per month to 1,000 families using public funds.
Income inequality intensified by economic hardships brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has spurred cities across the country to take action by offering some residents a guaranteed income.
Nearly two dozen US cities have started to adopt the idea of no-strings attached income, which was a popular tenet of former presidential candidate and now New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang’s campaign. Yang wanted to give $1,000 every month to every American.
But before Yang brought national attention to the fringe idea, Aisha Nyandoro had her own project up and running in Jackson, Miss., NPR reported. Nyandoro started Springboard to Opportunities in 2018 which began giving $1,000 monthly to 20 mothers.
“Unfortunately, without COVID and without the pandemic and the economic downturn, I don’t know if we would be having the conversations with the intensity that we are regarding guaranteed income,” Nyandoro told NPR. “But we are. So we’ll take it.”
Now, cities like Los Angeles are entering the mix, but a city program in LA would be different from Nyandoro’s program. LA is working on a plan that would offer $1,000 per month to 1,000 families using public funds, according to NPR.
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