California could send $500 a month with no strings attached to college students from low-income families as part of the Legislature’s latest approach to a guaranteed basic income plan. For Black, first-generation college students, it was worse, with nearly 70% reporting food insecurity and 18% experiencing homelessness. Campuses under consideration for the pilot program include CSU Los Angeles; San Francisco State; CSU East Bay; San Jose State and Fresno State. Last year, Los Angeles became the biggest city in the nation to launch a $1,000-a-month guaranteed basic income program . Even critics of universal basic income, who are skeptical of the effects on the economy and joblessness, will have a hard time arguing with this college-based proposal, Myers-Lipton said.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2022 00:26 UTC