Los Angeles Considers Giving $1,000 Every Month for Three Years to Some Residents
On 5/13/21 at 10:36 AM EDT
Los Angeles County leaders will vote next week on a proposal to give 1,000 residents $1,000 per month in a universal basic income pilot program.
The idea of universal basic income has been popularized in the past several years, with support for such policies growing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. If Los Angeles County in California approves the plan, it would become the largest county in the country to launch a universal basic income pilot program.
County supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Holly Mitchell have put forward the proposal, which would provide $1,000 payments to 1,000 residents for three years, local television station KTLA 5 reported on Thursday. Kuehl and Mitchell pointed to the economic instability of the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that the county must explore new anti-poverty measures.