Experts believe a manslaughter charge after a fatal crash in Gardena is the first felony prosecution in the United States of a driver accused of causing a fatality while using a partially automated driver-assist system.
The BIG:LEAP Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot program will give $1,000 in direct cash payments to families each month for 12 months. The no-strings-attached payments will be given to families who were impacted by the pandemic and are living in poverty.
Financial help is on the way to Angelinos living in poverty. Los Angeles City officials announced today, that a new 'Guaranteed Basic Income' pilot program would invest about $40 million dollars into local families living in or at the poverty level.
"We can fix our city again. Forty-thousand people on the street is an emergency. Solving this emergency solving homelessness will be my overwhelming top priority as mayor," Rep. Karen Bass said.
Rep. Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, used the kickoff event for her campaign for mayor of LA to reiterate her pledge to make solving homelessness her top priority.