A California attorney who once served as a legal adviser to former President Donald Trump during his 2020 reelection campaign said she is open to filing a lawsuit over Oakland’s new basic-income pilot program because of its focus on Black and other minority residents should the appropriate plaintiff and case present itself. The guaranteed-income pilot program first announced by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on March 23 will provide 600 low-income residents with $500 a month for at least 18 months. Participants can spend the money on whatever they want. The program, called Oakland Resilient Families, was initially described as being for Black and other people of color in particular. Participants are to be selected by lottery, specifically from the East Oakland region, an area hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.