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Compton residents will elect a new mayor for the 1st time in eight years Eyewitness News stopped by both campaign offices to talk with each candidate. Sharif has served on the Compton City Council since 2015. “I’ve been in California for approximately 50 years and I’ve been in Compton about 30 years,” said Sharif, who was born and raised in Arkansas. She attended Cal State Dominguez Hills as a mother of four and later began her political career on the school board. “I never planned to be a representative in politics,” she said. “I was 18 years old, I was involved in the civil rights movement.” ....
April 19, 2021 6:00 AM California cities are leading the charge pushing to explore guaranteed basic income programs. Left-to-right: Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Compton Mayor Aja Brown. (Illustration by Al Kamalizad for LAist. Photos from Getty Images.) Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is proposing a guaranteed basic income pilot program in his upcoming budget, putting L.A. front and center in the debate over how government can most effectively combat poverty and spur equitable economic recovery in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The $24 million program would be the largest experiment of its kind in the United States. ....
Is universal income closer to reality? Cities from Stockton to St. Paul are already testing monthly checks for residents Paul Davidson, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Despite working two jobs, Lorrine Paradela, 46, of Stockton, California, endured unrelenting stress over whether she could pay her bills every month. “Sometimes you get child support, sometimes you don’t,” says Paradela, who lives with her 17-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter and doesn’t qualify for public assistance. “My mind kept going all the time. It wouldn’t stop. I didn’t sleep right.” In early 2019, she began receiving $500 a month as part of a Stockton pilot program that gave a similar amount to 125 residents for two years. She used the money to pay bills, buy her kids gifts, fix her 2003 Chevy Trailblazer and buy a 2015 Honda Accord that allowed her to keep working. ....
New unemployment claims filed last week increased to 965,000, the highest number since August, the Washington Post reports. Add in people receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, the insurance for gig workers, and unemployment claims topped 1.2 million. According to the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute, this week’s data is “messy” President Trump did not sign a bill expanding unemployment benefits until a day after benefits expired, leading to confusion and some people needing to re-apply for benefits but EPI’s read of the data is that layoffs are increasing as states roll back reopening plans. Last week, CNN reported that, according to federal data, of the 140,000 jobs lost in December, women and primarily women of color accounted for every single job lost. ....