LOS ANGELES (KNX) — The application period for Los Angeles County’s guaranteed income program, which will provide 1,000 randomly selected residents to receive $1,000 a month for three years, opened on Thursday.
To qualify for the “Breathe: L.A. County’s Guaranteed Income Program,” residents must be at least 18 years old, have a household income under $56,000 for a single person or $96,000 for a family of four and have experienced negative impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Selected participants will receive funds through a debit card. There are no conditions to receiving the income.
"The financial uncertainty and varying depths of poverty that millions of our constituents experience day to day cannot be addressed with a one-size-fits-all approach. Now is our opportunity to invest in support that directly reaches our residents," L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell said of the program.
“It's time that we trust that our residents know how best to meet their needs when given the resources to do so. Across the country, guaranteed income has already proven to reduce poverty, improve the long-term well-being of families, and give residents living on the edge of a fiscal cliff the support to breathe a bit easier,” she said.
The pilot program is based on a similar one enacted in Stockton, Calif., in 2021. The city of Los Angeles introduced a guaranteed basic income program, called BIG:LEAP, last year.
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