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Andrea Amavisca, a legislative aide to State Sen. Dave Cortese, joins to talk about how the plan became law. Veronica Vieyra, who participated in a smaller test of guaranteed income in Santa Clara County, joins us to reflect on the impact that help has had on her life this year.




A San Jose State University professor is joining a broader effort to help research and combat racial profiling in California.




Universal basic income was championed by Martin Luther King Jr., promoted by Silicon Valley citizens as the “social vaccine for the 21st century” and endorsed by 2016 presidential candidate Andrew Yang, but it has never really caught on.




California will send monthly checks to adults exiting the state’s foster care system under a first-of-its-kind guaranteed income plan approved Thursday by lawmakers. Read the full story here: California Lawmakers Approve Nation’s 1st Basic Income Plan | Courthouse News Service




Lawmakers in California, in bipartisan votes, unanimously approved the nation's first state-funded guaranteed income program—providing $35 million that will be used to pay qualifying pregnant state residents and young adults who have recently left foster care.




Universal basic income was championed by Martin Luther King Jr., promoted by Silicon Valley citizens as the “social vaccine for the 21st century” and endorsed by 2016 presidential candidate Andrew Yang, but the notion of government-guaranteed payments to residents has never really caught on.




California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., committing $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying expectant mothers and young adults who recently left foster care with no restrictions on how they spend it.




Throughout some parts of Santa Clara County you may have come across trash and debris around state highways and on some streets abandoned vehicles left behind.