San Francisco Chronicle: Guaranteed income has extended a lifeline to South Bay former foster youth. Will concept go statewide?

Veronica Vieyra is no stranger to the bottom falling out.

After moving from Mexico when she was 9, Vieyra shared a cramped one-bedroom apartment in San Jose with her three younger brothers and a mother who worked several jobs in pursuit of the American dream. Then, in 2013, when Vieyra was 17, the unthinkable happened. Her mother was killed in a violent crime and the four children became wards of Santa Clara County’s foster care system. Read the full story here.