LA Considers $24 Million Universal Basic Income Program

A homeless woman pushes her belongings past a row of tents on the streets of Los Angeles, Calif. on Feb. 1, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

The city of Los Angeles could become the largest city in the nation to test a universal basic income program.

The pilot program, proposed as part of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s 2021–22 fiscal year budget proposal, would provide $1,000 monthly to 2,000 low-income families for one year.