LA County Approves Pilot for Guaranteed Basic Income

Activists help protect homeless from being displaced by street cleaning and power washing from the Los Angeles Sanitation service on February 8, 2021 in Hollywood, Calif. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 May 18 to approve proposals for a pilot guaranteed income program, one of which calls for $1,000 per month to be paid to 1,000 residents for at least three years.

Supervisor Kathryn Barger was the dissenting vote, expressing concerns about lack of research into the plans and the potential for fraud.