Oakland Launches Basic Income<br />Pilot Program: $500 in Guaranteed<br />Income to 600 Families.<br />On Tuesday, Mayor Libby Schaaf took<br />to Twitter to announce the launch of <br />“Oakland Resilient Families" in Oakland, California.<br />The pilot program will provide guaranteed income<br />to 600 families in the form of $500 a month. .<br />According to Schaaf, the program will span 18 months<br />and benefit Black, Indigenous and other people of color. .<br />In a video message, Schaaf said she believes<br />guaranteed income is the “most transformative policy”<br />to achieve their “vision” of a closed racial wealth gap. .<br />Our vision is an Oakland that has closed<br />the racial wealth gap and where all families<br />thrive, … we believe that guaranteed<br />income is the most transformative policy<br />to achieve this vision and whose time<br />has come. We believe poverty is not<br />personal failure, it is policy failure, Libby Schaaf, via 'Complex'.<br />“Oakland Resilient Families” will be open to all<br />residents, including undocumented people.<br />Households are eligible if they<br />have at least one child under<br />18 years old and are earning<br />at or below 50 percent of the<br />area's median income. .<br />300 spots in the program will be<br />reserved for “very-low-income families”<br />that earn $30,000 or less annually.
