In February 2019, then-Stockton Mayor Michael D. Tubbs launched the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (‘SEED’), a 24-month guaranteed income initiative, the first mayor-led initiative of the sort in the US. Two years later, the preliminary results from the...
The New Yorker has reported on the results of the experiment in Stockton, where five hundred individuals randomly selected from the city's most deprived districts have been receiving US$100 per month unconditionally. ... For example, during the pandemic, the...
Tomas Vargas, a recipient of Stockton's "universal basic income" program. Although the Stockton SEED (Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration) basic income-type experiment is still ongoing, some encouraging signs are already showing up. Stockton Mayor Michael...
Ras Baraka (in Wikipedia) Ras Baraka, present-day mayor of Newark, has announced the intention of rolling out a universal basic income (UBI) pilot program in the city. Newark, a city just outside Manhattan island, is plagued by poverty (around one third of its...
Invitations to participate will be mailed to randomly selected households in low-to-average income Stockton neighborhoods no later than January 2019.
The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) has been the subject of a consideration amount of attention from American and international media lately, with news outlets such as Reuters, the Washington Post and the New York Times publishing articles on the...
Michael Tubbs. Credit to: Wikipedia. Forbes published its “30 Under 30 in Law & Policy” and notes that these winners come from across the political spectrum. They have been associated with President Trump, the Democratic Party, and emerge from law schools...
Stockton, California and Mayor Michael Tubbs announced plans for a Basic Income trial - the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED). The project is still in its initial stage, and the design phase of the project will be launched in January 2018. The design...
Illustration above by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock "State and local governments, and some private funders, are launching dozens of pilot projects making direct, monthly payments to low-income residents to help meet basic needs. Researchers will study what...
In September, 2022, the Economic Security Project (ESP) announced that it had hit a milestone of 100 guaranteed income pilots announced nationwide. See a two-minute video celebrating this achievement here. In 2017, ESP helped launch pilots in Stockton, CA and Jackson,...
In Denver Colorado, a cash distribution program targeting those who experience homelessness is closing in on fully launching. The Denver Basic Income Project (DBIP) seeks to give a basic income to individuals to demonstrate that recipients of direct cash payments are...
The Denver Basic Income Project (DBIC) is the first major effort in the United States to study the impact of providing guaranteed income to individuals who are unhoused, as a means of accelerating the path toward stability. It was founded by Denver Colorado...
Guaranteed income programs are popping up everywhere in the US. It is time to expand beyond local pilot programs and embrace a nationwide Citizen Dividend, an annual distribution of a share of business profits to every American, to beat back against rising economic...
The original English article here by by Pierre Piquemal Translated by Yoshihiro Norikane Edited by Toru Yamamori 2021年4月20日ピエール・ピクマル氏による 2019年2月、当時のストックトン市長マイケルD・タブス（Michael D. Tubbs）は、米国最初の市長主導の24か月に亘る保証付き所得イニシアチブとして、ストックトン経済エンパワーメントデモンストレーション（「SEED」）を開始しました。...
2019 年 2 月，时任斯托克顿市市长迈克尔 D.塔布斯启动了一项为期 24 个月的收入保障计划，即斯托克顿经济赋权示范行动(“SEED”)，这是美国首个由市长主导的此类计划。两年后，收入保障实验前 12 个月的主要结果是积极的，减少了收入波动，使人们能够获得全职工作，改善心理健康并对私人时间和决策拥有更多控制权。 计划设计 SEED 计划随机选择了 125 名斯托克顿居民，他们每月收到 500 美元，为期两年，不附加其他任何条件，除了有限的资格标准，即：年满 18 周岁、是斯托克顿居民并居住在中低收入区（斯托克顿为...
A new guaranteed income program has just been announced in the US, this time in the country’s second largest city, Los Angeles. In his proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti included a $24-million guaranteed basic income project that...
Rachel Sandler has written an article for the Forbes website about an increasing number of US cities planning to establish Basic Income pilot projects. The mayors of Los Angeles; Oakland, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Tacoma, Washington, Newark, New Jersey; Saint...
Talk of a universal basic income has been in the news a lot recently, but what does it all mean?
Gabriel Acevero (on Twitter) On June 18th, Maryland Delegate Gabriel Acevero was interviewed by the Basic Income Podcast, about his intention to create a social wealth fund in his state, created with revenue from medical cannabis (but not exclusively). These kinds of...
Maricá at a distance. Original article by Eduardo Suplicy Last Saturday, May 25th 2019, an event took place in Maricá, a city on the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, where the mayor Fabiano Horta (representant from PT, Partido dos Trabalhadores), vice mayor...