Sunday, March 1, 2020

Universal Basic Income Bill Introduced In California Legislature

Very early days, the election isn't until November:

Date Action
02/21/20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
02/20/20 Read first time. To print.

AB-2712 California Universal Basic Income (CalUBI) Program.(2019-2020)

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION


Assembly Bill
No. 2712



Introduced by Assembly Member Low

February 20, 2020


An act to add Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 18992) to Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services. 
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2712, as introduced, Low. California Universal Basic Income (CalUBI) Program.

Existing law establishes the State Department of Social Services and requires the department to administer various public social services programs, including the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals, and the CalFresh program, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county.
This bill would require the department, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature, to administer the California Universal Basic Income Program, under which a California resident who is 18 years of age or older shall receive a universal basic income of $1,000 per month, except as specified. The bill would define universal basic income to mean unconditional cash payments of equal amounts issued monthly to individual residents of California with the intention of ensuring the economic security of recipients. The bill would authorize the department to adopt regulations to implement the program, and would state the intent of the Legislature to fund the CalUBI Program with a value-added tax of 10% on goods and services, as specified....

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