A new privately funded program will give low-income families of color $500 per month in Oakland with no rules attached.  According to the Associated Press, the Oakland Resilient Families program was announced on Tuesday by Mayor Libby Schaaf.  This is not the first time a program like this has been created. In 2019, Mayor Michael Tubbs of Stockton, California, launched the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration.  Once known as the country's foreclosure capital, the city chose 125 people who live at or below the city's medium income to get a debit card on the 15th of each month.  Tubbs also founded the group Mayors for […]

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