"Now their efforts are making strides, but it couldn't come at a darker time for the county's social safety net outlook. A historic set of four simultaneous pilot programs is providing $1,200 in guaranteed basic income per month with no strings attached for two years, totaling $28,800. The money is going to a select pool of low-income county residents. Meanwhile, a pool of people selected for each program's control group receives no money - just supportive services."
""I am philosophically committed to making this permanent," District 2 Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, who has championed the county's guaranteed basic income project, told San José Spotlight. "Ultimately I don't think this is going to be an ongoing county program because we don't have the ongoing funding stream." Ellenberg said she sees the study as part of a broader effort to collect data from similar pilot programs nationwide and build a federal case for guaranteed income funding."
Santa Clara County launched four simultaneous guaranteed basic income pilots delivering $1,200 per month for two years (totaling $28,800) to selected low-income residents in South County, East San Jose and pockets of North County. Control groups for each pilot receive no cash but supportive services. County leaders intend to use collected data alongside other nationwide pilots to pursue state and federal funding, since county revenues cannot sustain long-term payments. Program managers report recipients experience greater autonomy and improved quality of life. Looming federal spending cuts threaten roughly $1 billion in annual county losses, putting the pilots' future at risk.
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