SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — It’s an idea that’s sweeping the country: unconditional cash handed out on a monthly basis to families most in need. Universal basic income pilot programs are popping up all across the US But rarely do we get to follow a family and see the impacts these small amounts of cash can have on the recipients. ABC7 News followed one family from one basic income pilot for an entire year, here’s what we saw.

From chocolate to sugar cookies, scones and more Deisy Chan loves making sweet treats at the bakery she works at in the Mission.

The early days and long hours of standing can be tiring, but it’s all in support of her family.

We first met Deisy in November of 2021 when she and her family of four called a three-bedroom apartment in the Tenderloin home.

Before the pandemic, another couple lived with Deisy and her family and paid half the rent. But that family moved out during the pandemic leaving Deisy’s family with the entire bill.

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Then, it was only Deisy, her husband Miguel Senior, and her two boys: 3-year-old Mateo and 13-year-old Miguel Jr.

Deisy speaks Spanish and an indigenous language native to Mexico. She spoke to us in Spanish as she prepared dinner for her boys.

“To live here is expensive,” she said. She’s paying more than $3,000 a month in rent now that the family moved out.

“It’s tough buying things for the kids because I have to save so much for rent,” she said.

But saving got easier for Deisy and financial burdens less stressful.

A month before we met her and her family, in October of 2021, she received $350 of unconditional cash.

The payment was the first of six monthly checks as part of a Basic Income Pilot program.

“It’s a great help,” she said.

She’s able to buy food for her family without worrying if she can afford it. Deisy told us her youngest is growing fast. Now she’s able to make sure he has the basics, thanks to the additional cash.

Deisy and her family were selected to be one of the 13 families enrolled in the basic income program run through Compass Family Services.

The San Francisco nonprofit has been around for more than 100 years, focused on safety net programs for families that are unhoused or on the brink of living without shelter.

Compass offers wrap-around services like food assistance and free childcare.

Deisy’s youngest, Mateo, is enrolled there. That’s how she heard of the program.

The program provided each family $350 a month for six months for a total of just $2,100.

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“A little bit of money can make a really big difference for the families,” said Erica Kisch, executive director of Compass Family Services. “The families are using these funds for basic needs.”

Kisch said the basic income pilot was made possible by a $35,000 grant from Wells Fargo.

She said the nonprofit surveyed the families before, during, and after the program concluded.

ABC7 News followed Deisy and her family for the six months of the program.

“One of the words (the families) used when they were describing how the funds impacted them was that it increased their calm… So the idea that families are so stressed out by their finances, or lack of finances, and that affects everything ,” said Kisch.

There are currently more than 100 active Basic Income programs being tested in all 50 states – most of them following the huge success of a program started in Stockton by former Mayor Michael Tubbs.

Tubbs now leads the group Mayors for a guaranteed income. The group is a network of dozens of mayors across the country that have pledged to test the idea of ​​a guaranteed income in their cities.

The locations range in size from major cities from San Francisco, Oakland, and Atlanta to smaller cities like Salisbury, Maryland.

A newly released report by Mayors for a Guaranteed Income shows that families surveyed from 20 guaranteed income programs primarily used the funds on necessities.

The report shows 39% of the fund’s recipients received was spent at discount superstores for clothes, food, household goods and hygiene products.

Another 27% of funds were spent at grocery stores, 9% on transportation costs including gas and car repairs, and 7% on housing utilities.

Other notable expenses included loan payments, medical expenses, and tuition.

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“If you’re worried about food to feed your children, pay your rent, pay your utilities, buy milk – that’s going to impact your mental health, that’s going to impact your ability to parent… So just the idea that we could reduce that tension-that stress-and support the families’ calm just feels like it’s certainly a good use of $350 a month,” she added.

Along with the six monthly payments of unconditional cash, the 13 families enrolled in this pilot program received additional help including access to family counseling and money management classes, much-needed help when you’re just one unexpected bill away from homelessness.

“The situation that they are facing is they cannot pay their rent or they cannot buy groceries or they cannot pay other bills,” said Gerardo Gonzalez, Compass Family Services family and community engagement coordinator.

That’s the exact situation Deisy and her family found themselves in when we checked in halfway through the program, some three months in.

We caught up with Deisy over Zoom as the entire family recovered from COVID.

She told us her husband was out of work for two weeks because he was still testing positive for COVID.

Paid sick leave through Deisy and her husband’s job kept the family afloat, but still sick, her husband couldn’t work his part-time job so money was tight.

Deisy said she’s unsure how they would have purchased groceries without the extra cushion from the program. She’s grateful for the assistance – and is already saving what she can. She’s planning ahead for when her family will no longer have that added help and hopes the family can move into a less expensive apartment to save even more.

Months later, we caught up with Deisy on a busy summer day as she picked up her youngest son from after-school care offered by Compass Family Services.

She’s grateful for this support along with the $350 of unconditional cash she’s received for the last six months.

With a sense of gratitude and emotion akin to guilt, Deisy told us she wishes even more families could receive this basic income on top of services like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) her two boys already receive.

Her wish is becoming reality as an increasing number of organizations and city governments across the Bay Area, and beyond, test out basic income programs.

The City of Mountain View, which started sending out $500 payments to more than one hundred families just days ago, is the latest city to test out a basic income in the Bay.

“We can definitely call the movement,” said Sean Klein, associate director of the Stanford Basic Income Lab. “I don’t think we ever thought we would be at this place even a few years ago.

Stanford’s Basic Income Lab was launched in 2017 to study the successes and roadblocks of basic income pilots across the country.

Early findings from the lab suggest families spent the money on necessities like rent and food – not drugs and alcohol.

Kline also noted the added assistance allowed adults to look for better-paying, full-time jobs and does not cause reliance on the program, a major argument by naysayers.

“The evidence suggests that unconditional cash is efficient. It’s swift. It’s much more powerful than in-kind assistance: food, even housing, because it gives people the agency and the means to make the choices they know are right for their family,” Kline added.

Kline points to recent examples of the government doling out unconditional cash at large scales as an example of the power these programs could have if applied more broadly.

Just think back to the several rounds of stimulus checks during the onset of the COVID pandemic from the federal government and the State of California.

Or look at the longest-standing basic income program in the country just to our north in Alaska with the “Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend”.

For nearly the last four decades residents of the state have received an annual lump sum payment of approximately $1,600. The money is generated through taxes on the state’s oil companies.

“Middle and upper-middle-class families receive a tremendous amount of in-kind, unconditional tax benefits from the government. We don’t call into question when someone’s able to write off the interest on their mortgage, we don’t ask them for a urine sample. And yet, when it comes to those who are really in dire straits and need support from the government, who they pay taxes to as well, we call into question their deservingness,” Kline said.

When we caught up with Deisy, just weeks after receiving the final check in the pilot program, it was in her new government-subsidized apartment.

She and her family moved in just weeks earlier and now they are able to save money on rent.

Deisy gave us a tour as little Mateo showed us what he’s most excited about in his new home: toys. Just like every other kid.

Deisy tells us the six months of unconditional cash has been significant. It allowed the family to be financially secure when her husband lost his job.

It even gave the family enough breathing room to save up to buy new beds and even pay for her 13-year-old to start playing soccer.

For most, these are the basics. For Deisy it’s the American Dream. Out of reach for so long, now possible with just a little extra help.

It’s a transformation of the organization behind the basic income pilot calls a “huge success.”

It’s been so successful, Compass plans to expand the program to many more families thanks to a newly awarded grant.

“Absolutely, we plan to do more of this,” said Kisch.

This is welcome news for Deisy who wants more families to get the help her family did.

“I’m thankful to God that he puts people in my path who want to help me,” Deisy said.

Now Compass plans to do the same for so many others.

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the launch of a new guaranteed income program for the city’s transgender community on Wednesday.

The Guaranteed Income for Trans People (GIFT) Program will provide low-income transgender residents with $1,200 each month, up to 18 months to help address financial insecurity within the community.

In a statement, the City of San Francisco said: “GIFT is one of several programs the City is developing, implementing, and evaluating to identify how to best support San Francisco residents and promote economic stability and recovery.”

The city also said that the new pilot program is the first guaranteed income initiative to focus solely on transgender people and will provide 55 eligible participants with temporary income. Additionally, the city said it will provide the same individuals with “wrap-around” direct services, such as gender-affirming medical and mental health care, case management, specialty care services and financial coaching.

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“We know that our trans communities experience much higher rates of poverty and discrimination, so this program will target support to lift individuals in this community up. We will keep building on programs like this to provide those in the greatest need with the financial resources and services to help them thrive,” said Mayor London Breed in a statement.

Transgender communities, experience poverty and economic instability at disproportionate rates according to the city.

“The US Transgender Survey, which is the only largescale study of trans people in the United States, in 2015 found that 33% of trans people in California were living in poverty,” said Pau Crego with the San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives.

That percentage is compared to 12% of people in the general population that were living in poverty.

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The city also noted that the percentage among transgender people who are also Black, Indigenous and People of Color is even higher.

Lyon-Martin Community Health Services and The Transgender District are leading program design and implementation of the program, with support from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and other agencies.

“We hope that our guaranteed income program will be the beginning of a reparative process to change the inequities experienced by our communities, help them survive in a world that is constantly debating their right to exist, and empower them to engage in healthcare services in a meaningful and life-changing way,” said JM Jaffe, executive director of Lyon-Martin Community Health Services.

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Applications will be accepted from Nov. 15 through Dec. 15 this year.

According to the program’s website, applicants must meet the following qualifications:

• Be at least 18 years old
• Identify as transgender, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, or intersex
• Not be receiving more than $600/monthly in income
• Reside in the City and County of San Francisco
• Be willing and able to complete a survey every 3 months, and submit a complete application.

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The GIFT program is San Francisco’s third guaranteed income program. It follows the Abundant Birth Project, launched in 2020, and the Guaranteed Income Pilot for Artists, launched in 2021.

In 2023, the city said it will launch two additional guaranteed income programs geared towards youth.

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A pilot program scheduled to begin in May will guarantee more than 100 San Francisco artists $ 1,000 per month for six months after Stockton, Oakland and Marin Counties made similar efforts to help struggling residents during the pandemic support.

The Guaranteed Income Program, announced by Mayor London Breed on Thursday March 25th, is accepting applications from now until April 15th through the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts website.

“This program is one of several guaranteed income pilots we’re developing in San Francisco,” Breed told The Chronicle Recovery.

YBCA will administer the program and use a partially computerized system to determine eligibility to select 130 local artists, with the process being randomized in the later stages, said Deborah Cullinan, CEO of YBCA.

Deborah Cullinan, director of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, will help manage the funds under the new pilot program. Photo: Michael Short / Die Chronik

Qualifications for the program include being a San Francisco resident and being an artist “whose artistic practice is rooted in a historically marginalized community” which, according to Cullinan, does not exclude anyone from any cultural or racial group, but rather underrepresented artists Encourage communities should apply.

Artists are defined as “someone who actively engages with the community through music, dance, creative writing, visual arts, performance art, installation, photography, theater or film,” according to the program’s website.

Teaching artists and art educators as well as “culturally influenced craftsmen and doers” can also apply.

Applicants must have income below certain income limits to qualify: For a single person household, the income limit is $ 60,900; for a two-person household, the combined limit is $ 69,600. These income limits were determined by researching the best practices of other guaranteed income programs across the country, including Stockton, where 125 residents were given $ 500 a month and showed improved quality of life, according to a study commissioned by the city.

“Ultimately, we want everyone in San Francisco to live healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives without worrying about how to pay rent or get food on the table,” said Breed. “I am committed to making San Francisco a fairer, more just, and prosperous city, and we are investigating this guaranteed income model to see if it can help us achieve these goals.”

The pilot program is led by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Photo: Jessica Christian / Die Chronik

The pilot program is a collaboration between the Office of Racial Equity at the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, YBCA, Grants for the Arts, and the San Francisco Arts Commission. The program is funded from the Arts Impact Endowment, established by Proposition E, an action reallocated in 2018 1.5% of the existing 8% hotel tax on art and cultural services, i.e. money jointly managed by the Arts Commission and Grants for the Arts.

In developing the program, YBCA worked with organizations such as SOMA Pilipinas, the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, the Dance Mission Theater, the Galería de la Raza, the San Francisco Bay Area Theater Company, the African American Art and Culture. together Complex and members of the Racial Equity in the Arts Working Group. Bay Area poets Tongo Eisen-Martin and Kim Shuck also worked closely with the groups involved for the pilot project.

“We talked about different ways we can reach BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), the disabled, LGBT, displaced and below the poverty line,” said Rodney Earl, co-founder of the San Francisco Bay Area Theater Company Jackson Jr “Many artists fall into these categories.”

The San Francisco native Tongo Eisen-Martin helped develop the new pilot program. Photo: Jessica Christian / Die Chronik

The initiative is in line with the policy recommendations of the Economic Recovery Task Force of San Francisco, which the city issued in October 2020. The task force recommended identifying new sources of funding and revenue for the arts “to catalyze neighborhood recovery through the arts” and continue investing in color communities.

According to the San Francisco Arts Commission, the city’s creative sector generates $ 1.45 billion in economic activity annually and supports nearly 40,000 full-time jobs.

“COVID-19 has seriously threatened this important sector,” said Ralph Remington, the Commission’s director of cultural affairs, in a statement, “and the Guaranteed Income pilot is allowing artists to focus on their creative work through other programs like this one focus and support “the recovery of the industry as a whole.”

Cullinan said YBCA staff are prepared for a quick rollout despite an expected large influx of applications.

“We’ll be ready for direct deposits, writing checks to people, and working right away with people who don’t have a bank account,” she said.

After launching the pilot, YBCA plans to study the process and its impact on artists to see how the program can be better customized in the future.

“There are people living in difficult circumstances right now,” said Cullinan. “We want to act as quickly as possible to provide you with the resources you need.”

Apply: Visit www.ybca.org/guaranteed-income-pilot. The application deadline is April 15th.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW (KPIX) – Mountain View is just one of the cities in the Bay Area that moves forward with a guaranteed or universal basic income program. That was the main focus of the rally on Saturday, but there was also talk of a different policy.

“I think we’re seeing good results in other cities, so it was time for us to try it here,” said Margaret Abe-Koga of Mountain View City Council.

With $ 1,000,000 worth of funds from the American Relief Act, Mountain View is on track to become the newest city to experiment with a universal basic income, in this case, paying a family $ 500 a month of or below 30% of the median median income. The people behind the idea largely attribute it to a person.

“I was inspired by Andrew Yang,” said Abe-Koga. “I was an early yang ganger and that was because of his UBI concept.”

“We always had the money and we also know that people will spend it on food, fuel and a roof over their heads,” Yang told the crowd.

For the former presidential candidate, that rally seemed a bit like a winning lap in some ways. From Oakland to Marin to Santa Clara County, UBI programs are gaining traction. State Senator Dave Cortese was at his side. Now rated nationwide with 54 percent approval, this is an idea with many fans.

“It is exciting to be here to continue the basic income movement that the majority of Americans today know is common sense,” said Yang.

“The Universal Basic Income makes perfect sense,” said rally participant Doug Ridley. “In fact, it’s so obvious that almost no explanation is required.”

Of course, there is resistance, and the early programs use grants and philanthropic funds to avoid legal challenges. Supporters say the UBI is the future now that it has political support. On the subject of politics, Yang also spoke of a system that he calls “leading us nowhere” and the possibility of creating a third political party.

“I am very happy to try to provide a middle ground for Americans who do not see themselves represented in our politics,” said Yang. “Because our politics are so extreme and polarized on both sides.”

As for Mountain View’s efforts on Basic Income, they will be speaking out on Tuesday evening, specifically which families should be prioritized when the program launches.

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South San Francisco became the first city in San Mateo County to offer a guaranteed income program aimed at serving the city’s low-income and vulnerable populations.

The city council unanimously approved the continuation of the program – led by Vice Mayor Mark Nagales – during its July 14 session.

“Our neighbors are struggling to make ends meet. And many of them have an uncertain future, ”said Nagales. “I know we can do it and I know we can help our residents.”

The MTC has identified the city as a worrying community with low-income and needy neighborhoods prone to displacement, and the majority of the Latinx community lives in the two lowest-income census areas, said Christina Fernandez, assistant to the city manager.

The Guaranteed Income program provides $ 500 per month to over 135 eligible families for 12 months. The city will enter into a contract with the YMCA to administer the program. It prioritizes foster children who move out of care, single heads of household, families with underage children, and those living in the city’s lowest-income census blocks. If there are more than 135 applications, the program administrator will implement a lottery system.

“After we’ve made the targeted outreach that is at this stage of bringing in the people who might qualify for this program, we’ll sit down with each and every one of them,” said Jane Chandler, director of clinical services at YMCA of San Francisco, called.

Along with this comprehensive intake process, they will get financial literacy programs and various resources available to them as they learn more about how to budget money and find specific programs to qualify for, she said. Once they are deemed eligible, they will be given a card for their payments.

Fernandez and Chandler also compared the City of Stockton’s Universal Basic Income Experiment and found that the rate of participants who could find full-time employment rose from 28% to 40% and that less than 1% of those funds were used on alcohol and Tobacco.

“With this financial security, they could spend most of their money on essentials like groceries, housing and gas,” said Fernandez.

Nagales raised concerns about whether individuals might be disqualified if they are already participating in a state or federal program.

Since there is no universal waiver of guaranteed income programs in the state, they are working to figure out what the extensive admission process might make them ineligible or reduce their public benefits, Chandler said.

“We found that living had the biggest negative impact,” she said. “Because that income is considered income in the housing world, most guaranteed income programs have created innocuous funds. In that case, this fund could be used to pay that rent. “

She also said it could affect grocery stamps, and they’re investigating exactly how.

Councilor James Coleman said he was glad to see people previously incarcerated could apply for the program.

“You have a criminal record and cannot find work and then you have to resort to poverty crime,” he said. It’s a really endless cycle of poverty. And this would be a way to help people recently laid off get back on their feet and become members of our communities. “

And he brought up a 2017 study that found that 57% of Americans couldn’t afford an unexpected $ 500 emergency and pointed to the need for such a program.

Undocumented people are also entitled to this program. Even if someone doesn’t have Social Security or an I-10, they can get a savings account using CFR, Chandler said.

Mayor Mark Addiego said he wanted to raise funds to reach as many families as possible. The amount was increased from $ 800,000 to $ 1 million.

“If we can show success and show how it really changes people’s lives, maybe others will step in and find the motivation to continue this program beyond a year,” he said.

In doing so, data is collected. One is from CFR, which is the electronic data on how people spend money on the cards, and the other is self-reports and survey narrative questions to understand how people are spending the money and why, Chandler said.

People voluntarily choose to share this data and are compensated for it. Data collection occurs at the beginning of the program and occurs quarterly after six, 12 and 18 months after the last payment.

The city will fund the program with funds from the American Rescue Plan. The staff would like to conduct training and contact the community in July and August, and August to September would be an application period. It is expected to start in mid-October.

California lawmakers approved the first federally funded guaranteed income plan in the US on July 15 for a total of $ 35 million. The monthly cash payments go to qualified pregnant people and young adults who have recently left the foster family, with no restrictions on use. The city plans to apply for this state funding program.

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The city of San Francisco, in partnership with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), has announced that it will grant 130 local artists $ 1,000 per month for six months as the arts scene there and around the world continues amid the ongoing Covid- 19 crisis. Funding, which comes from a $ 870,000 city scholarship approved by the San Francisco Arts Commission late last year, is administered by the YBCA and is open to individuals in all areas of the arts including the visual arts, music, dance, creative writing, Film, theater and art education. Applications are accepted by April 15, recipients will be notified by April 20, and first payments will be made in May.

To qualify, applicants must be able to provide proof of residency in any of the thirteen of the twenty-seven San Francisco zip codes that are known to have the highest number of Covid-19 cases, as well as meet other criteria. Applicants must have an annual personal income of less than $ 60,900 and demonstrate that their practice is “rooted in a historically marginalized community,” according to the YBCA website. The financing is not tied to any conditions; Recipients don’t have to use the money to produce a project or show how they spent it.

“From the day the pandemic hit San Francisco, we knew this health crisis was going to hit artists, and painters in particular,” said San Francisco Mayor, London Breed. “The arts are really critical to our local economy and are an integral part of our long-term recovery. If we help the arts recover, San Francisco will recover. “

Districts where resident artists are eligible for the scholarship include the hard-hit Bayview and Mission. Latinos in the mission in particular have suffered as a result: Although they only make up 15 percent of the population there, Latin Americans are so far responsible for 41 percent of Covid-19 cases and 21 percent of deaths in the district.

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The Mayor of San Francisco, London Breed, is proposing that the city introduce the first universal basic income program for transgender people as part of their budget for the next two fiscal years. Up to 150 attendees would receive $ 1,000 per month as part of the guaranteed income pilot for up to a year.

The program would cost $ 2 million over two years and be carried out in collaboration with the office of gay treasurer and tax collector José Cisneros. The selection of a community organization to coordinate with the city’s various transgender groups in recruiting and selecting applicants for the program will be the Mayor’s Office for Housing and Community Development under the direction of Gay Director Eric. D. Shaw.

“We will build on our guaranteed income pilot by adding a new program to pay members of our transgender community,” said Breed, who announced the program on June 1 to coincide with the start of Pride Month.

It is just one of the myriad LGBTQ-oriented programs included in their Budget Balanced Proposal for the budget years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. The mayor released her budget on Tuesday June 1st at a ceremony at the newly renovated Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground in the city’s Chinatown.

Another new program that Breed is targeting for $ 900,000 in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, is to launch an LGBTQ senior telemental health program and expand senior digital access services. It is expected to provide services for up to 500 LGBTQ seniors while providing mental health resources for those who have become increasingly isolated, depressed, and anxious due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clair Farley, a transgender woman who is mayor and executive director of the city’s transgender initiatives office, told the Bay Area reporter that the idea for the universal basic income program came from her office’s transgender advisory board. The city hopes to start the program this October.

“We have been working over the past year to develop visions of how we can create more stability in the community, especially in the face of the aftermath of the pandemic, and how we can build a stronger safety net and foundation for the community,” Farley said. “The idea of ​​universal income was born to ensure people had access to food and shelter, as well as all basic health and mental health needs.”

Transgender people, who have been hardest hit by the COVID pandemic, will be prioritized for the program, with black and Latin American transgender women being a special priority, as well as people who may need assistance navigating benefits and financial literacy, said Farley.

“There will be a comprehensive program in partnership with the Treasurer’s Office to provide financial education and coaching,” she said.

Cisneros told the BAR his office was “proud” to be part of the pilot program.

“We work a lot with the mayor and project leaders to distribute the funds,” he said. “I believe these Basic Income Pilots are vital to learning how we can help people with financial difficulties get support and thrive.”

Applicants who are segregated from other available benefits for various reasons will also be preferred, Farley added.

“This pilot is a good opportunity to build more self-sufficiency and economic mobility if someone wants to go back to school or may not have access to other benefits due to immigration status or discrimination in the workforce,” she said.

As for the new telemedicine program for LGBTQ seniors, the city’s Department of Disability and Aging and Services will launch the call for proposals from community groups to manage. The idea came from a senior LGBT task force that convened again last year to help the city meet the needs of LGBTQ seniors during the health crisis, Farley said.

“The mayor really wanted to give our seniors a priority in recovery and consider how we can build stronger crisis support systems in the future and also make sure we fill those gaps,” she said.

According to the mayor’s office, Breed’s budget is set to respond to the city’s most pressing needs at $ 13.1 billion for FY 2021-22 and $ 12.8 billion for FY 2022-23 as they move along To recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, pandemic is advancing while maintaining long-term financial sustainability. Requesting cuts in the city departments was avoided as a projected deficit did not materialize due to the surprising strength of the economy despite the health crisis.

“San Francisco has demonstrated our values ​​and resilience over the past year, and I have no doubt that we will return even stronger from COVID-19,” said Breed. “As we move out of the pandemic, this budget will ensure our recovery is fair and that we provide solutions to key issues affecting our city. We are making significant investments to reduce homelessness, expand mental health support, and support the general public. ”Ensuring safety and addressing the social inequalities exposed by this pandemic, while making responsible choices that preserve our budget reserves we can continue to provide critical urban services and support to our vulnerable residents no matter what lies ahead.

It includes $ 1.8 million to continue the city’s Trans Home SF program, which provides rent subsidies and transitional housing for transgender people, Farley noted, as well as funding a program that supports LGBTQ people who are entering for the first time Buy your own home. The $ 2.2 million reinvested by the city police in violence prevention programs and re-entry efforts for former incarcerated black trans women will be retained in the mayor’s draft budget.

Farley said her office is still awaiting news from various city authorities about what LGBTQ-specific programs they have proposed for funding over the next two years. And she noted that the mayor’s budget proposals for arts grants, emergency housing, rent repayment assistance, family and youth programs, and small business investments will benefit the LGBTQ community as well.

“We’ll be getting details on certain line items in the next week or so,” she said.

By the end of June, the Budget and Appropriations Committee of the Board of Supervisors will hold public hearings on the budget and make recommendations to the full board. In July, managers will vote on the budget and then send it back to Breed for approval, usually by August 1st.

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The distortions caused by the shift to work from everywhere hit households that can least afford it.

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.

For months we have seen the data how the big shifts due to the pandemic have affected property markets across the country. In terms of rents, tenants have left large, expensive places like San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Boston, or Manhattan, leaving high vacancy rates, falling rents, and a massive churn in stayers seeking this free upgrade to a nicer apartment as the landlords try to keep their units filled.

And we saw in the data that this outflow, conversely, has resulted in large inflows in destinations, usually less expensive markets, and driven up rents in those markets.

This shift has a troubling component, however. Rents are falling in places with some of the highest household incomes and they are rising in places with much lower household incomes, shifting the affordability crisis from housing to people who can least afford it – in a matter of months.

The following table lists the 16 districts (of the 100 largest districts) whose rents fell between 10% and 24% year-on-year in February. It also shows the median 1-BR asking rent and median household income, based on a new study by Zumper of the affordability issues that caused the shifts.

To point out that nothing is universal, there’s also one county on the list with a sharp year-over-year rent decline and one of the lowest rents and household incomes in the U.S. ($ 41,800): Hidalgo County, Texas.

When it comes to median household income, San Francisco ($ 124,000) and Silicon Valley Counties of Santa Clara ($ 133,000) and San Mateo ($ 138,000) top the list, and they also top the list for rental declines . For these lagged folks, renting has become, so to speak, a lot less unaffordable. (If your smartphone cuts off the sixth column on the right, hold your device in landscape orientation).

And most of the 16 boroughs that recorded rental income between + 10% and + 22% year-on-year have a relatively modest median household income compared to the wealthiest boroughs. The 22% increase in rents is particularly impressive in Detroit and Indianapolis, where median household incomes are on the lower end of the spectrum, and this will hurt.

There is another element here. Some of the counties on this list are geographically located near very expensive, high-household income housing markets, such as Counties of Kern and San Bernardino in the urban areas of Los Angeles and San Diego. or Sacramento and Fresno counties to the San Francisco Bay Area, indicating that people are moving to cheaper cities just a few hours’ drive from their former location.

Given the large population like New York City, Los Angeles, or the Bay Area, they can easily skew rents in smaller, less expensive markets. And as rents go down in expensive cities and go up in cheaper cities, the difference between the two collapses where at some point it’s no longer worth moving.

The graph shows the difference between the 50% decrease in 1-BR rents in San Francisco and Sacramento and the 1-BR rents in San Francisco and Fresno, which fell 46%:

What has essentially taken place is a shift in tenants from the wealthiest to the less affluent districts, and once that shift has picked up, rents have increased in the receiving districts.

Some of these people who had moved kept their jobs but moved to work from everywhere. and they brought their high household incomes with them and they are used to the much higher rents in their expensive markets and they offer the rents and still think they are getting a deal.

At the receiving end of these shifts, however, are tenants with relatively modest household incomes who are now competing with an influx of high-income tenants, and they are now facing massive and unaffordable rent increases.

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