PILOTS & EXPERIMENTS
Wales to Pilot Universal Basic Income
Campaigners hail ‘huge moment’ as first minister commits to trials of payments to cover living costs Steven Morris @stevenmorris20
Mountain View City Council Seeks to Launch Basic Income Pilot Using Stimulus Funds
Councilwoman Margaret Abe-Koga makes a pitch for UBI using stimulus funds By: Kevin Forestieri Calling it the right time
Newark, New Jersey launches two-year basic income pilot
Newark’s pilot will be one of the nation’s largest in collaboration with Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, a national network
Los Angeles Times Editorial Board Endorses Basic Income Pilots
Editorial: Are cash handouts a better antidote to poverty? Let’s find out – Los Angeles Times By The Times Editorial
Madison Basic Income Pilot Raises More than $300,000 from Local Donors
Madison, WI is launching a pilot as part of a larger effort to convince the federal government to tackle
Denver Basic Income Project launching in July will provide $1,000 a month to 260 unhoused people
Denver nonprofit is testing regular “UBI-like” monthly payments as a potential answer to homelessness. By: Sloan Dickey The circumstances that
Mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania pledging to do large basic income pilot using ARP funds if he wins reelection
Concentrated poverty is one of Harrisburg’s biggest problems. Will UBI help? The mayor wants to give it a shot.
Mayor of Los Angeles Proposes Budget to Provide $1000 a Month in Basic Income to 2,000 People for One Year
The $24 million program in LA would be the largest UBI experiment of its kind in the United States.
Cambridge, Massachusetts to provide a basic income of $500 a month to 120 residents for 18 months
By: Jackson Cote | jcote@masslive.com As the debate over the idea of universal basic income continues across the country, the
As some San Francisco artists get basic income, how do we head off bad-faith arguments against it?
Guaranteed income programs, no matter whom they support, must frequently battle the same zombie ideas. By Lily Janiak When
From Stockton to Oakland, Santa Clara to San Francisco, basic income is gaining traction and proving effective
The Bay Area is ground zero for UBI. More than anything, these pilots could help normalize the concept of
Hartford, Connecticut considering a UBI pilot
By Marc E. Fitch The City of Hartford’s Court of Common Council voted in March to create a task force
‘Expedition Basic Income’ launches grassroots campaign for large UBI experiment in Germany
By Sarah Delahaye More and more people feel that universal basic income (UBI) could change our society for the
125 mothers in Marin County will begin receiving $1000 a month in basic income for two years
The Marin program will provide $1,000 monthly grants to 125 low wage-earning women of color who are raising at
San Francisco will provide $1000 a month in basic income to 130 artists for six months
Eligible artists must be aged 18 and over, have suffered loss of income due to the pandemic and have
Eighteen-month basic income pilot for 600 people of color to be launched in Oakland, California
By Sarah Ravani Oakland plans to start a guaranteed income program this spring for 600 residents — one of the
Two-year basic income pilot for at least 3,000 rural residents to be launched in South Korea
“The results of this experiment will demonstrate whether basic income is a fleeting issue or a means by which
Paterson’s basic income pilot program — 110 families will get $400 a month — moves forward
Families will not get cash or checks, but debit cards they can use to make purchases. 110 Paterson families
Police funding in Los Angeles to be partially reallocated from the LAPD to a one-year basic income pilot for 500 single parents
Under the plan passed Tuesday, $6 million would go toward a universal basic income pilot program in Councilman Curren
A town in Alaska in 2020 used CARES Act money to provide $1,000 a month for seven months on the condition residents spend it locally
Instead of reserving CARES Act stimulus funds for municipal operations — like everywhere else in the United States —
Santa Clara County Pilot Program Providing UBI to Foster Youth May Be Expanded to All of California
Sen. Dave Cortese proposes statewide basic income pilot; a pilot that includes foster care youth as they leave the
Durham Council Member Says City Residents Who Were Formerly Incarcerated Should Receive Guaranteed Incomes
Durham’s proposal to experiment with a type of universal basic income is moving forward. By Thomasi McDonald Councilman Mark-Anthony
New York’s Ulster County to provide $500 a month for one year to 100 families
Ulster County Executive Patrick Ryan, Tuesday, announced major programs aimed at helping families get back on their feet as
California’s Yolo County Considering Small Basic Income Pilot Funded by Marijuana Revenue
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Families with young children currently living in deep poverty in Yolo County would receive monthly cash assistance
Pressure Mounts in Canada to Launch a Basic Income Pilot in Prince Edward Island
By Jolson Lim Support for a basic income may be shifting from one end of the country to the other.
How Poverty Makes Workers Less Productive
By Greg Rosalsky As Washington debates sending checks to Americans and increasing the minimum wage, a new study offers evidence for
59 Percent of Likely Voters Support Local Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Programs
By Sean McElwee & Dawn Milam Amid an economic crisis and devastating unemployment that has families across the country
Meet the mayors pushing for basic income in 30 cities across the U.S.
Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, sometimes called “MGI,” was founded in June 2020 by founded by then-mayor of Stockton,
Providing workers with UBI did not reduce the amount of effort they put into their work, according to a lab experiment conducted by Spanish economists
Universal Basic Income did not disincentivize people from working. The results of this study contradict one of the most
Saint Paul mayor: Now that Democrats are in control, let’s really help struggling Americans
Laying the foundation for a more inclusive and resilient economy: “While the vaccine can reduce our likelihood to contract
2021 Will Be the Year of Guaranteed Income Experiments
At least 11 U.S. cities are piloting UBI programs to give some of their residents direct cash payments, no
A high school in New Orleans is providing $50 a week to seniors. Here’s what’s happened so far.
A study released this year by UNICEF and the Overseas Development Institute found that high-income countries can see a 5% drop