Interestingly, about an hr away from Epstein's Zorro Ranch
Los Angeles is launching the US' biggest universal basic income pilot. The scheme will pay $1,000 a month to 3,000 families.
The scheme will give about 3,000 families in poverty $1,000 a month for a year, and there are no rules for how the families spend the money.
To be eligible, applicants need to live in the City of Los Angeles, be at least 18 years old, have an income at or below the federal poverty level, have at least one dependent minor or be pregnant, and have experienced either financial or medical hardships related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The federal poverty level depends on the size of a household. For a four-person household, a family earning less than $26,500 would fall under the federal poverty line. Poverty affects two out of every 10 residents in the City of Los Angeles - most of them people of color, according to a website for the program.
The program is called the Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot (BIG LEAP).
It has nearly $40 million in funding, South LA Councilman Curren Price said at a City Council meeting Tuesday, where council members approved the program.
Price said that the program would be "the largest guaranteed income economic assistance pilot program in our nation's history," and called it a "life-changing initiative."
The city said that the program would consist of "unconditional, regular, and direct cash payments," with "no restrictions on how the money can be spent." The payments would supplement existing welfare programs, the city said.
The concept of UBI dates back to at least the 16th century, when Spanish-born humanist Juan Luis Vives advocated for a system of unconditional welfare. Since then, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has declared his support for the concept, and it went on to become a cornerstone of Andrew Yang's run in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
More economists and lawmakers, including a coalition of US mayors, have been calling for the introduction of UBI schemes as the pandemic both exacerbated and exposed huge income inequalities.
"The idea of a guaranteed pilot program is one my office has been following for some time, and it gained momentum as we witnessed our country examine the racial disparities and social injustices during the COVID pandemic," Price said on Tuesday.
Other cities across the US have trialed UBI programs.
Stockton, California, ran a UBI scheme for two years which gave 125 residents $500 per month. After just a year, full-time employment among the participants had increased, and depression and anxiety had decreased, according to the results of the scheme.
Price told the City Council that the "positive results" from the Stockton program made it clear that one in Los Angeles was needed, too.
"It's my hope that following the conclusion of this pilot program, that it'll be replicated at the state and federal level," Price said.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti had said in his annual "state of the city" address in April that the city was looking at launching a $24 million UBI program to support the city's poor residents.
Applications open on Friday and close on November 7.
The recipients of the funding will be chosen at random from the eligible candidates by the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the University of Pennsylvania, and will be contacted by the city in January.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/los-angeles-launching-us-biggest-130450934.html
Forced Colonics, Weekly Weigh-Ins: Feds Detail Creepy Child Abuse in Kansas âCultâ
Leaders of a Nation of Islam offshoot that has been labeled a âcult,â separated children from their parents, held them incommunicado under highly restrictive conditions, and made them work up to 16 hours a day for no pay, according to a shocking indictment unsealed Tuesday in Kansas federal court.
The 20-page filing accuses eight officials with the United Nation of Islam (UNOI)âa splinter group that in 1978 broke away from Louis Farrakhanâs Nation of Islamâof conspiracy and forced labor. It includes a breathtaking array of additional allegations, claiming the group, among other things, denied the kids proper medical care, prohibited them from attending outside schools, and demanded some of them undergo colonics performed by adult members. The children, who were reportedly as young as 8, were often kept in âovercrowded dormitories or barracks,â which they were not allowed to leave, say prosecutors.
âConversely, the defendants and their immediate families typically resided in spacious accommodations, ate what they wanted, and worked at their own discretion,â the indictment states.
The accused leadersâKaaba Majeed, Yunus Rassoul, James Staton, Randolph Rodney Hadley, Dana Peach, Etenia Kinard, and Jacelyn Greenwellâwere arrested Monday in various U.S. cities. They do not yet have lawyers listed in court records, and were unable to be reached for comment.
UNOI was founded more than 40 years ago by Royall Jenkins, a trucker who ârepresented that he, himself, was Allah, or God,â the indictment explains. âJenkins claimed that in approximately 1978, he was abducted by angels who transported him through the galaxy in a spaceship and instructed him how to rule on Earth,â the papers say.
Trafficking Victim: They Made Me Have Sex With Cops
At first, Jenkins and UNOI were based in Maryland, but he moved the organizationâs headquarters to Kansas City, Kansas, in the late 1990s, according to the filing. There, the group continued to grow, eventually comprising âhundredsâ of members. Later, UNOI changed its name to The Value Creators and The Promise Keepers, the filing states. Jenkins led UNOI until roughly 2012, relying on several of his many wives to help him manage operations, it explains.
In 2018, a young woman who was trafficked as an unpaid laborer for a decade by UNOI was awarded $8 million in damages for the abuse she suffered at UNOIâs hands. Kendra Ross said she was forced to leave her mother at age 12, was married off to another UNOI member at age 20, and was ordered to work for free in at least six different locations run by the group before managing to escape in 2012.
A federal judge in 2018 issued a warrant for Jenkinsâ arrest after ignoring multiple court orders seeking to determine the extent of his assets. His whereabouts were unknown as of last July, and a call on Tuesday to a number listed for Jenkins in Kansas City went unanswered.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/forced-colonics-weekly-weigh-ins-220852842.html
Where'd they get all the children?
This is the big thing that must be the ties that bind.
What about the Military?
They've been holding hearings for what? over 3 yrs now?
Durham isn't the only game in townâŚ