Starting Friday, Los Angeles residents will be able to apply for a chance to receive $1,000 monthly payments as part of a 12-month pilot guaranteed income program.
The program, dubbed BIG:LEAP, will provide more than 3,200 people with the unconditional direct cash payments for one year.
Officials said there will be no restrictions on how the money can be spent.
In a news conference announcing the program Wednesday, Mayor Eric Garcetti called it the “the largest guaranteed basic income program anywhere in the United States of America.”
The program will begin accepting applications Friday, before the window closes on Nov. 7. Those interested will be able to apply online on bigleap.lacity.org.
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