California city to give universal income to transgender, nonbinary residents regardless of earnings

The street pedestrian crossing is painted in rainbow colors as viewed on March 7, 2022 in Palm Springs, California. Palm Springs is a city of nearly 50,000 that has become an important tourist destination for the LGBTQ community as well as a relaxed PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A California city is planning to give universal basic income (UBI) to transgender and nonbinary residents regardless of their earnings level.Transgender residents in Palm Springs, California are eligible to receive a UBI of up to $900 per month solely for identifying as transgender or nonbinary — no strings attached.The new pilot program will have $200,000 set aside for allocation after a unanimous vote by the Palm Springs City Council last week.Former San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio, a Republican who served as the first openly gay member of the city council, called the program "outrageous and discriminatory.""We're completely opposed to guaranteed or universal basic income programs, because they ultimately cause inflation and raise the cost of living on everyone — they don't work," DeMaio said in a statement."But at least some of them have minimum income requirements to qualify, whereas this one is no-strings-attached 'woke' virtue signaling to the LGBT community in a way that is not only offensive but discriminatory," he continued.Twenty transgender and nonbinary Palm Springs residents will receive the free money funded by the taxpayers for 18 months, with advocacy-based health center DAP Health and LGBT advocacy group Queer Works managing the program.SUGGESTED: LA County residents: How to apply for $1,000 monthly income programA six-month design period will be the precursor of the program’s implementation, in which the group Mayors for a.