Palm Spring Mayor Disputes Universal Basic Income Claims for Trans & Nonbinary ResidentsMayor Middleton says headlines claiming the city is providing funding for UBI for trans and nonbinary residents “have got it wrong.”The city of Palm Springs last month allocated $200,000 to help fund the application process of a pilot program that hopes to provide a universal basic income (UBI) to trans and nonbinary residents, but on Wednesday mayor Lisa Middleton emphatically denied the city is serving as a funding mechanism for the program or the individuals who would eventually receive the funds. “It is not what the headlines are reporting,” Middleton told Ryan A. Mitchell in an exclusive interview, a portion of which was posted to social media. In fact, the city only agreed to help fund the application process for funding for the program from the state government of California. “The city of Palm Springs is providing $200,000 to help in the application process,” Middleton said. “We did not commit, we did not commit to providing any additional funding.

Source: Fox News April 07, 2022 15:08 UTC