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Ann Arbor stimulus ideas include $2.3M for universal basic income program

Oct 06, 2021 View Original Article
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    -50% Medium Liberal

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    -14% Negative

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59% : In response to a City Council directive, Acting City Administrator John Fournier has submitted a list of possible spending options, including $2.3 million for a universal basic income program.
59% : The city would conduct a universal basic income pilot based on one in Stockton, California, Fournier said.
56% : Advocates of universal basic income, which a growing list of cities are trying or considering, say it can lift people out of poverty by guaranteeing minimum levels of income.
52% : Ann Arbor's other stimulus spending ideas include $1 million for social service programs, $3.5 million for property acquisition for affordable housing, $1 million for homeless transitional housing, $2 million for community policing/unarmed response, $7 million for solar on city facilities, $3 million for a net-zero fire station, $5.8 million for replacement of residents' galvanized water lines, $4 million for a new downtown bikeway, $2 million for a new city election center and $9.5 million for the city's Vision Zero initiative to make streets safer.

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